{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-13-504","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 13-504","heading":"Action by trustee.","body":"When the plaintiff in a civil action is trustee for another, or has no actual interest in the contract on which the action is founded, a demand against the plaintiff may not be pleaded by way of counterclaim, but a demand against the person whom he represents or for whose benefit the action is brought may be pleaded.","path":["Title 13. Procedure Generally. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Counterclaims."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/13-504","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c93109592a4a1a8cb8cfa955df113082161f9b631ff5ac555a3ff1f41d77a9aa","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-13-503","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-13-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}