Legal Opinion
Lire, Inc. v. Bob's Pizza Inn Restaurants, Inc.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 27, 1995No. Civ. 950228PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDSTROM, Justice.
Lire, Inc. appeals from a summary judgment dismissing its breach of contract action against Bob’s Pizza Inn Restaurants, Inc., and Robert and Ioane Schmidt, individually and doing business as Bob’s Pizza Inn Restaurant and Lounge. We hold the written contract for the Schmidts’ sale of Bob’s Pizza Inn Restaurants to Lire included an enforceable non-competition agreement. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
I
In 1989, Lire purchased Bob’s Pizza Inn Restaurants in Rugby from the Schmidts for $400,000. A July 3,1989 “offer to purchase” said:
“Seller to agree to a…
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