Legal Opinion
Barbara Elizabeth Lawson v. Life of the South Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2011No. 10-11651PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
A rule of contract law is that one who is not a party to an agreement cannot enforce its terms against one who is a party. See Walsh v. Columbus, H.V. & A.R. Co., 176 U.S. 469, 479, 20 S.Ct. 393, 397, 44 L.Ed. 548 (1900); Cooper v. Meridian *1168Yachts, Ltd., 575 F.3d 1151, 1169 (11th Cir.2009); United States v. Puentes, 50 F.3d 1567, 1574 (11th Cir.1995); 13 Samuel Williston & Richard A. Lord, A Treatise on the Law of Contracts § 37:1 (4th ed. 1999) (“As a general rule, strangers to a contract acquire no rights under such a contract.” (quotation marks omitted)). The right of…
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