Beattie Manufacturing Co. v. Clark
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ron. Warwick Rough, Judge. The contract sued on is a written one. Our action 7 is not based on any promise of Mr. Clark to' the agent v Bates~made "verbally to pay the debt to the Beattie Manufacturing Company, or rather to pay an amount X, of this "debt equal to $10,000, the deposit in his hands. Our cause of action is based on the written contract en- 1 ,tered into by Clark and the Gerardis.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ron. Warwick Rough, Judge. The contract sued on is a written one. Our action 7 is not based on any promise of Mr. Clark to' the agent v Bates~made "verbally to pay the debt to the Beattie Manufacturing Company, or rather to pay an amount X, of this "debt equal to $10,000, the deposit in his hands. Our cause of action is based on the written contract en- 1 ,tered into by Clark and the Gerardis. No principle of law is so well settled in this State as that a contract between the parties upon a valid consideration may be’'' enforced by a third party…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a suit to recover judgment against defendant Clark for the sum of $6,000, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from June. 16th, 1893, for which amount plaintiff claims he is indebted to it by reason of a written contract between him, and defendant Annie Gerardi whereby, for certain improvements to be made on premises leased *92by him to her, she placed in his hands $10',000 which he agreed to pay the parties making such improvements, and as plaintiff made said improvements it claims that said contract was made for its express benefit and that it can maintain its action…
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