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Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 29 (2026)

Beneficiary may enforce

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A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it. R.L.1910, § 895.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1948–2024 · leading case: Wathor v. Mut. Assurance Administrators, Inc., 2004 OK 2 (Okla. 2004).
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Wathor v. Mut. Assurance Administrators, Inc., 2004 OK 2 (Okla. 2004). · cites it 2× “¶ 15 Assuming, without deciding, the Wathors are third party beneficiaries of the Administrative Service Contract, that status merely entitles them to step into the shoes of Oklahoma County to enforce Oklahoma County's contractual rights against MAA.”
Hensley v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 398 P.3d 11 (Okla. 2017). · cites it 2× “15 O.S.2011 § 29. 23 For example, a named beneficiary in a life insurance contract who is third party beneficiary is owed the implied-in-law duty of good faith.”
Seal v. Corp. Comm'n, 725 P.2d 278 (Okla. 1986). · cites it 4× “Amerada cites 15 O.S.1981 § 29 [15] in support of this argument.”
Wylie v. Chesser, 2007 OK 81 (Okla. 2007). · cites it 2× “1; and (5) a survivor's pension, section 6.2. A spouse's pension, described in article VI, is not a continuation of any of the three kinds of employee's pension, described in article IV.”
Colony Ins. Co. v. Burke, 698 F.3d 1222 (10th Cir. 2012). “1981) (internal quotation marks omitted); accord Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 29 (“A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.”
Goodwin v. Old Repub. Ins. Co., 828 P.2d 431 (Okla. 1992). · cites it 3× “6 Since 1910, 15 O.S.1981 § 29 has held that “A contract made expressly for the benefit of a third person may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.”
Gaasch v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2018 OK 12 (Okla. 2018). “26 15 O.S.2011 § 29 : "A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.”
Travelers Ins. Companies v. Dickey, 799 P.2d 625 (Okla. 1990). · cites it 2× “See 15 O.S.1981 § 29, infra; Franklin Casualty Insurance Company v.”
Keel v. Titan Constr. Corp., 639 P.2d 1228 (Okla. 1981). “15 O.S.1971, § 29. 7 . Watson v. Aced, Cal.”
Great Plains Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Dabney, 846 P.2d 1088 (Okla. 1993). “8 Given the rather pointed statement of Dabney contained in the last sentence of the August 14th title opinion/letter to Davis that the letter opinion is written for the use and benefit of appellant only we would be hard-pressed to say a factual question is not raised at the…”
Sizemore v. Cont'l Cas. Co., 2006 OK 36 (Okla. 2006). “" Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 29 (2001). That rule applies specifically to workers in the text of the Workers' Compensation Act: Every contract of insurance issued by an insurance carrier for the purpose of insuring an employer against liability under the Workers' Compensation Act…”
Equity Mut. Ins. Co. v. Spring Valley Wholesale Nursery, Inc., 747 P.2d 947 (Okla. 1987). “15 O.S.1981 § 29 and Allstate Ins. Co. v.”
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