Local Corners

Often a corner point has been perpetuated with a monument set by a county surveyor, logging engineer or some other person. Such corners have frequently been relied upon for many years by the adjacent landowners as the actual corner.

It is important that preliminary research for information concerning these local corners be thorough and should include such questions as:

1. Who set it?
2. When was it set?
3. What basis was used to set it?
4. What method was used to determine its position?

These local corners may be accepted as the best available evidence of the original corner point when supported by collateral evidence and found to be harmoniously related to the factors in the original survey.

When the proper method was used to perpetuate a corner and it was done within allowable limits of precision, and relied upon by adjacent landowners as the best available evidence of the original corner position, an indiscriminate rejection of such a corner may lead to serious repercussions.

The acceptance or rejection of a local corner should also be based upon the effect the outcome will have on the bonafide rights of the individual landowners.

Caution: Some local corners are set by landowners at arbitrary positions and others may be fake monuments which resemble the original monuments.