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In a property's legal description on a deed, what is a "pointer"?
Obviously, this somehow refers to a tree, but what kind of tree? Is it a stump? Is there something special about the tree?
Here is the language:
"beginning at a black walnut pointer near the top of a ridge near the road"
and
"to a red oak with dogwood pointers"
What makes a "pointer" a "pointer"? Thanks.
2 Answers
- raichasaysLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Dang, this took some research! In surveying, a pointer is a tree marked facing a corner with three marks, or hacks. So "beginning at a black walnut pointer" means to look for black walnut tree on the top of the ridge that has three hack marks in it and go from there. The red oak is at a boundary point and you know you have found it because there will be dogwood trees near it with three marks pointing to it.
Source(s): Ballinger v. Stinnett, Court of Chancery Appeals, Tennessee, June 4, 1900.
