Rakestraw v. Lanier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Gamble. Screven county. December 9, 1897. On August 10, 1895, Lanier and Rakestraw, physicians residing in the town of Oliver, formed a partnership for the practice of medicine, surgery, and obstetrics.
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Injunction. Before Judge Gamble. Screven county. December 9, 1897. On August 10, 1895, Lanier and Rakestraw, physicians residing in the town of Oliver, formed a partnership for the practice of medicine, surgery, and obstetrics. The articles of copartnership contained, among other stipulations, the following: “In consideration of the advantages and benefits that will flow to said Rakestraw by reason of the formation of said firm and partnership business, he hereby agrees that in the event said firm shall at any time hereafter be dissolved, he will not locate or engage in the practice of…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
Counsel for plaintiff in error, both by his argument and brief, rests his case on the proposition, that the petition on which the judge below granted an injunction, in default of bond, sets forth no cause for ^relief, because the con*192tract sought to be enforced is not a legal and binding instrument. Hence, this court is called upon to determine the question whether the contract which is set out in the foregoing report is void as contrary to public policy, or whether the same is valid and therefore to be enforced. This question is to be settled by the rules of law governing contracts made in…
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