MA Land Surveyor case studies
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The Land Surveyor credential in Massachusetts is issued by the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, which states that it establishes and enforces the standards for engineers and land surveyors, with the health, safety, and welfare of the public as its priority. Land surveyor appears on the Board's current list of licensed disciplines, alongside civil, structural, environmental, and other engineering branches. The MA Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 3,106 words.
1Stone Wall, Iron Pipe, and a Forty-Year Fence
A 12.4-acre parcel in a Berkshire County town is described in a 1957 deed as beginning at a stone wall corner at the northeasterly corner of the tract, thence N 42°15′ E 640.00 ft to an iron pin, thence southerly along a stone wall. The deed calls the stone wall as the boundary for the first 300 ft.
729 words, about 4 min2ANR Endorsement, Deficient Frontage, and a Private Way
A developer submits a plan to the planning board showing four lots on a 3.1-acre parcel. Lot 3 has 48.0 ft of frontage on Maple Street, a public way; the zoning bylaw requires 50 ft.
690 words, about 3 min3Registered Land, a Fence Encroachment, and Adverse Possession
A client owns a lot registered in the Land Court in Suffolk County. The decree and registered plan show the easterly line as a straight line between two granite bounds, 142.00 ft.
548 words, about 3 min4Wetland Flags, a Client Deadline, and a Backdated Plan
A 6.8-acre parcel has a perennial stream along the south boundary and a red maple swamp in the northwest corner. A wetland scientist has flagged the bordering vegetated wetland line; the conservation commission has not yet issued an Order of Resource Area Delineation.
574 words, about 3 min5A Twenty-Foot Deed Easement and a Sixteen-Foot Paved Lane
A 1923 deed grants 'a right of way twenty (20) feet wide from County Road to the granted premises, as now laid out and used.' The physical way is a paved 16-ft-wide lane that leaves County Road at a point 18 ft south of the deed's described centerline and runs to the client's garage. The lane has been paved and plowed by the dominant owner since 1965; the servient owner now wants to move it back to the deed centerline and narrow it to 12 ft.
565 words, about 3 min