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SMITH v. KING

No. 8028SC852.

277 S.E.2d 875 (1981)

James Lawrence SMITH v. R. R. KING, Jr., t/d/b/a King Leavitt Insurance Agency and Shelby Mutual Insurance Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lawrence Smith by Stephen D. Kaylor, Asheville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Harrell & Leake by Larry Leake, Asheville, for defendant-appellees.

CLARK, Judge.

In North Carolina, "[i]t has long been established that a third party, for whose benefit a contract has been made, may maintain an action for breach of that contract." Equipment Co. v. Smith, 292 N.C. 592, 595, 234 S.E.2d 599, 601 (1977). Several cases have approved application of a third-party beneficiary analysis to allow action by a bailor against a bailee's insurance company...

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