Rae v. Air-Speed, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a third-party beneficiary “stands in the shoes” of the contracting party
• recognizing principle of law that third-party beneficiary of a contract may maintain an action for breach of the contract
• indicating that defendant entered into a contract “for the benefit” of plaintiffs decedent
• holding intended third-party beneficiaiy of contract may recover for breach of contract
• noting though plaintiff “may recover against [defendant] under either a contract or a negligence theory, or both,” double recovery not permitted
• allowing plaintiff to recover as third-party beneficiary to contract to obtain insurance where plaintiff alleged that parties executed contract “for the benefit” of her decedent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).