Columbia Ins. Co. of New Jersey v. Mart Waterman Co.

(after stating the facts as above). To decide this cause it would be enough to cite authority both ruling and persuasive in the courts of the United States.

One who prosecutes or defends a suit in the name of another to establish and protect his own right, or who assists in the prosecution or defense of an action in aid of some interest of his own, and who does this openly to the knowledge of the opposing party, is as- much bound by the judgment as is a party to the record. Souffront v. La Compagnie, etc., 30 S. Ct. 608, 217 U. S. 475, 54 L. Ed. 846; citing Lovejoy v. Murray, 3 Wall. 1, 18 L.…