Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles - 6th Edition
The Classic Surveying and Land Law Reference for Surveyors, Engineers and Construction Contractors

By Walter G. Robillard, Donald A. Wilson, Curtis M. Brown

Learn the Essentials of Land Law and Boundary Determination

It addresses new changes to laws of boundary evidence; locating easements and reversions; and ownership, transfer, and description of real property.

The latest information on the technologies advancing boundary law is covered, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and their impact on surveying measurements.

A wealth of case studies on federal and state nonsectionalized land surveys demonstrates real-world examples of covered material

About The Authors:

Donald A. Wilson is President of Land & Boundary Consultants, Inc., of New Fields, New Hampshire.

The late Curtis M. Brown was a partner of Brown & Hall, a major land surveying firm in Sacramento, California

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. History and the Concept of Boundaries.

2. How Boundaries are Created.

3. Ownership, Transfer, and Description of Real Property.

4. Boundaries, Law, and Presumptions.

5. Creation of Metes and Bounds and Nonsectionalized Descriptions.

6. Creation of Glo Boundaries.

7. Federal and State Nonsectionalized Land Surveys.

8. Locating Easements and Reversions.

9. Riparian and Littoral Boundaries.

10. Resurveying and Retracing Sectionalized Lands.

11. Locating Sequential Conveyances.

12. Locating Simultaneously Created Boundaries.

13. Locating Combination Descriptions and Conveyances.

14. Role of the Surveyor.

Glossary of Terms.

Index

 

496 Pages, Hard-Cover
ISBN: 0470183543
ISBN-13: 978-0470183540
Published February 2009