Hodges v. Todd

COOPER, Judge.

■ This is an appeal from a judgment for the appellee, defendant below, in an action for breach of contract. On appeal, the single issue is whether the trial court erred, as a matter of law, in ruling that it was without authority to enforce a noncom-petition covenant contained in a contract for the sale of a business from the appellee to the appellants, given the fact that the covenant was silent as to the geographical area involved. Reviewing the record below, we reverse and remand.

The facts relative to this action are as follows: In November of 1983, the appellants, Roy C.…