A present interest, and the benefit of a condition or covenant respecting property, may be taken by any natural person under a grant, although not named a party thereto.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1085
Effect of Transfer
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 7 Cal. 3d 473 - Willard v. First Church of Christ, Scientist (1972)
Most recently applied in Fresno Unified School District v. K.U. (October 2013)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.