Elliott v. Title Insurance & Trust Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. John M. York, Judge. Reversed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHouser, J.
Early in the month of July, 1920, as a result of oral negotiations between W. J. Conner and Arthur F. Levitt regarding the sale of certain real property, the latter, in an attempt to create an escrow agreement between him and Conner, deposited certain instructions with the Title Insurance & Trust Company. No action having been taken thereon by Conner, either by way of written acceptance or by filing independent instructions with the Title Company, on August 24, 1920, Levitt canceled the instructions which had theretofore been given by him. Two days later—that is, on August 26, 1920—a…
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