Generally, only parties to a contract may seek enforcement of that contract. There are certain exceptions, however, where a third party may file suit to enforce the contract as an intended “beneficiary” to that contract. In Hossain v. JMU Properties, LLC , 147 A.3d 816 (D.C. 2016), the District of Columbia Court of Appeals illustrated […] A third-party beneficiary contract is created when two parties enter into a contract with the purpose of benefiting a third party, called a(n) _____ beneficiary. beneficiary. The _____ need not be named in a contract, as long as the terms of the contract or events occurring after its creation make it clear who he or she is. One party to the contract wishes, after the contract has been formed, to have the consideration given not to her , but to some third person (promisee's designee). Because this changes the promisor's contractual obligations, this arrangement may only be effectuated if the promisor agrees.