Hanna v. Andrews
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Audubon District Court. Action for injunction to restrain the defendant from violating a contract entered into by him with the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Audubon District Court. Action for injunction to restrain the defendant from violating a contract entered into by him with the plaintiff. The petition shows that on the 8th of September, 1874, the defendant had been engaged, in the town of Exira, Audubon county, in the practice of the law, and in buying and selling real estate, and acting as, agent for real estate owners; that he was the , agent for the sale of several thousand acres, of' which lie'had a list; that on the day aforesaid he entered into a contract with the plaintiff whereby he sold to the plaintiff his land and law…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
l. contract : sMe °f good, It is not claimed that the defendant did anything inconsistent with his contract until after the expiration of three years. The question presented is as to after that time, it was allowable for him to solicit the agency of the very lands, the list of which he had transferred to the plaintiff, and which he had agreed to assist the plaintiff in obtaining the agency of. The plaintiff maintains that, while the defendant might return to the land .agency business after the lapse of three years and compete *464with him in a general way, he should not under his contract be…
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