Cal. Ct. App. 2d Dist. Div. 6 · Court of Appeal opinion · January 1, 2007
Related by Seller Proceeds + Disbursement Authorization · Seller ProceedsCourt record Court of Appeal opinion
Cohn v. Gramercy Escrow — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal, Second District · Civ. 47343
AmountNot statedAmount not stated in reviewed source.
ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingeSeller ProceedsTeaches statutory escrow creditor-priority rules when a liquor-license transfer escrow distributes insufficient cash and a note to the seller before general creditors are paid.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Teaches statutory escrow creditor-priority rules when a liquor-license transfer escrow distributes insufficient cash and a note to the seller before general creditors are paid.
Limit before takeaway
Published appellate opinion only. Builders' Control Service v. North American Title (1962) 205 Cal.App.2d 68 (supporting link) on assignment of escrow proceeds.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App. 2d Dist.
- Case number
- Civ. 47343
- Filed
- January 1, 1977
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- Seller proceeds stage
- Record gap
- Release-decision 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 a Business and Professions Code section 24074 escrow holder breached duties to bona fide creditors by distributing a purchase-money note to the seller while general creditors remained unpaid.
What it hinged on
Seller Proceeds. Teaches statutory escrow creditor-priority rules when a liquor-license transfer escrow distributes insufficient cash and a note to the seller before general creditors are paid.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Teaches statutory escrow creditor-priority rules when a liquor-license transfer escrow distributes insufficient cash and a note to the seller before general creditors are paid.
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 statutory escrow creditor-priority rules when a liquor-license transfer escrow distributes insufficient cash and a note to the seller before general creditors are paid.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 1977
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
Seller Proceeds·Disbursement Authorization
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Limit: Published appellate opinion only. Builders' Control Service v. North American Title (1962) 205 Cal.App.2d 68 (supporting link) on assignment of escrow proceeds.
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