How the law of surveying and boundaries developed in the United States -- The surveyor's rights, duties, liabilities -- Rights and interests in land -- Land surveying -- Public land surveys -- Land surveys in the original colonies -- Land in states other than the original thirteen colonies -- The congressional surveys -- Subdivision of townships -- Subdivision of sections -- Government rules for lots, numbering and areas -- Excess and deficiency -- Meander lines and meander corners -- Tracking a survey -- Evidence to identify and locate tracts, corners and lines -- The meanings of words and phrases used in descriptions -- Restoration of corners -- Reading instruments of conveyance -- Monumentation of surveys -- Agreements and other doctrines relative to boundaries and surveys -- Maps, plats and platting -- Adverse possession and prescription -- Riparian rights -- Accretion, avulsion, erosion and reliction -- Surveying water boundaries -- Dedication -- Easements and other access -- Resurveys -- Highways and streets -- Discussion of selected case law -- Current surveying technology and related legal perceptions.
