Curd v. Kentucky State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice MINTON.

Joseph B. Curd, Jr., a Kentucky-licensed land surveyor, testified as a trial expert on behalf of the defendants in a quiet-title action in the Wayne Circuit Court. In the course of his testimony, Curd — operating solely off of an historic deed’s calls and distances — opined in support of the defense theory that the disputed boundary extended across a highway traversing the disputed area. Unconvinced by Curd’s testimony, the trial court — sitting without a jury — ultimately ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. After the case was over, the Kentucky State…