Green v. Shepherd

There are respectable authorities holding that he cannot do so, but we think the greater weight of authority and the better reasoning sustains the proposition that he may do so.

It surely is well established hi Ohio that “where A. makes a promise directly to B., for the benefit of C., upon a consideration moving alone from B., C., being, the party beneficially interested, may treat the promise as though made to himself and may maintain an action at law upon it in his own name against A., the promisor.”

Pomeroy’s Equity Jurisprudence (4th ed.), Vol. 3, Sec. 1207.

Crumbaugh v. Kruger, 3 O.S. 544,…