Real Property Law Section

Corporations: Longview Internat., Inc. v. Stirling (2019) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2019 WL 2314881: The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's order denying defendant's motion to expunge a judgment lien on real property. Although the plaintiff/judgment creditor corporation was suspended when the lien was created, the recording of the abstract of judgment was a procedural act that was retroactively validated once a suspended corporation's powers were reinstated. (C.A. 6th, May 31, 2019.) Read more

In Ryan v Real of the Pacific, (2019) 32 Cal.App.5th 637, 244 Cal.Rptr.3d 129, filed on February 26 of this year, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District held that expert witness testimony is not required in order to establish a claim that a broker breached its duty to its client, the seller, by not disclosing to the seller a known material fact affecting the value of the property. Read more

By Douglas Borchert Douglas Borchert This new currently unpublished case addresses a subject that the author of this note discussed in the Claims Awareness Hot Sheet of the California Land Title Association in Volume 26, Number 2 of February 2016 in an Article entitled “Title Insurance and the Concept of Marketable or Merchantable Title.” http://www.hhlawgroup.com/_content/PDF/2016_January.pdf.In that article I noted that confusion arises because the term marketable has a completely different meaning in the title insurance context than it does it… Read more

Taniguchi v. Restoration Homes (2019)_ Cal.App.5th _ , 2019 WL 1923068: The Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's order granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in an action alleging defendant violated Civil Code section 2924c. The Court of Appeal ruled that, to cure a default and reinstate the loan under section 2924c, the borrowers need not pay the amount of an earlier default on the original loan (which had been deferred under a loan modification to the end of the loan term). They are only required to pay the missed modified monthly payments that caused a default on the modified loan. (C.A. 1st, April 30, 2019.) Read more

One of the most interesting things about going to events like the CLA RPLS is not only seeing old friends but making new ones. I thought I would share some of my experience by and through business cards I received during the event. Read more

The Real Property Law Section's Spring Conference proved once again that it is unsurpassed in the area of quality education. Read more

The Real Property Law Section was proud to bestow the Honorary Service Award to Christina Sansone in a brief ceremony at the Annual Spring Conference in recognition of Christina’s significant contributions to the Real Property Law Journal over her many years of volunteer service.    Over her three-year tenure on the Executive Committee for the Real Property Law Section Christina dedicated countless hours of her time and knowledge to support and improve the Real Property Law Journal.   Christina took the… Read more

The 2019 Real Property Law Section’s 38th Annual Spring Conference (formerly the Real Property Retreat) was held May 2 – 5, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach. Thank you to everyone who spoke at, sponsored, or attended the Spring Conference. This event would not be possible without you! Read more

Spring Conference Organizers Ashley Peterson, Elizabeth Blair Getting Started with The Diversity Reception: Newport Beach Diversity Reception: Attendee, Tara Burd, attendee, Juan Felipe Sanchez Giselle Roohparvar, Cosmos Eubany Danny Wang, Jonathan Golding Thomas Lombardi, Jeremy Olsan (Sponsor), and Tara Burd John (J.R.) Richards and Naomi Richards The Comedy Show: Ashley Peterson, Comedian Josh Sneed, Elizabeth Roticci (Organizer), Tara Burd, Patrick Keane These guys ripped it up something fierce!: Patrick Keane, Comedian Josh Sneed The main event: Comedian Josh Sneed Sponsors:… Read more

The Real Property Journal seeks articles that are 10-30 pages double-spaced, with more in-depth content than the E-Bulletin. Topics may range from case developments, subspecialty updates, or how-to guides. Authors will work with talented editors and also have the opportunity to seek MCLE credit for acceptance or publication of an article if it complies with State Bar MCLE requirements. Read more