Pub. 12 2017 Issue 1

www.ucls.org 34 Issue 1 2017 / UCLS Foresights LONG SENTENCES “ALL that certain lot or parcel of land described in that certain deed dated April 1, 1979, by and be- tween Horace A. Gray, Jr., et ux., et al., to Donald P. Chamblee and Rebecca V. Chamblee, husband and wife, said deed having been duly recorded in the Re- corder’s Office of the County of Washington, in Deed Book 43, page 258 and therein described as follows: “All that certain lot or parcel of land, lying and being situate on the West side of Grande Avenue, in the Town of Bingham, and bounded as follows: Beginning at an iron pin on the inside edge of the sidewalk on the West side of said Grande Avenue, the said iron pin being the point of beginning of the description of the H.A. Gray, Sr., deceased, home place as described in the deed from Pearl F. Gray to Charles D. Townes and Mary C. Townes, dated July 1, 1946, and record- ed in said County Recorder’s Office in Deed book 42, page 266, and as shown on a map filed there - with in Plat Book 5, page 82, reference to which is here made, and thence running along a curved line as shown on said plat as being the north boundary of the said H.A. Gray, Sr. home place, to an iron pin shown on said plat as designating the corner of the H. A. Gray, Jr. and Wilcox property lines, thence N. 83º 15’ E. along the Southern boundary of the Wilcox line to the inside edge of the sidewalk on Grande Av- enue, thence Southwardly along the inside edge of said sidewalk approximately 175 feet to the iron pin, the point of beginning. This being the same trian- gle shaped property conveyed to Horace A. Gray, Jr. by deed from Edmonia B. Wilcox, et als., dated April 13, 1936, and recorded in said Recorder’s Office in Deed Book 34, page 576, the North and East bound - ary lines remaining the same as shown in said deed purchased by Townes, et al, being adjusted, marked off, agreed upon and designated as shown on the said plat filed in Plat Book 5, page 82, and is accord - ingly so charged and established as the correct third line of said triangle, reference to all of which is here made for a further and better description of the property hereby conveyed.” ODE TO THE SPELL CHECKER EYE HALVE A SPELLING CHECKER, IT CAME WITH MY PEA SEA. IT PLAINLY MARQUES FOUR MY REVUE MISS STEAKS EYE KIN KNOT SEA EYE STRIKE A KEY AND TYPE A WORD AND WEIGHT FOUR IT TWO SAY WEATHER EYE AM WRONG OAR WRITE IT SHOWS ME STRAIT A WEIGH. AS SOON AS A MIST ACHE IS MAID IT NOSE BEE FORE TWO LONG. AND EYE CAN PUT THE ERROR RITE ITS RARE LEA EVER WRONG. EYE HAVE RUN THIS POEM THREW IT I AM SHORE YOUR PLEASED TWO NO, IT’S LETTER PERFECT AWL THE WEIGH MY CHECK TOLLED ME SEW. GRAMMAR a If you begin a statement with a capital letter and end it with a period, it should be a sentence. a Sentences require a subject and a verb. Make sure you know which is which a READ THE DESCRIPTION a PAY ATTENTION a THINK ABOUT IT a VALUE YOUR REPUTATION! • Grammar Points: No, I am not going to diagram a sentence, but knowing how is cer- tainly helpful. Spelling does make a difference. Spell check can catch misspellings, but it cannot catch actual words used in the wrong place. (See ode to spell checker.) You must READ the stuff you produce. Yes, it takes time to do that, but it certainly is a good shield to keep the egg off your face. • Singular vs Plural “Each” is singular; Containing 1.00 acre – not 1.00 acres Thence North 7.25 rods – not North 7.25 rod hands of said Grantors – not hand of said Grantors Grantors Grant – not Grantors Grants • Present or Past Tense … plat of which is made by Joe Surveyor & Assoc., dated… … deed found recorded in Book 12345 … … along centerline of dedicate Right of Way … • Is it a Lot, Parcel, or Tract? A Lot has defined boundaries identified by a plat, a Parcel is a quantity of land identified for taxing purposes; and a Tract is an area that is not definitely bounded. Yes there is a difference! • Loooooong Sentences or sooooo boring If you use more words can you charge more money? Do longer sen - tences improve the description? For example: o … a distance of four hundred and thirty-six one hundreds feet or 400.36’; o … North 89 degrees 17 minutes 36 seconds East or N. 89°17’36” E. o … as shown on that record of survey plat by Bill Whatsh- isname, of Another Surveying Company, 1234 West 200 South, Whata City, Utah 84115 or as shown on that plat filed as #12345 in the office of the County Surveyor;