Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 174
and to mark such subdivisions as his judgment dictates, estimating quantities and preparing the engineering part of the case for the Court. The Court, not being a surveyor, takes the plans and evidence at hand and decides accordingly. If the plans and evidence are faulty, the case may be decided… … Fig. 1. would naturally suppose that that piece of land belonged to the owner of lot 3 ; yet, should the deep water channel be north of that island, no matter if only 100 feet wide, the title to that island and to the one in the center of the river goes to the owner
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