Hudgens v. Olmstead Mfg. Co.

This is a suit by the appellees to enjoin the appellants from violating a contract by which the principal appellant, C. C. Hudgens, agreed that for a period of three years he would not engage directly or indirectly in any business competitive with that of the appellees in that part of Pulaski county lying west of Hayes Street as extended southward to the county line. This appeal is from a decree in favor of the plaintiffs.

On March 29,1954, Hudgens was the principal stockholder in two corporations. One of these corporations, Eosedale Building & Supply Company, Inc., was actively conducting a…