Metro County Contracts with New Build Inc

question 3

Multiple Choice

Metro County contracts with New Build Inc. to build a courthouse. New Build hires Odell to excavate the site. Odell's work damages adjacent properties. Metro files a suit against the excavator, who argues that the county is not named in his contract with New Build. Most likely, the court will hold Odell is

• A) not liable because Metro is not named in Odell's contract.
• B) not liable because Odell's contract was with New Build, not Metro.
• C) liable on the ground that Metro is an incidental third party beneficiary.
• D) liable on the ground that Metro is an intended third party beneficiary.

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