When joinder unnecessary
§ 1004. When joinder unnecessary. Except where otherwise prescribed by order of the court, an executor, administrator, guardian of the property of an infant, committee of the property of a judicially declared incompetent, conservator of the property of a conservatee, trustee of an express trust, insured person who has executed to his insurer either a loan or subrogation receipt, trust agreement, or other similar agreement, or person with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another, may sue or be sued without joining with him the person for or against whose interest the action is brought.
A representative — executor, administrator, guardian of an infant's property, committee, conservator, trustee of an express trust, an insured who gave a loan/subrogation receipt, or a person who contracted for another's benefit — may sue or be sued without joining the person they represent (unless the court orders otherwise). ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.