Court Opinion

ID: 9579430
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:55:04.937372+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:35:30.511757
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
In its motion for rehearing, appellees contend that the court overlooked and failed to apply the case of Clement Plumbing & Elec. Co. v. Goodwin, 130 Ga. App. 245 (202 SE2d 684) (1973). dementis clearly .distinguishable from the present case. Unlike Clement, the record in this case does not show that “Hawkins Plumbing Company, Inc.” was the registered trade name of B. L. Hawkins as an individual. *56Moreover: “[t]he designation [‘Hawkins Plumbing Company, Inc.’] connotes a corporate entity.” Williams v. Appliances, Inc., 91 Ga. App. 608 (3) (86 SE2d 632) (1955). See also Minchew v. Nahunta Lumber Co., 5 Ga. App. 154 (62 SE 716) (1908).

Motion for rehearing denied.