The Wrentham Co. v. Cann

The plaintiff (Wrentham) seeks to enforce the restrictive covenant in a contract of employment executed on July 15,1958, against a former employee, the defendant Cann. Cann contests the enforceability of the covenant and, by way of counterclaim, asks that Wrentham be ordered to pay him $250.94 for unpaid salary, commissions and disbursements, and that an accounting be had to determine the value of certain shares of stock now held by him in Wrentham.

The case was referred to a master on the limited issue of the enforceability of the covenant not to compete. The report contained subsidiary and…