Cal. Ct. App. 4th Dist. Div. 2 · Court of Appeal opinion · January 1, 1991
Related by Seller Proceeds + Payoff Demands · Seller ProceedsCourt record Court of Appeal opinion
Builders' Control Service v. North American Title — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal · 205 Cal.App.2d 68
AmountNot statedAmount not stated in reviewed source.
ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingeSeller ProceedsTeaches escrow disbursement duties after recorded notice that sale proceeds were assigned to a fund-control agent (foundation for later assignment/payoff cases).
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Teaches escrow disbursement duties after recorded notice that sale proceeds were assigned to a fund-control agent (foundation for later assignment/payoff cases).
Limit before takeaway
Published appellate opinion only. Summit Financial Holdings v. Continental Lawyers Title (2002) 27 Cal.4th 705 (supporting link) later limited stranger-to-escrow tort duties but discusses Builders' Control assignment principles.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App.
- Case number
- 205 Cal.App.2d 68
- Filed
- January 1, 1962
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- Payoff stage
- Record gap
- Amount gap
- Strongest reviewed source
- Published opinion
- Allegation / finding status
- Court ruling
- Disposition
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Last posture checked
- 2026-05-31
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-31
What happened
Court held an escrow holder that received notice of an assignment of home-sale proceeds must honor the assignee's claim and may not follow contrary instructions from the assignor alone.
What it hinged on
Seller Proceeds. Teaches escrow disbursement duties after recorded notice that sale proceeds were assigned to a fund-control agent (foundation for later assignment/payoff cases).
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Teaches escrow disbursement duties after recorded notice that sale proceeds were assigned to a fund-control agent (foundation for later assignment/payoff cases).
Documents to inspect
- Seller instructions
- Authorization request
- Callback log
- Wire confirmation
- Closing statement
- Escrow instructions
This list is inferred from the topic pattern, not asserted as an extracted document list for this case.
What the file needed to show
Current reviewed metadata frames the file issue this way:
Teaches escrow disbursement duties after recorded notice that sale proceeds were assigned to a fund-control agent (foundation for later assignment/payoff cases).
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 1962
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
Seller Proceeds·Payoff Demands
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Limit: Published appellate opinion only. Summit Financial Holdings v. Continental Lawyers Title (2002) 27 Cal.4th 705 (supporting link) later limited stranger-to-escrow tort duties but discusses Builders' Control assignment principles.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.