1) when the original contract provides for rights to be conferred on a third party 2) when contractual rights and duties are transferred to a third party at a later date
1) third party is identified in the contract, 2) the performance is made directly to the third party 3) the third party has some rights 4) there is some relationship between the promisee and the third party [thus entitled to enforce the contract]
When the obligor discharge his duties, and the obligee must first release him from his obligations. When the obligor’s position is taken on by a new party.