Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location, 4th Edition

Introduction.

Nature, Scope and Definition of Evidence.

Verbal Evidence.

Other Evidence.

Measurements as Evidence.

Plats as Evidence.

Evidence of Water Boundaries.

Historical Knowledge as Evidence.

Preservation of Evidence.

Procedures for Locating Boundaries Described in Writings and on Maps.

Original Surveys and Platting Laws.

Unwritten Transfers of Land Ownership.

Understanding and Writing Property Discriptions.

Guarantees of Title and Location.

Professional Liability.

Professional Stature.

The Surveyor in Court.

The Surveyor-the Law-and Evidence: A Professional Relationalship.

Appendix A: The Surveyor's Report.

Appendix B: Wooden Evidence.

Appendix C: The [Quasi-] Judical Function of Surveyors.

Appendix D: Geodaesia.

Appendix E: Land Acts that Created the Public Lands.

Index.