privity

Privity of contract

Only party to a contract can sue on it

Tweddle v Atkinson

two fathers agreed with each other to pay an agreed amount each to their son and daughter respectively when the couple married, The written contract stated that it was made for the couple's benefit, the couple married and the brides father paid his share but the sons father dies before he could pay his. The trustees of the fathers payments refused to pay so the son sued his fathers estate, but lost…