Hot Topics Real Estate Law J. Cliff McKinney A recent real estate case showed the value of old historic land records. In the case of Brann v. Hulett, 2013 Ark. App. 687, a dispute arose between landowners regarding the location of the true boundary. The case was resolved in favor of a survey based on the original General Land Office (GLO) survey from 1854. For those interested in knowing more about the original surveys of Arkansas, the Bureau of Land Management’s website has wonderful historical information available at www.glorecords.blm.gov. This site contains original GLO surveys, land patents, field notes and other fascinating information. As shown by this case this old and interesting information can still sometimes be very useful in resolving cases and determining modern boundaries. This information can also be a great place to start when researching title, determining a baseline for an accretion versus avulsion case or resolving a boundary line dispute.
In Brief Editors TREY COOPER, Arkansas Traveler Review Co-Editor, is an associate at Dover Dixon Horne PLLC, in Little Rock, with a practice focused on general and commercial litigation. Trey is married to Mary G. Cooper, Arkansas Traveler Review Co-Editor. Mary and Trey have practiced law since 2007 and have been married since 2010. They have one son, Cross.
MARY G. COOPER, Arkansas Traveler Review Co-Editor, is an associate at Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon, & Galchus, P.C. in Little Rock and practices labor and employment law and civil and business litigation.
RASHAUNA NORMENT, Assistant Editor & Tasty Tips Editor, is an attorney with Norment Law Firm. If you have a recipe to share, please contact Rashauna@NormentLawFirm.com or 501-319-7875.
J. Cliff McKinney is a transactional attorney with Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC in Little Rock.
MEGAN WOOSTER, What Judges Want Editor, is the owner of M.W. Law, PLLC, a domestic relations litigation firm, in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. She can be contacted at (501) 372-3700 or megan@mwlawpllc.com.
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