Davis Metals, Inc. v. Allen

Bell, Chief Judge.

The sole question here is whether the trial court had in personam jurisdiction over the defendant under the Georgia Long Arm Statute. Code Ann. § 24-113.1(a). The plaintiff’s complaint alleged that defendant, now a resident of Alabama, entered into a written employment contract with plaintiff in Atlanta, copy attached to the complaint, which provided that the defendant would not, upon termination of his employment, compete with plaintiff for a period of three years after-wards within specified States, one of which was Alabama, and that after termination of his employment…