Cal. · Supreme Court opinion · September 2, 1976
Related by Seller Proceeds + Post-Closing Evidentiary Disputes · Seller ProceedsCourt record Supreme Court opinion
Business Title v. United States — California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court · L.A. No. 30907
AmountNot statedAmount not stated in reviewed source.
ResultSupreme Court opinionCourt ruling
HingeSeller ProceedsShows how escrow instructions, notice to creditors, transfer approval, deferred disbursement, and interpleader shape priority to funds held in escrow.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Shows how escrow instructions, notice to creditors, transfer approval, deferred disbursement, and interpleader shape priority to funds held in escrow.
Limit before takeaway
Published Supreme Court opinion only. Creditor-priority and interpleader row; not a public claim about escrow-holder fault.
- Court / region
- Cal.
- Case number
- L.A. No. 30907
- Filed
- July 20, 1978
- 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 reviewed a Business Title escrow for liquor-license sale proceeds, creditor claims, tax lien timing, and the escrow holder interpleader over cash and documents.
What it hinged on
Seller Proceeds. Shows how escrow instructions, notice to creditors, transfer approval, deferred disbursement, and interpleader shape priority to funds held in escrow.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Supreme Court opinion
Why this belongs here
Shows how escrow instructions, notice to creditors, transfer approval, deferred disbursement, and interpleader shape priority to funds held in escrow.
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:
Shows how escrow instructions, notice to creditors, transfer approval, deferred disbursement, and interpleader shape priority to funds held in escrow.
Timeline
FiledJuly 20, 1978
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
Seller Proceeds·Post-Closing Evidentiary Disputes
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Limit: Published Supreme Court opinion only. Creditor-priority and interpleader row; not a public claim about escrow-holder fault.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.