{"data":{"id":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-5903","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"14 M.R.S. §5903","heading":"Persons in representative capacities","body":"In actions against executors, administrators, trustees or others in a representative capacity, they may assert by counterclaim such demands as those whom they represent might have so asserted in actions against them; but no demands due to or from them in their own right can be asserted by counterclaim in such actions.","path":["TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL","PART 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 705: COUNTERCLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec5903.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"63c5577f0296caa9553ee7a0b46eaaf4a33853a588a84e01aaea632bdfaeba9e","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-5902","next":"us-me/14-m.r.s.-5904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}