Category: Decided Guidance—Case Examinations

I want to thank Jim Hankins for steering the ship with his feedback. He offers his thoughts from the dominant perspective in this…

The Palmetto State is taste-o-graphically wedged on the continent between barbeque and boiled peanuts. That’s darn near the top of my food chain….

Anderson/Griffin Properties v. Wallace Construction & Barrett was debated in North Carolina and settled about a decade ago. It’s still just a pup…

The barber’s chair is the podium of every layperson’s infinite wisdom. There’s just something in hair tonic that makes the jaws flap and…

The last place a surveyor wants to be is in a courtroom. We are not trained in courtroom etiquette and a working surveyor…

Whether you read this column for entertainment or education, court decisions are peppered with instructions to the land surveyor. We always get a…

Several years ago I wrote to The American Surveyor and asked old man Cheves why, if double proportioning is a last resort, is…

Several years ago I wrote to The American Surveyor and asked old man Cheves why, if double proportioning is a last resort, is…

We recently spent a lot of time in Butternut, Wisconsin, and I’m still not sure we are walking away with a full bag…