Opinion ID: 1126318
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Heading: Whether Charles's Commencement of the Action Was Appropriate

Text: Rule 17(a), Ala.R.Civ.P., provides, in pertinent part: Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest. An executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another, or a party authorized by statute may sue in that person's own name without joining the party for whose benefit the action is brought. An attorney-in-fact is not one of the persons named in these exceptions, and no statute expressly allows the commencement of actions by attorneys-in-fact. Under the comparable federal rule, it has been held that, standing alone, a power of attorney does not enable the grantee to bring suit in his own name. Advanced Magnetics, Inc. v. Bayfront Partners, Inc., 106 F.3d 11, 18 (2d Cir.1997). Charles cannot be considered a real party in interest, and he does not come within any exception stated in Rule 17(a).