Streichen v. Fehleisen
Supreme Court of Iowa
.Appeal from Boone Dislrict Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action to recover for a breach of a contract not to engage in business for a specified time. Verdict and judgment for tbe plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
*6131 *612Tbe defendant and bis brother were engaged in running a lumber yard in Boone, Iowa. On tbe *613twenty-eighth day of December, 1895, they entered into a written contract with the plaintiffs, agreeing to sell them the real estate, office, sheds, and scales of the Boone Lumber Company in Boone, Iowa, at the agreed price of $5,500. The contract contained this provision, also: “It is further agreed that the first party shall execute to second party a contract, providing for liquidated damages of $2,000, that they will not start a fourth or new lumber yard in Boone, Iowa, for the term of three years;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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