California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from San Diego etc. Boy Scouts of America v. City of Escondido, 14 Cal.App.3d 189, 92 Cal.Rptr. 186 (Cal. App. 1971):
If plaintiff has standing to sue to enforce a charitable trust, we think the proposed allegations are sufficient to permit it to sue in a representative capacity under Code of Civil Procedure section 382 which allows a party to sue for the benefit of many where the question is one of a common or general interest to many persons. (Santa Clara County Contractors, etc., Ass'n v. City of Santa Clara, 232 Cal.App.2d 564, 568--571, 43 Cal.Rptr. 86; Bowles v. Superior Court, 44 Cal.2d 574, 587, 283 P.2d 704.)
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