Checket-Columbia Co. v. Lipman

This suit was instituted by Checket-Columbia Company, a Maryland corporation operating three retail stores in Baltimore, to enjoin Maurice S. Lipman and his coconspirators from violating a covenant that he would not engage in a competing business “within a radius of ten city blocks,” and to recover damages for violations of the covenant.

Complainant was incorporated in August, 1949, when the stockholders of two corporations — Checket Company, which operated a retail furniture store at 18 North Howard Street, and Columbia Sales Company, which operated two furniture and clothing stores, one at…