Misc Questions Flashcards
A grant is given in 1852 on the Brazos River for a Sitio, what is the shape of the grant?
Sitio = league, league = 5000 v x 5000 v. half fronts on river. 6,944.44’ x 27,777.80’
The King’s Crossing subdivision 640 ac subdivision out of a 1280 ac original grant is created and the original survey is later found to have excess acreage. ?
Each owner in the subdivision must file for a deed of acquittance to excess acreage.
If a licensed state land surveyor in Texas finds some vacant land they can ?
in the GLO that a vacancy has been found.
Small Bill
validate patents on lands lying across or partly across water courses or navigable streams where there is a deficiency in the acreage of the original survey
A tree called for in a survey as a locative call is ?
a call to an artificial object
Boundary on a navigable river is ?
gradient boundary
essential for execution of a valid deed ?
written form, language to convey land, signed by grantor, accepted by grantee, consideration, valid description of land
The legal term for information received from interviews with knowledgeable local residents which can be used to clarify or explain ambiguous words in a deed ?
parole
State of Texas Littoral Rights (gulf of Mexico)
Spanish/Mexican grants = Mean Higher High Water
Republic/State of Texas = Mean High Water
Perennial stream prior to 1837 ?
retained by sovereign
Prescription is ?
unwritten method of gaining right to use property
Easement appurtenant ?
attached to land, passes with transfer of title to land which it is attached to (esmt for driveway to access tract)
Easement in gross ?
attached to entity, rights to use some other property, (gas pipeline esmt)
What is the effect on the location of a coastal boundary when natural and gradual changes occur to a Texas shoreline ?
boundary changes with the changing shoreline
conflict between general and particular description in deed, which prevails ?
particular description
