Surveyor's role
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Definitions from Case Law
From 232 U.S. 452 - Edwin Gauthier v. Peter Morrison · 1914Most cited · 87 citing opinions
He was not invested with power to determine the character of the land which he surveyed or left unsurveyed, or to classify it as within or without the operation of particular laws. All that he was to do in that regard was to note and report its character, as it appeared to him, as a means of enlarging the sources of information upon that subject otherwise available.