Dallas Plumbing Co. v. Dallas County Plumbing Co.

Both appellant and appellee are doing a general plumbing business in the city • of Dallas. Appellant has been doing business under the name of “Dallas Plumbing Company” for a period of about 20 years. Until the year 1914 the name was used to designate a copartnership, but during the year 1914 it was incorporated and the same name adopted as its corporate name. Ap-pellee uses the name of “Dallas County Plumbing Company” merely as a trade-name. When the name was first adopted the business was operated by the present owner, J. P. Grimm, and one Boone, as a copart-nership. At a later time…