Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

is there a law against a person entering into a contract for a parcel of land that he knows has already been sold? While the seller and buyer are in court over the parcel of land.

Does someone have a right to claim that a contract has been negated before the judge makes that decision?

How about if the said person shows, in his own writings, that he has manipulated the situation for his advantage. Pays an advance for the said property and then becomes power of attourney and guardian ad litem while joining into the "trust" of the original seller and becoming oversee'er of the trust(and the only non family member). Negating a settlement the judge had interred as an order of the courtwhile also selling illegal parcels (under the table) just as he is complaining about in the case at hand.


Asked on 4/01/14, 9:05 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach

You are hinting around at something without being specific. A plaintiff who wants to sue over title to land and make the judge's eventual judgment apply to prospective purchasers during the litigation makes that binding by recording a notice of pendency of action (called a lis pendens). There is a special procedure for it, and it is binding on third parties when correctly performed.

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Answered on 4/01/14, 9:15 am


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