Borden, Inc. v. Smith

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

William Clay Smith, appellee herein, executed contracts of employment with appellant’s predecessor organization and with appellant, Borden, Inc., the last such contract being entered into on January 25, 1969. This last agreement restricted Smith, for the period of one year, from competing with appellant, who sold frozen and non-frozen foods, within the latter’s trade area, described as being sixty-three counties in Arkansas, two counties in both Missouri and Oklahoma, and one county in Texas. After Smith left appellant’s employment, and went to work for appellee…