St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Medical Protective Co. of Fort Wayne

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• holding that one who is not a party and has no right to enforce a contract lacks standing to bring a declaration of rights under the contract
• recognizing that § 527.020 “authorizes any party with a present interest in a written contract to have determined any question of construction or validity of the contract” (emphasis added)
• noting that “[n]o authority has been cited to this court and we find none which would authorize or grant standing to seek a declaration of rights under a contract to one who is not a party and who has no right to enforce the contract”

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