Goldstein v. Ray

Opinion

KINGSLEY, J.

This appeal arises from judgment in an unlawful detainer action filed by appellants seeking to terminate respondents’ five-year lease. The trial court held that respondents were not unlawfully detaining the premises and entered judgment in their favor. Plaintiffs appeal from that judgment. For the reasons set forth below we reverse.

The issue on appeal is whether the filing of a lis pendens is constructive notice to a subsequent lessee and therefore binding on him, and, if so, whether the trial court properly applied the doctrine. The case was tried on stipulated facts as…