{"law_id":"795131","section_number":"8.01-12","catch_line":"Suit by beneficial owner when legal title in another","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 8-93.1; 1977, c. 617.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"RGR, LLC v. Settle","case_number":"130633","citation":null,"date":"2014-10-31","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2747274\/rgr-llc-v-settle\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f.  recovered\" under Code \u00a7 8.01- .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"1":{"name":"RGR, LLC v. Settle","case_number":"130633","citation":null,"date":"2014-10-31","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2748024\/rgr-llc-v-settle\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f.  recovered\" under Code \u00a7 8.01- .\u202f.\u202f. 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In either case the beneficial equitable owner shall be deemed the real plaintiff and shall be liable for costs.","text":{"0":{"id":"2566528","text":"When the legal title to any claim or chose in action, for the enforcement of the collection of which a court of equity has jurisdiction, is in one person and the beneficial equitable title thereto is in another, the latter may either maintain a suit in the name of the holder of the legal title for his use and benefit or in his own name to enforce collection of the same. 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In either case the beneficial\nequitable owner shall be deemed the real plaintiff and shall be liable for\ncosts.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-93.1; 1977, c. 617."}