Gregg v. Lindsay

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that because the litigants did not have an attorney-client relationship, the plaintiff could not recover for legal malpractice based on negligence
• holding that because the litigants did not have an attorney-client relationship, the plaintiff could not recover for legal malpractice based on negligence
• stating that one is a third party beneficiary when the recognition of the beneficiary’s right “effectuate[s] the intention of the parties” and “the circumstances indicate that the promisee intend[ed] to give the beneficiary the benefit of the promised performance”
• stating that one is a third party beneficiary when the recognition of the beneficiary's right \effectuate[s] the intention of the parties\ and \the circumstances indicate that the promisee intend[ed] to give the beneficiary the benefit of the promised performance\
• “here, however, there was no executed will which, under such an analysis, could clearly establish an intent by the testator to benefit the third person.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).