CIVIL PROCEDURE – Locus Standi – Administrators’ Capacity to Sue After Conveyance to Agent

When property is conveyed to an agent/representative rather than personally, the principals retain standing and interest. Courts examine: recitals (introductory statements showing parties' intentions), habendum (clause defining estate granted), and capacity in which conveyance was made. If conveyance shows the grantee acted as: agent, secretary,…