Haltom v. Haltom's Jewelers, Inc.

OPINION

HOPKINS, Justice.

This appeal is brought from the granting of an injunction against appellant Mary Haltom, enjoining her from using her name in connection with the jewelry business in Tarrant County, Texas.

We reverse and render.

Appellant owned six percent (6%) of the stock of Haltom’s Jewelers, one of the oldest and most established jewelry businesses in Fort Worth. In 1983, she and her parents, who together owned a fifty percent (50%) interest, agreed to sell their Haltom’s stock after the stockholders owning the remaining fifty percent (50%) interest had agreed to sell theirs. The…