06/17/2026
Great Lunch & Learn today with our RPLSs Matt Raabe and Patrick Mallon leading a discussion for the Eagle Surveying drafting team.
The conversation covered far more than legal descriptions. Drawing from decades of surveying experience, Matt and Patrick walked through the history of Texas land surveying, the origins of Spanish and Mexican land grants, abstract surveys, metes and bounds descriptions, boundary intent, easement descriptions, and practical approaches to writing clear and defensible legal descriptions. They also shared lessons from their careers and emphasized the importance of consistency, historical research, and understanding the ""why"" behind how we survey and document property boundaries today.
Opportunities like this sharpen our team's technical knowledge and improve the quality of our work. There's no substitute for learning from people who have spent decades doing it.
Thank you, Matt and Patrick, for investing your time in our team.