Cal. Ct. App. 2d Dist. · Court of Appeal opinion · January 1, 1989
Related by Disbursement AuthorizationCourt record Court of Appeal opinion
Mitchell v. California-Pacific Title — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal · 79 Cal.App. 45
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ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingeDisbursement AuthorizationLinks the California-Pacific Title insurer line to the Howard/Lattin limitations cluster before Reusche and Cal Pac Title v. Bank of America forged-escrow cases.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Links the California-Pacific Title insurer line to the Howard/Lattin limitations cluster before Reusche and Cal Pac Title v. Bank of America forged-escrow cases.
Limit before takeaway
Published Court of Appeal opinion only. Howard v. Security Title Ins. & Guar. Co. (1937) 20 Cal.App.2d 226 (supporting link) applied the same Lattin framework.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App.
- Case number
- 79 Cal.App. 45
- Filed
- January 1, 1926
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- At release
- 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 treated buyers' claims against a title insurer's escrow department as governed by the shorter limitations period when the underlying obligation was an oral agency agreement rather than a writing executed by the holder.
What it hinged on
Disbursement Authorization. Links the California-Pacific Title insurer line to the Howard/Lattin limitations cluster before Reusche and Cal Pac Title v. Bank of America forged-escrow cases.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Links the California-Pacific Title insurer line to the Howard/Lattin limitations cluster before Reusche and Cal Pac Title v. Bank of America forged-escrow cases.
Documents to inspect
- Disbursement authorization
- Escrow instructions
- Condition checklist
- Hold notice
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:
Links the California-Pacific Title insurer line to the Howard/Lattin limitations cluster before Reusche and Cal Pac Title v. Bank of America forged-escrow cases.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 1926
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
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Limit: Published Court of Appeal opinion only. Howard v. Security Title Ins. & Guar. Co. (1937) 20 Cal.App.2d 226 (supporting link) applied the same Lattin framework.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.