Where suit is brought in the name of one for the use of another, the person for whose use the action is brought is the real plaintiff, against whom judgment for costs shall be given.
Code 1858, § 3200 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 29, § 1; 1825, ch. 45, § 5); Shan., § 4941; Code 1932, § 9094; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1609.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Assignments, § 53; 10 Tenn. Juris., Drains and Sewers, § 12; 20 Tenn. Juris., Parties, § 4.
Cited: Andrew Jackson Hotel, Inc. v. Platt, 19 Tenn. App. 360, 89 S.W.2d 179, 1935 Tenn. App. LEXIS 48 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1935); Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Brown, 25 Tenn. App. 514, 160 S.W.2d 434, 1941 Tenn. App. LEXIS 141 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1941).