First Adopted: April 21, 1972
Most Recently Effective: January 01, 1994
Rule 52 | Rules of Civil Procedure | Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts | Parties
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.
Committee Note – 1974
This is substantially the same as prior Rule 52.01.
(Adopted April 21, 1972, effective December 1, 1972. Amended September 28, 1993, effective January 1, 1994.)