Introduction

Inherent in court decisions is the protection of the rights of the parties, already established, which cannot later be altered without a proper process. Put succinctly, it is the maintenance of the sanctity of titles and the stability of their boundaries. In fact, it has been declared that “all the rules of law adopted for guidance in locating boundary lines have been to the end that the steps of the surveyor who originally projected the lines on the ground may be retraced as nearly as possible.”¹ (emphasis supplied).

Rivers v. Lozeau, Fla.App. 5 Dist., 539 So.2d 1147 (Fla., 1989).