Robillard, Walter G. 1930-

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, c2011. - vii, 485 p. : ill., 24 cm.

Brown's name appears first on the earlier edition. Includes index.

Introduction -- Definition, scope and nature of evidence -- Words as evidence -- Evidence and technology -- Other types or species of evidence -- Calculations and measurements as evidence -- Plats as evidence -- Evidence of water boundaries -- Using historical knowledge as evidence -- Recording and preserving evidence -- Procedures for locating boundaries described by words -- Original surveys and related platting laws -- Unwritten transfers of land ownership -- Guarantees of title and location -- Using and understanding words in boundary descriptions -- Professional liability -- Professional stature -- The surveyor in court -- The surveyor, the law, and evidence : a professional relationship.

9780470183540 (hbk.) 0470183543 (hbk.)


Boundaries (Estates)--United States.
Surveying--Law and legislation--United States.

346.730432 / ROB 2011