Category: Decided Guidance—Case Examinations

In the January 2020 installment of Decided Guidance we visited the First Seven Ranges of The USPLSS in Guernsey County, Ohio. We’re going…

The 1952 Louisiana Supreme Court case of Hill v. Richey (59 So. 2d 434 221 La. 402) reinforces some elementary concepts but also…

The winds of curiosity have blown us to Jackson v. Dysling 2 Cai. R. 198 decided by the New York Supreme Court in…

This month we are grazing on several cases united by the theme of practical location. We have a few caveats right up front….

I feel that the surveyor best represents a boundary when we represent that which the owners have expressed as the true boundary on…

This month’s case is a real humdinger from the Centennial State. Colorado is of course a PLSS state littered with mining claims. There’s…

“Bounds descriptions are the mark of nobility…‘I own to you and you own to me, there are no gaps or overlaps, and when…