N.Y. CPLR § 1004

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 1004 When joinder unnecessary § 1004. When joinder unnecessary. Except where otherwise prescribed byorder of the court, an executor, administrator, guardian of the propertyof an infant, committee of the property of a judicially declaredincompetent, conservator of the property of a conservatee, trustee of anexpress trust, insured person who has executed to his insurer either aloan or subrogation receipt, trust agreement, or other similaragreement, or person with whom or in whose name a contract has been madefor the benefit of another, may sue or be sued without joining with himthe person for or against whose interest the action is brought.