Brainerd v. Dickinson

The dispute underlying this appeal grew out of an engineer’s mistake in the preparation of a plat depicting a subdivision of 2.8 *638acres of land lying between Lake Shore Drive and Crystal Lake in Virginia Beach and owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Baecher.

A 1964 survey divided the tract into three lots, approximately equal in size, with the eastern boundaries fronting on the western shore of the lake. The survey was accurately marked on the ground with pins and colored streamers. The courses and distances stated on the plat, which was recorded on October 1, 1964, corresponded accurately with…