Legal Opinion
Joseph v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 18, 1963No. 3 Div. 10PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*20HARWOOD, Justice.
The complainants below, Dr. and Mrs. William Joseph, filed a bill seeking to enjoin Dr. Thomas D. Hopkins from competing with Dr. Joseph in the practice of optometry in the City of Montgomery. The complainant’s claim that Dr. Hopkins’ action in reopening an optojnetry office in the City of Montgomery was a breach of certain provisions in the contract by which Dr. Hopkins had sold his optometry business to the Josephs. This contract was entered into on 12 November 1955.
The appellants also sought damages allegedly resulting from the competition.
The appellee, Dr. Hopkins,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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