According to the leading object doctrine, promises of third parties to a contract who are primarily motivated by a desire to secure some personal benefit:
A) fall outside the scope of the guaranty contract within the statute of frauds.
B) are covered by the statute of frauds.
C) are estopped from recovery.
D) have to be in writing to be enforceable within the guaranty contract.

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According to the leading object doctrine, promises of third parties to a contract who are primarily motivated by a desire to secure some personal benefit fall outside the scope of the statute of frauds. Thus, if people promising to pay for the debt of another are primarily motivated to make the promise because they expect some personal benefit by so doing, their conditional promise does not need to be in writing to be enforceable.

According to the Leading Object Doctrine, Promises of Third Parties