Krishnan Nair vs Kambi on 26 November, 1936
4. This principle was accepted and applied in Gaddam Paramasivudu v. Mulakala Subbanna AIR 1919 Mad 17 in second appeal and recently by Varadachariar, J. in Rangaohariar v. Rangaswami Iyengar AIR 1936 Mad 190 in a civil revision petition. The question is, will the defendant, not being a party to the said judgments, be bound by them? The view of Dr. Bigelow is that a lessee would be bound by a judgment against his lessor in the absence of any fraud or collusion on his part. He explains the principle thus: