Orchard Container Corp. v. Orchard

GUNN, Presiding Judge.

A covenant not to compete is the subject of this appeal.

Prior to 1977 defendant-appellant Edgar Orchard (defendant Orchard) had been president of the plaintiff-respondent Orchard Container Corporation (plaintiff Corporation), a manufacturer and seller of corrugated cardboard containers. In 1971, Bennett Paper Corporation 1 purchased all of the corporate stock of the plaintiff Corporation from defendant Orchard. Among the terms of the acquisition agreement and transaction was defendant Orchard’s retention as president of the plaintiff Corporation, and an employment…