Schiavon v. Arnaudo Brothers

In Schiavon v. Arnaudo Brothers (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 374, a fraudulently executed request for reconveyance led a trustee, unaware of the fraud, to execute a full reconveyance. Because the reconveyance was procured by fraud, though issued by one who was authorized to reconvey, the court determined that a subsequent purchaser took the property free of the improperly reconveyed deed of trust. (Id. at p. 381.)