Aetna Building Maintenance Co. v. West

39 Cal.2d 198 (1952)

AETNA BUILDING MAINTENANCE COMPANY, INC., Respondent,

v.

JAMES A. WEST, Appellant.

L. A. No. 21876.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 8, 1952.

A. V. Falcone and Arthur J. Manley for Appellant.

Victor S. Cogen for Respondent.

EDMONDS, J.

For about three years, James A. West was employed by Aetna Building Maintenance Company, Inc., as a salesman and supervisor. After he left that employment and engaged in the same business, Aetna sued him for damages assertedly resulting from unfair competition. A second cause of action was based upon a written contract which included an…