Class 13, Sept. 18

1. Class #13, Sept. 18 Chapters 5 & 6 Friday - 9/27 Hour Exam #1 (15 points) Case Reporters Duelen –Richard Dobbyn, (holding/law) Andrew Eller Delforge – Nathan Fleck, (holding/law) Chris Geswein Chota – Luke Harrison, (holding/law) Gretchen Humphrey Hanson – Joshua Johnson, (holding/law) Kyle Kuehnert

2. Bonus Homework #1 OSHA waiver for farmers with fewer than 10 workers. A federal issue. Workman’s Comp. exemption is a state law issue in Indiana. How could you find the farmer liable for the tow truck driver’s pedestrian injury, and not be liable for “B’s” injury?

3. Legal description of land The Government Survey System, adopted by Congress 1785 (central and western U. S.) Reference is to congressional townships – where property is mapped out on a grid in accordance with Base Lines (east & west) and Principal Meridians (north and south)

4. Legal description of land 36 sets of Base Lines and Principal Meridians in the contiguous 48 states “township lines” parallel to Base Lines at six-mile intervals divide the land into “Townships” See overhead visual “Range lines” parallel to Principal Meridians at six-mile intervals divide land into “Ranges.” See Figure 5-2 on page 101.

5. The Government Survey System Each township is six square miles and contains 36 sections (each one mile square) Sections are numbered consecutively beginning in NE corner and ending in SE corner (see Fig. 5-3, page 101) Each section contains 640 acres A legal description is read from right to left How many acres are in 36 sections?

6. Township Numbering 6 5 4 3 2 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 17 16 15 14 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 30 29 28 27 26 25 31 32 33 34 35 36