MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Texas Utilities Electric Co.

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• concluding that entity was neither party nor third-party beneficiary entitled to sue on contract and reversing and rendering take-nothing judgment on merits of contract claim rather than dismissing for lack of jurisdiction
• concluding that entity was neither party nor third-party beneficiary entitled to sue on contract and reversing and rendering a take-nothing judgment on the merits rather than a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction
• holding that any benefit to the third party under the contract at issue was merely incidental and did not evidence a clear intent of the parties to contract for the direct benefit of that third party
• instructing that interpretation of unambiguous contract is a question of law, which is reviewed de novo
• holding evidence allowed jurors to disbelieve defendant's experts' testimony even though plaintiff's expert's testimony was shown to be in error
• stating that the interpretation of an unambiguous contract is a question of law, which is reviewed de novo

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