Ceco Corp. v. R & M Industries, Inc.

After the trial court rendered judgment against R & M Industries, Inc., Robert Guil-bault and Michael Guilbault, only the two individuals appealed. The court of appeal reversed the judgment, La.App., 416 So.2d 166, as to the two individuals, but recast the judgment of the trial court so as to render judgment against R & M Industries, Inc. and R.P. Guilbault Co., Inc. R.P. Guilbault Co., Inc. was never made a party to the suit and was never served with a citation.

Due process requires that a judgment cannot be rendered against a party until that party has been joined in the suit and has been…