An executor, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust, a person with whom or in whose name a contract is made for the benefit of another, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may bring an action without joining the person for whose benefit it is prosecuted. Officers may sue and be sued in such name as is authorized by law and official bonds may be sued upon the same way. Assignees of choses in action assigned for the purpose of collection may sue on any claim assigned in writing.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-304
Parties to actions
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case State on Behalf of Hopkins v. Batt (1998)
Most recently applied in Henderson State Co. v. Garrelts (July 2025)
R.S.1867, Code § 32, p. 398; Laws 1913, c. 166, § 1, p. 509; R.S.1913, § 7585; C.S.1922, § 8528; C.S.1929, § 20-304; R.S.1943, § 25-304; Laws 2003, LB 19, § 1.
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Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.