professional surveyor. Mark S. Dennison, Annotation, Surveyor’s Liability for Mistake in, or Misrepresentation as to Accuracy of, Survey of Real Property, 117 A.L.R. 5th 23, 38 (2004); see Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co. v. Conklin Assocs., 152 N.J.Super. 1, 9, 377 A.2d 740 (Law Div.1977), affd o.b. sub nom., Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co. v. Topping, 167 N.J.Super. 392, 400 A.2d 1208 (App.Div.), certif. denied, 81 N.J. 285, 405 A.2d 830 (1979). Nonetheless, even when the terms of the Statute require an affidavit of merit, our courts reject a literal interpretation if it will “lead to results inconsistent with the overall purpose of the [S]tatute.” Court, supra, 173 N.J. at 334, 801 A.2d 1134 (internal quotations omitted); see, e.g., Hubbard, supra, 168 N.J. at 395-97, 774 A.2d 495 (<HOLDING>). Under the facts and procedural posture of
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