Brown's boundary control and legal principles /
Boundary control and legal principles
Walter G. Robillard, Donald A. Wilson ; based on the original ideas and concepts created by Curtis M. Brown.
- 6th ed.
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
- vii, 485 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and concepts of boundaries -- How boundaries are created -- Ownership, transfer, and description of real property -- Boundaries, law, and presumptions -- Creation of metes and bounds and nonsectionalized descriptions -- Creation of GLO boundaries -- Federal and state nonsectionalized land surveys -- Locating easements and reversions -- Riparian and littoral boundaries -- Resurveying and retracing sectionalized lands -- Locating sequential conveyances -- Locating simultaneously created boundaries -- Locating combination descriptions and conveyances -- Role of the surveyor -- The ethics and moral responsibilities of boundary creation and of retracements.