Prichard v. McCord-collins Co.

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

Suit was instituted by appellee May 9, 1899, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained February 18, 1899, due to alleged negligence in the construction and operation of an elevator in a wholesale grocery house in the city of Fort Worth. Appellee, a private corporation, was doing business in this house, and while its true name was McCord-Collins Company, McCord-Collins Commerce Company was written in large letters on the building, and was generally believed and understood to be its true name. So believing, appellant in his original petition declared, or at…