Anders v. . Gardner
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from Webb., J., upon bis rendering judgment dissolving plaintiff’s restraining order in an action brought in GastoN County. The judgment was rendered at chambers, at Concord, 31 August, 1909. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark:, C. J.
The defendant owned one-third interest, ten shares (at par value, $1,000), in the Gastonia Livery Company. He sold these for $1,700 to M. G. Anders, one of the plaintiffs, with a contract, in writing, that the defendant would never engage again in the livery business within the corporate limits of the town of Gastonia nor work as an employee in such business therein, unless with the said company. The defendant was specially skilled in said business, and competition was sharp in the livery business. Such contract was deemed valuable by the parties, or it would not have been made.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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