Sec. 52-101. Joinder of interested persons as plaintiffs.
Sec. 52-101. Joinder of interested persons as plaintiffs. All persons having an
interest in the subject of a civil action, and in obtaining the judgment demanded, may
be joined as plaintiffs, except as otherwise expressly provided; and, if one who ought
to be joined as plaintiff declines to join, he may be made a defendant, the reason therefor
being stated in the complaint.
(1949 Rev., S. 7823; P.A. 82-160, S. 37.)
History: P.A. 82-160 added the words "a civil" before "action".
The practice act is liberal in respect to parties; 52 C. 235; technical rules abolished. 81 C. 127. Same individual cannot
sue as executor and as trustee, when. 60 C. 399. Cited. 63 C. 476. Several beneficiaries unequally interested may unite to
recover damages for the conversion of a single trust fund. 65 C. 556. Ordinarily plaintiffs may join at will and should not
be stricken out without their consent. 72 C. 478. Shareholders in corporation may join in tax appeal where interests are
identical. 73 C. 288. Taxpayers appealing from former board of relief may be joined, when. Id., 293. Parties beneficially
but unequally interested in estate may join with administratrix in foreclosing judgment lien. 75 C. 154. Creditors of dissolved
corporation properly joined as plaintiffs in action to enforce stockholder's liability. 78 C. 596. Owners abutting on highway
may join in action to prevent its obstruction. 79 C. 359. Various certificate holders in safety fund of insurance company
properly joined in equitable action to enforce their rights. 80 C. 702. Owner of property proper plaintiff in summary process,
though action is brought in behalf of one who has agreed to purchase it. 94 C. 452. Where taxpayer appeals from board of
relief because another's property was not assessed at all, such other is a necessary party defendant. 109 C. 361. A mortgagee
and one to whom the mortgage has been pledged as security for a debt of less amount than the mortgage may join as
coplaintiffs in action to foreclose. 111 C. 111. Cited. 145 C. 191; 146 C. 570. Legislative policy of sections 52-101 to 52-110 is in favor of speeding justice. 154 C. 455.
Cited. 7 CA 613.
Who are proper parties to set aside a deed alleged to have been executed under undue influence and mental incapacity.
16 CS 212. Cited. 44 CS 569.