Powell

delivered the opinion [198] of the Court.

1. One who is described in an instrument, whether parol or special, as the attorney in fact of another, does not hold the character of trustee, and is not a necessary party to represent the interest of the principal. Our statute requires every action to be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest.

2. It was unnecessary to make Mrs. Eoss a party defendant. Her joining in the mortgage was unnecessary to make-it valid, unless it was her separate estate. This is not set up in the defense, which should have been done, to make the point relied on available. If it is her separate property, her rights remain unaffected by the decree of foreclosure.

3. The husband of the plaintiff was joined with her at the commencement of the suit, and upon the objection of the defendant that he was not a proper party, the plaintiff was nonsuited and forced to amend by omitting him. The defendant, therefore, cannot be listened to now, when he assigns as error the non-joinder of Eice as co-plaintiff.

*199 4. The objection that the securities are not promissory notes, and therefore do not import consideration, if of any force, comes too- late. It…