15 Mo. 89 | Mo. | 1851
delivered the opinion of the court.
As to the point made under the new code of procedure, that the action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, and that consequently the suit may be brought in the name of the administrator de bonis non, he being now the real party, it may be observed, that the statute allows the trustee of an express trust to sue in his own name. A person with whom, or in whose name a contract is made for the benefit of another, is a trustee of an express trust. The promise, then, being made to Darby, the former administrator, he is either enitled to the benefit of it, in his own right, or he is trustee for others. If he is trustee, the suit may be brought in his name, for those who are entitled to the money. If the contract was made to him, in his own right, he is also the proper person to sue.
The case of Hirst vs. Smith, 7 D. & E., 182, maintains the doctrine
The other Judges concurring, the judgment is affirmed.