Milaneseo v. Calvanese
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for an injunction to restrain the defendant from violating his contract with the plaintiff not to engage in a certain kind of business within the town of Southington for the period of three years, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Smith, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtShumway, J.
The only error assigned on the appeal is the action of the court in sustaining the demurrer to the defendant’s answer.
The plaintiff’s cause of action is founded upon a contract commonly called an agreement in restraint of trade, and it appears that the defendant agreed that he would not “engage directly or indirectly in the fruit, ice-cream, confectionery and vegetable business within the town of Southington, except in employ of the vendee [plaintiff], for a period of three years from date.” Agreements of this character are not unlawful, but on the contrary such an agreement — if the…
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