N.C. App. at 19, 234 S.E.2d at 209). Here, it is undisputed that Dolven is now the owner of the property, and High Rock no longer has any interest in that property. Only Dolven, as the owner, would benefit from a decision by the DOT allowing a driveway permit. High Rock has assigned all of its rights in the driveway permit application to Dolven, and Dolven has exclusive discretion to decide how to use the property. The DOT has not argued, apart from N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-426.40A(b), that this assignment of the driveway permit application is necessarily improper. Dolven is the only party who will be benefitted or injured by the decision on appeal in this case and is, therefore, the real party in interest. See Land v. Tall House Bldg. Co., 150 N.C. App. 132, 133, 563 S.E.2d 8, 9 (2002) (<HOLDING>). Rule 17(a) makes plain that the trial court
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