Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. v. Wilson
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice.
Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc., appellant, perfected this appeal from an order granting in part, and refusing in part, its petition for a temporary injunction seeking to restrain appellees from violating their agreement not to engage in the exterminating business after termination of their employment. Orkin was formerly the employer of appellees. After they had voluntarily terminated their employment with Orkin, appellees went to work for Nacog-doches Exterminating Company doing the same kind of work they had been doing for Orkin. By a written covenant made a condition of…
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- Orkin Exterminating Co. v. MurrellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
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