India Tea Co. v. Petersen

The bill seeks the specific performance of a negative covenant by appellee in the contract, namely, his agreement not to solicit orders from appellant’s customers along the routes traveled by him for the period of one year after he quit its employ.

Tor appellant it is contended that the learned chancellor erred in decreeing a dissolution of the injunction and in dismissing the bill for want of equity. It is claimed that previous decisions of this court, among others Darnell v. Geis, 78 Ill. App. 493, Cahill v. Madison, 94 Ill. App. 216, and Hoops Tea Co. v. Dorsey, 99 Ill. App. 181, are…