Legal Opinion

Townsend v. Collard

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 28, 1978No. 18038PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

An employee appeals an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to a judgment enforcing a covenant not to compete in his employment contract. He claims the trial court erred as a matter of law in making the award pursuant to the attorney’s fee provision of the contract because the employer failed to prove the reasonableness of the terms of the covenant.

We affirm.

Larry Townsend prosecutes this appeal without a statement of facts. Appellees state in their brief that Townsend’s statements of the nature and facts of the case in his brief are incorrect and incomplete. It appears…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Republic Acceptance Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Williamson v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Moncrief v. Harvey, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
  2. D/FW Commercial Roofing Co., Inc. v. Mehra, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993
  3. Ex Parte Stacey, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1984
  4. Ex Parte Stacey, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1984
  5. In the Interest of A.B., a Child v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2025

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