Smith v. Wayman

It is a fundamental general principle of our jurisprudence that all persons are entitled to their day in court and that judgments are not binding against persons who are not parties to the suit in which the judgment is rendered. See Kirby Lumber Corp. v. Southern Lumber Co., 145 Texas 151, 154, 196 S. W. (2d) 387, 389, 169 A. L. R. 174, 177; Shaw v. Cunningham, Tex. Civ. App., 42 S. W. (2d) 685, writ refused; 30 Am. Jur., Judgments, sec. 220, p. 951; 50 C. J. S., Judgments, sec. 762, p. 288. Neither the petitioners nor any of their predecessors in title were parties to the receivership…