Board of Drainage Commissioners of Henry County Drainage District No. 1 v. Morris Construction Co.

1. The general rule is that an action on a contract must be brought in the name of the party in whom the legal interest in the contract is vested. Civil Code (1910), § 5516. In this action by the Board of Drainage Commissioners of Henry County Drainage District No. 1, for the use of Bank of Stockbridge, upon a written contract, it being alleged that the plaintiff transferred - and assigned its interest in the contract to the Bank of Stockbridge before the action was brought, the general demurrer interposed to the petition was properly sustained. Ross v. Clover-Ball Co., 156 Ga. 109 (1) (118…