Hill v. Shaw

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. A person who brings a suit for the use of another is the real plaintiff, and any defense which the defendant has against him can be set up. Joiner v. Singletary, 106 Ga. 257, 260 (32 S. E. 90). Eor breach of a bond the obligee can sue without naming “any usee,” or, so far as the defendants are concerned, he could sue “for the use of any person, or persons, whom he might designate to take the proceeds of the action; provided, in so doing, he did not cut the defendants off from any defense which they would otherwise have. Burke v. Steel, 40 Ga. 217; Buffington v.…