95 Wis. 383 | Wis. | 1897
The mere fact that the complaint states that at the times mentioned the plaintiff was “ of a weak and feeble mind, and not of sufficient mental capacity to attend to ordinary business transactions, or to protect and preserve his property rights,” did not prevent him from commencing and maintaining this action. “Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except as otherwise provided in sec. 2607,” E. S. E. S. sec. 2605. The section thus referred to provides that “An executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted.” E. S. sec. 2607. “ When an infant is a party, he must ap
It is equally clear that several causes of action are not improperly united. There is but a single cause of action stated, and that is to rescind the trade, and to restore to the plaintiff, as far as possible, the property wrongfully taken from him, and to give him damage so far as he has wrongfully been deprived of his rights. The complaint states a good cause of action.
By the Court.— Both orders of the circuit court are affirmed.