Georgia § 9-2-20 - Parties to actions on contracts; action by beneficiary.
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§ 9-2-20. Parties to actions on contracts; action by beneficiary.
As a general rule, an action on a contract, whether the contract is expressed, implied, by parol, under seal, or of record, shall be brought in the name of the party in whom the legal interest in the contract is vested, and against the party who made it in person or by agent. The beneficiary of a contract made between other parties for his benefit may maintain an action against the promisor on the contract. (Orig. Code 1863, § 3181; Code 1868, § 3192; Code 1873, § 3257; Code 1882, § 3257; Civil Code 1895, § 4939; Civil Code 1910, § 5516; Code 1933, § 3-108; Ga. L. 1949, p. 455, § 1.) Law reviews. - For article discussing third party beneficiary contracts, see 4 Ga. B.J. 19 (1941). For article, "Multiple Party Accounts: Georgia Law Compared with the Uniform Probate Code," see 8 Ga. L. Rev. 739 (1974). For annual survey on construction law, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 57 (2019). For note discussing transfer fees in home loan assumptions in reference to the Georgia usury laws, see 9 Ga. L. Rev. 454 (1975). For comment on Veruki v. Burke, 202 Ga. 844 , 44 S.E.2d 906 (1947), see 10 Ga. B.J. 369 (1948). For comment on Harris v. Joseph B. English Co., 83 Ga. App. 281 , 63 S.E.2d 346 (1951), see 13 Ga. B.J. 462 (1951).
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