Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/kriging/Quadtree.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/kriging/Quadtree.cpp	(revision 20633)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/kriging/Quadtree.cpp	(revision 20634)
@@ -502,15 +502,11 @@
 	   QuadtreeBox* qtreebox = new QuadtreeBox(*this);
 
-		if (this->box){	
-			for (int i=0; i<4; ++i){
-				if(this->box[i]) qtreebox->box[i] = reinterpret_cast<QuadtreeBox*>(this->box[i]->copy());
-				else qtreebox->box[i] = NULL;
-			}
-		}
-		if (this->obs){
-			for (int i=0; i<4; ++i){
-				if(this->obs[i]) qtreebox->obs[i] = reinterpret_cast<Observation*>(this->obs[i]->copy());
-				else qtreebox->obs[i] = NULL;
-			}
+		for (int i=0; i<4; ++i){
+			if(this->box[i]) qtreebox->box[i] = reinterpret_cast<QuadtreeBox*>(this->box[i]->copy());
+			else qtreebox->box[i] = NULL;
+		}
+		for (int i=0; i<4; ++i){
+			if(this->obs[i]) qtreebox->obs[i] = reinterpret_cast<Observation*>(this->obs[i]->copy());
+			else qtreebox->obs[i] = NULL;
 		}