Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist. · Court of Appeal opinion · January 1, 2021
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Blackburn v. McCoy — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division One · 1 Cal.App.2d 648
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ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingeSeller ProceedsTeaches foundational limited-agency escrow law — holders follow written instructions only, a rule Lee v. Title Insurance & Trust and St. Paul Title v. Meier later apply to disclosure duties.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Teaches foundational limited-agency escrow law — holders follow written instructions only, a rule Lee v. Title Insurance & Trust and St. Paul Title v. Meier later apply to disclosure duties.
Limit before takeaway
Published appellate opinion only. Lee v. Title Insurance & Trust (1968) 264 Cal.App.2d 160 (supporting link) cites Blackburn for no duty beyond escrow instructions.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App. 2d Dist.
- Case number
- 1 Cal.App.2d 648
- Filed
- January 1, 1935
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- Seller proceeds stage
- Record gap
- Payee 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 owes each party only the duties stated in that party's instructions and has no duty to disclose the seller's simultaneous purchase and resale markup when the buyer's instructions did not ask for that information.
What it hinged on
Seller Proceeds. Teaches foundational limited-agency escrow law — holders follow written instructions only, a rule Lee v. Title Insurance & Trust and St. Paul Title v. Meier later apply to disclosure duties.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Teaches foundational limited-agency escrow law — holders follow written instructions only, a rule Lee v. Title Insurance & Trust and St. Paul Title v. Meier later apply to disclosure duties.
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 foundational limited-agency escrow law — holders follow written instructions only, a rule Lee v. Title Insurance & Trust and St. Paul Title v. Meier later apply to disclosure duties.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 1935
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
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Limit: Published appellate opinion only. Lee v. Title Insurance & Trust (1968) 264 Cal.App.2d 160 (supporting link) cites Blackburn for no duty beyond escrow instructions.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.