Real party
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In statutes requiring snits to be brought in the name of the "real party in interest," this term means the person who is actually and substantially interested in the subject-matter, as distingnished from one who bas only a nominal, forma], or technical interest in it or connection with it.
Hoagland v. Van Etten, 22 Neb. 681, 35 N. W. 870; Gruber v. Baker, 20 Nev. 458, ,23 Pac. 858, 9 L. R. A. 802'; Chew v. Brumag-en. 13 Wall 504, 20 In Ed. 60S,