Re: Land Description Pitfalls

Posted by John T on January 10, 2007 at 06:48:12 from (66.244.90.5):

In Reply to: Land Description Pitfalls posted by noncompos on January 09, 2007 at 21:44:58:

Good post and good info, it goes to show some of the reasons we cant give any short sweet answers regarding boundary disputes here in a paragraph or two. Those original old government surveys in the late 1800's were done with chains etc in harsh conditions and Im amazed how half way accurate at least they were. When a surveyor buddy of mine came to my farm for a vist he insisted we get up at 6 AM on Saturday to go n look for the Section corner and lo n behold he got to digging in the approximate area and found an old sandstone with a big X carved out on top n I though he was gonna cry. Later the county surveyor whose job is to locate n re set Section corners mapped it all out and its on record now at the Courthouse and is the starting point for surveys in this neighborhood. I keep it well preserved and flagged n marked n memorialized every year for future benefit.

Ive come to realize its the ALTA folks who are the authority and experts on this subject and like I tell clients consult a good surveyor or a title company about this cuz they know more then most lawyers about the subject.

For sure monuments rule over distances in legal descriptions if theres a discrepancy and battles over riparian rights can take 100 Philladelphia lawyers to settleeeeeeee VERY COMPLEX AND SPECIALIZED SUBJECT

John T

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