How have courts dealt with situations where a successful litigant is ordered to withdraw funds from an escrowed account before any stay of judgment is ordered?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hall v. Napa County Title Co., 149 Cal.App.2d 520, 308 P.2d 903 (Cal. App. 1957):
In Wilson v. Coffey, 116 Cal.App. 635, 3 P.2d 62, the following[149 Cal.App.2d 524] situation obtained. Money had been escrowed and then deposited in court by the escrowee who was discharged from liability. A judgment was rendered, and the attorney of the successful litigant withdrew the money and passed it to his client before any stay of the judgment was ordered. The court said, 116 Cal.App. at page 639, 3 P.2d at page 64:
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