Cal. · Supreme Court opinion · July 20, 1978
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Shreeves v. Pearson — California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court · 194 Cal. 699
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ResultSupreme Court opinionCourt ruling
HingeSeller ProceedsDefines how escrow agency status changes once contractual conditions are met — cited in Greenzweight and later bank-failure timing disputes.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Defines how escrow agency status changes once contractual conditions are met — cited in Greenzweight and later bank-failure timing disputes.
Limit before takeaway
Published Supreme Court opinion only. Greenzweight v. Title Guar. & Tr. Co. (1934) 1 Cal.2d 577 (supporting link) applies hold-until-paid timing after cleared checks.
- Court / region
- Cal.
- Case number
- 194 Cal. 699
- Filed
- January 1, 1925
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Supreme Court opinion
- Money movement stage
- Seller proceeds stage
- Record gap
- Payee 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 held that when escrow conditions are performed the holder's agency for one party ends and the relationship shifts, affecting who may control release of deposited funds and reconveyance documents.
What it hinged on
Seller Proceeds. Defines how escrow agency status changes once contractual conditions are met — cited in Greenzweight and later bank-failure timing disputes.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Supreme Court opinion
Why this belongs here
Defines how escrow agency status changes once contractual conditions are met — cited in Greenzweight and later bank-failure 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 how escrow agency status changes once contractual conditions are met — cited in Greenzweight and later bank-failure timing disputes.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 1925
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
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Limit: Published Supreme Court opinion only. Greenzweight v. Title Guar. & Tr. Co. (1934) 1 Cal.2d 577 (supporting link) applies hold-until-paid timing after cleared checks.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.