Corpus Christi Bank and Trust v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in determining whether a third party may enforce or challenge a contract between others, it is the contracting parties’ intent that controls
• holding that we presume the opposite, and a party seeking to overcome that presumption must do so with contractual language that “clearly” expresses that intent
• holding that in determining whether a third party may enforce or challenge a contract between others, it is the contracting parties‟ intent that controls
• recognizing that under certain circumstances, contract terms may inure to benefit of entity not aparty to the contract
• holding that it is presumed the parties contracted for themselves unless it clearly appears that the contract intended to grant third party beneficiary status to another
• holding that it is presumed the parties contracted for themselves unless it clearly appears that the contract intended to grant third party beneficiary status to another

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).