In re Christopher R.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “the third person must be the real promisee. The promise must be made to him in fact ... and it is not enough that the contract may operate to his benefit but it must appear that the parties intended to recognize him as the primary party in interest and as privy to the promise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sherman v. First American Title Insurance