Chemical Fireproofing Corp. v. Krouse

CLARK, Associate Justice.

Appellant here, plaintiff below, is seeking a reversal of that part of a District Court order which held invalid a provision of an employment contract between appellant and appellee which aimed at precluding appellee, for a period of three years, from engaging, as a competitor, in the solicitation of appellant’s customers.

The facts of the case are virtually uncontested. Appellant employed appellee, defendant below, under a written contract dated October 27, 1943, containing, among other items, the following provision:

“(4) As a consideration for this employment…