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Rule 52.01 - Civil Actions-In Whose Name Prosecuted-Suits in Representation Capacity-Civil Actions in Name of State-Real Property in Interest to Bring Civil Action

Mo. R. Civ. P. 52.01

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Rule 52.01 - Civil Actions-In Whose Name Prosecuted-Suits in Representation Capacity-Civil Actions in Name of State-Real Property in Interest to Bring Civil Action

Every civil action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, but an executor, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another and a party authorized by statute may sue in their own names in such representative capacity without joining the party for whose benefit the action is brought. When a statute so provides, a civil action for the use or benefit of another shall be brought in the name of the State of Missouri.

Mo. R. Civ. P. 52.01

Adopted April 21, 1972, eff. 12/1/1972. Amended Sept. 28, 1993, eff. 1/1/1994.

Committee Note-1974

This is substantially the same as prior Rule 52.01.

Compare: Rule 17(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.