Gammel Book Co. v. Paine

Ames, C.

In December, 1900, Paine and Lindsey entered into a written contract with the plaintiff book company, by the terms of Avhich it was stipulated that in consideration for the use of the name of the Gammel Book Company, as publisher, the furnishing of a room for transacting the business, and the transfer to Paine and Lindsey of its interest in the “Biographical History of Texas Counties” and “The Bench and Bar of Texas,” two publications thitherto undertaken by the plaintiff, and the transfer to Paine and Lindsey of all the contracts, engravings, plates, *684data, biographies, etc.,…