May v. Mid-Century Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “[o]ne to whom, by the express terms of a contract, no obligation is due from its promissor, cannot qualify for the status of an intended or implied third-party beneficiary.”
• “Where the language of a contract is clear and unambiguous on its face, that which stands expressed within its four corners must be given effect.”
• “Where the language of a contract is clear and unambiguous on its face, that which stands expressed within its four corners must be given effect.”
• “Where the language of a contract is clear and unambiguous on its face, that which stands expressed within its four corners must be given effect.”
• to determine a party’s obligations under an insurance contract, “we must examine the provisions of the policy”
• “One to whom, by the express terms of a contract, no obligation is due from its promissor [sic], cannot qualify for the status of an intended or implied third-party beneficiary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).