Hamill v. Maryland Cas. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Motive is the reason which leads the mind to desire that result.” (quoting James Stewart & Co. v. Law, 233 S.W. 2d 558, 561 (Tex. 1950))
• “The intent to benefit the third person is generally said to be controlling, and it is to be gathered from a construction of the contract in the light of the surrounding circumstances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).