knowledgment of an existing liability, debt, or claim, or any promise to pay the same shall have been made, an action may be brought on such case within the period prescribed for the same, after such payment, acknowledgment, or promise.
TITLE III.
PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS.
Actions in name of real party.Sect. 22. Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except as otherwise provided in section twenty-five.
In case of assignment of thing in action.Sect. 23. In the case of an assignment of a thing in action, the action by the assignee shall be without prejudice to any set-off or other defence now allowed; but this section shall not apply to negotiable bonds, promissory notes, or bills of exchange, transferred in good faith and upon good consideration, before due.
Exceptions to sect. 22.Sect. 24. An executor, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust, a person with whom, or in whose name a contract is made for the benefit of another, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may bring an action without joining with him the person for whose benefit it is prosecuted. Officers may sue and be sued in such name as is authorized by law, and official bonds may be sued upon in the same way.
Where a married woman is a party.Sect. 25. Where a married woman is a party, her husband must be joined with her; except when the action concerns her separate property, she may sue without her husband, by her next friend. When the action is between herself and her husband, she may sue or be sued alone; but in every such action, other than for a divorce or alimony, she shall prosecute and defend by her next friend.
If a husband and wife together.Sect. 26. If a husband and wife be sued together, the wife may defend for her own right, and if the husband neglect to defend, she may defend for his right also.
In an infant.Sect. 27. The action of an infant must be brought by his guardian or next friend. When the action is brought by his next friend, the court has power to dismiss it, if it is not for the benefit of the infant; or, to substitute the guardian of the infant, or any person as the next friend.
