Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location

by Robillard, Walter G.; Wilson, Donald A.; Brown, Curtis M.; Eldridge, Winfield

• ISBN13: 9780470404782
• ISBN10: 0470404787
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-25
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Professional surveyors and many civil engineers must understand the laws of boundaries and the evidence necessary for efficient and accurate boundary determination. This new edition of the preeminent text/reference on the subject is brought completely up to date, with new material on the use of technology in surveying and its legal ramifications, the use of forensic investigative techniques in the discovery of obscured evidence, new case law examples throughout, and new exhibits help illustrate the concepts presented.

Author Biography

Walter G. Robillard is a Principal at World Boundaries, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Donald A. Wilson is President of Land Boundary Consultants, Inc. based in Newfields, New Hampshire. Curtis M. Brown (deceased) was a partner at Brown Hall in Sacramento, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Definition, Scope, and Nature of Evidence	p. 13
Words as Evidence	p. 48
Evidence and Technology	p. 72
Other Types or Species of Evidence	p. 86
Calculations and Measurements as Evidence	p. 134
Plats as Evidence	p. 184
Evidence of Water Boundaries	p. 207
Using Historical Knowledge as Evidence	p. 233
Recording and Preserving Evidence	p. 309
Procedures for Locating Boundaries Described by Words	p. 329
Original Surveys and Related Platting Laws	p. 368
Unwritten Transfers of Land Ownership	p. 385
Guarantees of Title and Location	p. 427
Using and Understanding Words in Boundary Descriptions	p. 444
Professional Liability	p. 499
Professional Stature	p. 517
The Surveyor in Court	p. 534
The Surveyor, the Law, and Evidence: A Professional Relationship	p. 564
The Surveyor's Report	p. 611
Wooden Evidence	p. 620
The [Quasi-] Judicial Function of Surveyors	p. 625
Geodaesia	p. 635
Land Acts that Created the Public Lands	p. 649
Index	p. 661
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