Legal Opinion

Rooney v. Weeks

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 27, 1935PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.

This is a suit in equity whereby the plaintiff seeks an injunction to restrain the defendant Weeks (hereinafter referred to as the defendant) from an alleged violation of the negative stipulation in a contract of personal service made with the plaintiff, whereby the defendant agreed to refrain from working for others than the plaintiff during the term of the contract. The bill of complaint as amended also seeks to recover certain sums of money as “damage suffered by the plaintiff by reason of the failure of the defendant to perform his said agreement,” or as due under the terms of the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Randall v. Peerless Motor Car Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  2. Brown v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  3. Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity v. PufferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  4. C. W. Hunt Co. v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  5. Day v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. Steiner v. SteinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
  4. Council of Western Electric Technical Employees — National v. Western Electric Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  5. Simon v. SchwachmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938

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