Mains v. City Title Insurance Co.

34 Cal.2d 580 (1949)

MARY E. MAINS, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent,

v.

CITY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant.

S. F. No. 17984.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 28, 1949.

Tobin & Tobin and Richard Raoul-Duval for Appellant.

Roland Becsey and Joseph B. Bates for Respondent.

EDMONDS, J.

Certain real property owned by the estate of which Mary E. Mains is administratrix was sold by her in accordance with the procedure specified by the Probate Code. City Title Insurance Company, as the escrow holder through which the purchase price was paid, used a part of it without specific…