E.M.B. Associates Inc. v. Sugarman

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment of contempt resulting from violation of a temporary restraining order.

In 1970, defendant Sugarman and members of his family entered into an agreement with plaintiffs to sell to them the Max Sugarman Funeral Home, Inc., located at 458 Hope Street in Providence. The agreement provided that none of the sellers would engage in the funeral business for a 5-year period and that the sellers would permanently refrain from using the name “Sugarman,” designated a trade name in the agreement, in connection with the funeral business; both provisions…