Cal. Supreme Court · Supreme Court opinion · March 7, 2002
Related by Escrow InstructionsCourt record Supreme Court opinion
Shiver v. Liberty Building-Loan — California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court · L.A. No. 16834
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ResultSupreme Court opinionCourt ruling
HingeEscrow InstructionsDefines limited escrow-agency boundaries across related refinance instructions: what each party authorized, what the escrow holder knew, and when instructions must be communicated.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Defines limited escrow-agency boundaries across related refinance instructions: what each party authorized, what the escrow holder knew, and when instructions must be communicated.
Limit before takeaway
Published Supreme Court opinion only. Doctrine row on instruction-communication limits; not a modern operational finding.
- Court / region
- Cal.
- Case number
- L.A. No. 16834
- Filed
- October 4, 1940
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Supreme Court opinion
- Money movement stage
- At release
- Record gap
- Source 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 discussed title-company escrow instructions, whether an escrow holder knowledge was imputed, and limits on communicating one party instructions to another.
What it hinged on
Escrow Instructions. Defines limited escrow-agency boundaries across related refinance instructions: what each party authorized, what the escrow holder knew, and when instructions must be communicated.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Supreme Court opinion
Why this belongs here
Defines limited escrow-agency boundaries across related refinance instructions: what each party authorized, what the escrow holder knew, and when instructions must be communicated.
Documents to inspect
- Escrow instructions
- Amendments
- Signature pages
- Closing statement
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What the file needed to show
Current reviewed metadata frames the file issue this way:
Defines limited escrow-agency boundaries across related refinance instructions: what each party authorized, what the escrow holder knew, and when instructions must be communicated.
Timeline
FiledOctober 4, 1940
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
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Limit: Published Supreme Court opinion only. Doctrine row on instruction-communication limits; not a modern operational finding.
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