A contract creates the right for a third person to claim a prestation from one of the contracting parties or to invoke the contract in another manner against one of them, if the contract contains a stipulation to that effect and if the third person accepts it.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1562
Stipulation for the Benefit of Third Party · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Until its acceptance, the stipulation can be revoked by the stipulator. Revocation takes place by a notice of the stipulator to the promisor or to the third person.
Acceptance of the stipulation takes place by a notice of the third person to the promisor or to the stipulator.
An irrevocable stipulation which, with respect to the third person, has been made by gratuitous title, is deemed accepted if it has come to the attention of the third person and he has not rejected it without delay.