In priority of calls, which type of call controls if there is a conflict: course or distance.

• A. Course or distance
• B. Area
• C. Lines actually run on the ground
• D. Monuments

Answer: (A)

The direction of the line, i.e., the course, takes priority over its length when there’s a conflict. The course fixes where the line goes; the distance is just how far along that course the line extends. If the two don’t align, you preserve the stated course and adjust the distance along that course to fit with other evidence or constraints (monuments, area, etc.). In practice, you lay out the line along the declared course and use the distance as the value that may be altered to reconcile with monuments or other tying calls. So, the call that controls in a conflict is the course.