Cameron v. Boeger

If the petitioners under their agreement with the Cemetery Company, or anything done thereunder, became possessed of an interest in the subject-matter of the suit, they could and properly should have made themselves parties thereto. In chancery, suits are properly conducted in the name of the real parties in interest.

Did petitioners have an interest in the subject-matter of the suit? The agreement with petitioners was not an assignment to them of any portion of the subject-matter of the suit or that which might be obtained thereunder."

The agreement was, that petitioners should receive from…