262 Ga. App. 339 - Northen v. Tobin’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 246 Ga. App. 71 - Deep Six, Inc. v. Abernathy · 237 Ga. App. 656 - Schwartz v. Harris Waste Management Group, Inc. · Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Exchange Bank · Murphy v. Murphy · 241 Ga. App. 703 - Caswell v. Anderson
Most-quoted passages
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“In order for a third party to have standing to enforce a contract under O.C.G.A. § 9-2-20(b), it must clearly appear from the contract that it was intended for [plaintiffs] benefit. The mere fact that [plaintiff] would benefit incidentally from performance of the agreement is not alone sufficient. There must be a promise by the promisor to the promisee to render some performance to a third person, and it must appear that both the promisor and the promisee intended that the third person should be the beneficiary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“if it clearly appears from the contract that it was intended for his benefit; the mere fact that he would benefit from performance of the contract is insufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether the parties' intention to benefit the third party is shown on the face of the contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.