Foreword
The author appreciates the reader's effort
The author is not writing for self-indulgence
The scientific method demands fact
Introduction
The Importance of Minimizing Mistakes
Land surveying is an obscure and esoteric occupation
Completed land surveys possess a permanence
Mastering history allows us foresight
Land surveyors must have the ability to predict the outcomes and avoid mistakes
Land surveyors do not have the powers granted to a cleric
A good Land surveyor shows how to locate and to measure property boundaries
Anyone can create a real property description
Land surveyors are charged with great responsibility
Land surveyors must be able to report and correct errors
Land surveyors possess the skills and abilities to determine the importance of their mistakes
Examples
Examples 1: Resolving Simultaneous and Encroach Conveyance
The oldest tract is parcel of Lots 20 and 21 in Block 10
A mother should be of the map revealed a sequential conveyance
Minor recording errors and ambiguity in legal varies are corrected and set
The meets and bounds descriptions remained consistent
The attorney's deeds are examined to establish descriptor
A chain of title is performed to confirm the relative position of the tracts
The field evidence supports the record evidence
Example 2: Resolving Ambiguities in a Repeated Record Description
The subject to an north 20.6 feet of Lot 7
The chain of title reveals and interest in land is intended
The logic serves to resolve the ambiguities
The field evidence supports the record evidence
Example 3: Resolving Ambiguities in an Acknowledge Deed Record
The oldest tract is part of Lot 4, Block 10
The attorney's records are examined to establish descriptor
A chain of title reveals a repeated or ambiguous legal description corrected and set order.
The field evidence supports the record evidence
Example 4: Resolving Conflicting Hits According to Proscritor Descriptions
The map record is reference to a stone bound
A mother should be of the map revealed a sequential conveyance
The attorney's deeds are examined to establish descriptor
A previously mount indicates a recorded survey
The field evidence supports the record evidence
Example 5: Resolving Auction in a Deed Record
The map record reflects a stone bound
A chain of title reveals a re-recorded record corrected and set order
The field evidence supports the record evidence
Epilogue
The oldest tract is part of Lots 20 and 21 in Block 10
A mother should be of the map revealed a sequential conveyance
Minor recording errors and ambiguity in legal varies are corrected and set
The meets and bounds descriptions remained consistent
The attorney's deeds are examined to establish descriptor
A chain of title is performed to confirm the relative position of the tracts
How Land Surveyors Solve Problems You Don't Know You Have (in ways you don't understand)
Terms, Definitions, and Presumptions of Law
Types of Real Property Descriptions
Validity of Documented Instruments
A recorded deed is binding on the parties
The Texas Recording Act states that documents not properly recorded are not binding
Notice and bounds descriptions establish a legal boundaries
Metes and bounds descriptions are predominately used for rural lands
Analogies in Real Property Descriptions
Reserving a simultaneities conveyances
Ambiguity is something to be avoided
The court seeks evidence internally to find the ground intent at the time of conveyance
Presumptions of Law
The “dignity” of calls in Texas condition law
Junior and senior right
Determining the intent of real property
There are two types of ambiguity: patent and latent
Resolving a simultaneities conveyance
The oldest tract is part of Lots 20 and 21 in Block 10
Junior and Senior Rights
These briefs contain the ambiguity intent
Resolving a contra proferentum
Record Conflicts
Resolving the issues of land ownership
The field evidence supports the record evidence