Cal. · Supreme Court opinion · January 1, 1961
Related by Seller Proceeds + Disbursement Authorization · Seller ProceedsCourt record Supreme Court opinion
Greenzweight v. Title Guarantee — California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court · L. A. No. 13476
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ResultSupreme Court opinionCourt ruling
HingeSeller ProceedsDefines when an escrow holder has complied with a hold-until-paid instruction before releasing reconveyance documents during a refinance — critical for bank-failure and cleared-check timing disputes.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Defines when an escrow holder has complied with a hold-until-paid instruction before releasing reconveyance documents during a refinance — critical for bank-failure and cleared-check timing disputes.
Limit before takeaway
Published Supreme Court opinion only. Shreeves v. Pearson (1925) 194 Cal. 699 (supporting link) discusses agency shifts when escrow conditions are met.
- Court / region
- Cal.
- Case number
- L. A. No. 13476
- Filed
- January 1, 1934
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Supreme Court opinion
- Money movement stage
- Seller proceeds stage
- Record gap
- Release-decision gap
- Strongest reviewed source
- Published opinion
- Allegation / finding status
- Court ruling
- Disposition
- Supreme Court opinion
- Last posture checked
- 2026-05-31
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-31
What happened
Court reversed judgment for plaintiff, holding escrow instructions requiring the holder to hold funds for the payoff were satisfied when purchaser's check cleared and was credited at Bank of America before the escrow bank failed, making later bank insolvency the depositor's risk as to those proceeds.
What it hinged on
Seller Proceeds. Defines when an escrow holder has complied with a hold-until-paid instruction before releasing reconveyance documents during a refinance — critical for bank-failure and cleared-check timing disputes.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Supreme Court opinion
Why this belongs here
Defines when an escrow holder has complied with a hold-until-paid instruction before releasing reconveyance documents during a refinance — critical for bank-failure and cleared-check timing disputes.
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:
Defines when an escrow holder has complied with a hold-until-paid instruction before releasing reconveyance documents during a refinance — critical for bank-failure and cleared-check timing disputes.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 1934
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
Seller Proceeds·Disbursement Authorization
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Limit: Published Supreme Court opinion only. Shreeves v. Pearson (1925) 194 Cal. 699 (supporting link) discusses agency shifts when escrow conditions are met.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.