Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location (Hardcover)

by Curtis M. Brown (Author), Walter G. Robillard (Author), Don Ald A. Wilson (Author)
Key Phrases: United States, New York, Bureau of Land Management (more...)

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Easy-to-read, practical best-seller on the ``what's, why's and how's'' of boundary location laws. Covers technical, legal and administrative elements. Reflects the most recent legislative changes in locating land boundaries, the courts' changing interpretation of land boundary laws, the increasing liability of the surveyor and unwritten title rights. The new edition contains increased historical coverage, replaces long legal quotes with narrative descriptions and logically distinguishes field and verbal evidence.

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The up-to-date, new edition of the classic reference

For over two decades, Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location has been the cornerstone volume for surveying practitioners. In its Fourth Edition, this book upholds its superior presentation of boundary laws and evidence, and now introduces significantly revised content covering current laws, legal procedures and practices, courtroom responsibilities, use of GPS and GIS data, and waterway boundaries. This current edition prepares surveyors for the new legal, technical, and administrative aspects of surveying.

The first section of this book covers resurveys or retracements of former surveys based on land records. It deals with the methods used for locating corners, lines, and parcels of these surveys, while detailing all types of evidence, including maps and documents; measurements; monuments and trees; and digital data. The increasing importance of an area’s history to surveyors is also a featured topic. The later chapters examine the creation of new parcels of land from a legal standpoint. This edition also includes an in-depth examination of:

• Professional liability
• How to report evidence and use it in court
• Court conduct, both as a defendant and as an expert witness
• The origins of boundary evidence

Whether used in conjunction with Brown’s Boundary Control and Legal Principles, Fourth Edition, or on its own, Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location, Fourth Edition, continues to stand as the fundamental reference for licensed practicing surveyors, lawyers, property owners, civil engineers, and students in surveying courses in two- and four-year programs. Its practical applications have also made it a widely used study guide for land surveyor examinations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 3rd edition (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471552194
• ISBN-13: 978-0471552192
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,749,807 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A classic text badly in need of editing., July 20, 1998

By	[e-mail](Seth Cowan) (Vermont, USA) - See all my reviews

First & second editions of this text have long been considered standards in the land surveying profession, but I was disappointed with this (the 3rd) edition. The material is all there, but badly in need of a careful editor. Errors in punctuation and typography were frequent enough to be a real distraction. I found myself pencilling corrections in the margins as I read! For instance, long quotations, not set with a change of fonts, or even quotation marks, made for difficult interpretation. I had the distinct impression that certain chapters were revised in a hurry, and that perhaps each author thought the other was checking the work. In at least one chapter, it appeared that two different authors took a stab at addressing a single subject and both were included in the book although in DRAFT form! The authors also need to update discussions of measurement methodologies to include electronic total stations, data collectors and GPS. Though I'm not a real big adv! ocate of gender-neutral writing, the next edition should totally expunge the term "title men", which must appear 15 times.

Despite these drawbacks, the text remains a handy reference, and will probably remain a standard for some time. Hopefully the 4th Edition will be more carefully revised and edited.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great price, August 24, 2007

By	Ramon Antunez - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location (Hardcover)

Book needed for one of my classes, it was pricd @ $140.00 @ scholl bookstore, super better price @ AMAZON, delivered on time.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Boundary Research Reference, March 19, 2009

By	S. Zahn (Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location (Hardcover)

This is a good text to introduce the surveyor to boundary evidence, procedures, and the history of orginal surveys. The information in the text covers much of the United States and supplements evidence gathering procedures in specific States.