Magnolia Metal Co. v. Price
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the Magnolia Metal Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13 th day of March, 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The plaintiff seeks to enforce a covenant contained in an agreement hy which the plaintiff employed the defendant as a traveling salesman in connection with its general business for a period of three years at a salary of $7,000 per year. The defendant on his part agreed to accept the employment and to devote his whole time and hest efforts to the interests of the plaintiff; that at no time during his service for the plaintiff nor at any time thereafter would he ever reveal any of the business secrets intrusted to him hy the plaintiff, or any such business secrets as might come to…
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