District Of Columbia § 13-502 - Effect of assignment.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 13-502 — Effect of assignment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-502. Effect of assignment.
13-502When cross-demands have existed between persons under such circumstances that if one had brought an action against the other a counterclaim could have been pleaded, neither can be deprived of the benefit thereof by an assignment by the other; but in an action by the assignee of a nonnegotiable debt the defendant may set off by counterclaim any indebtedness to him of the assignor, existing before notice of the assignment, as well as any indebtedness to him of the plaintiff.
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Section 13-502 ("Effect of assignment.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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