Opinion ID: 2543629
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: deeds and surveys

Text: ¶ 10 The legal description in the Ault deed defines all the courses to the Ault property: The last course simply states [t]hence south 1.77 chains to the place of beginning, containing approximately 17 acres. The Holden deed provides that the northern boundary of the Holden property is the South line of the A.M. Ross and C.M. Plant property. The parties do not dispute that this boundary description actually refers to the southern boundary of the Ault property. ¶ 11 Based upon the Ault and Holden deeds, several surveys of the Ault and Holden properties have been conducted during the time period relevant to this appeal. The first survey, the Rosenberg survey, was performed in 1969 and was a survey of the south lot. A second survey was completed by H.K. Bullen for the Holdens on July 8, 1974, in connection with Holden's 1976 purchase of the triangular parcel. The third was obtained by the Aults of the north lot in connection with previous litigation in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The fourth survey, dated July 5, 1998, was performed by D.H. Jensen and Associates. [7] Jensen and Associates surveyed both the Ault and Holden properties. All four of the surveys determined that both of the disputed parcels belonged to the Aults. However, the Jensen survey noted that the legal description of the Ault property in the Ault deed did not close. [8] Darrell Holden denies seeing the first three surveys until the late '80s, including the Bullen survey that Holden requested.