PLSO The Oregon Surveyor Sept/Oct 2019

Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon | www.plso.org 9 Featured Article borne by grantors and grantees with regard to platting, surveys, monumentation, acreage, descriptive language, and related conveyance issues) 14. Surveyor Testimony (including all forms of testimony pertinent to land rights issues provided by surveyors and judicial acceptance or rejection of surveyors as expert witnesses) 15. Adverse Possession (understanding the operation of the concept of prescriptive acquisition of land rights, observing how it has evolved to encompass boundary issues as well as title issues, and recognizing its impact upon survey work) 16. Statute of Frauds (Observing judicial application of statutory requirements mandating written evidence of property transfers, along with judicially imposed limitations which can legitimize undocumented or inadequately documented boundaries or conveyances) Among these “sweet sixteen,” seven dif- ferent topics were each designated by at least one participant as being of the high- est educational importance, rising to the top spot on one or more of the 30 com- pleted forms, as follows: • Monumentation: 11 • Equitable Principles in the Boundary Context: 4 • Plats: 4 • Deed Interpretation and Validity: 3 • Legal Description Interpretation and Validity: 3 • Original Surveys: 3 • Adverse Possession: 2 The Land Surveyor’s Guide to the Supreme Court of Oregon is available at nominal cost to all Oregon surveyors, through the PLSO Online Store. Volume One compiles the most historically significant rulings from the earliest era of Oregon’s High Court, presenting them in a chronologically organized and readily accessible format. The setting and circumstances of each case is concisely outlined, with historical illustrations in many instances, and the relevant principles are set forth for expe- dient review. Readers can then elect to expand the scope of their educational ex- perience, on any given topic, by using the legal citations which are provided, to ob- tain the full text of any given case that one might desire to learn more about. Mem- bers of the newest generation of Oregon surveyors are especially encouraged to explore this historically valuable materi- al, in order to develop an appreciation of how the law, as we know it today, came into existence and evolved in the Beaver State, and in order to recognize the kinds of issues which populate the broad land rights spectrum. Even those members of the current senior generation of survey- ors, who may feel that their knowledge of such matters is already complete, are encouraged to obtain an office copy of this work of historical preservation, in order to support the education of their staff members, and thereby fulfill their professional mentorship obligation. x The Land Surveyor’s Guide to the Supreme Court of Oregon is available at nominal cost to all Oregon surveyors, through the PLSO online store. Volume One compiles the most historically significant rulings from the earliest era of Oregon’s High Court, presenting them in a chronologically organized and readily accessible format. The setting and circumstances of each case is concisely outlined, with historical illustrations in many instances, and the relevant principles are set forth for expedient review. Check out a review of this book on the next page!