Priority of Calls in Boundary Resolution

Retracement surveyors encounter conflicting boundary evidence in the field almost every day, and it is the task of the surveyor to resolve these inconsistencies. Following in the footsteps of previous surveyors is challenging. This course teaches surveyors how the long-established priority of calls is used to weigh boundary evidence. You'll learn how certain types of evidence is considered more reliable--and legally defendable--than others. You will be presented with court decisions governing boundary resolution, and then review case studies that reflect real-world situations.

• Understand the importance of the priority of calls and how it is used to resolve a conflict of evidence.
• Interpret deeds, plans, and conveyances to highlight conflicts of evidence.
• Identify the most important of the calls in the priority of calls list, according to courts and boundary experts.
• Determine how to proceed if there are no monuments called for on the original plan.
• List the principles that may trump original boundaries.
• Summarize the "pincushion effect".