Court Opinion

ID: 9572251
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:40:08.250492+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:32:11.181704
License: Public Domain

Currie, J.
(dissenting). The issue presented on this appeal is simply this: A and B enter into a contract for the benefit of C, which contract specifies the type of relief C may enforce against A or B in the event of breach by either. B breaches the contract and A and C bring action to secure such specified relief C is entitled to have against B. May B secure a dismissal of the action against A on the ground that A is not a real party in interest within the meaning of sec. 260.13, Stats.?
It seems to me that in such a situation the promisee A is always a party in interest in the litigation because every party to a contract has an interest in seeing that the opposite *528party is compelled to carry out his contract covenant even though the person to be benefited by such enforcement is a third party for whose benefit the contract was made.
For these reasons I would reverse the order.
I am authorized to state that Mr. Justice Broadfoot concurs in this dissenting opinion.