Wisconsin Ice & Coal Co. v. Lueth

Prior to the execution of the contract involved herein, plaintiff company purchased the business and good will of the Kilbourn Road Ice* Company, which did business in the territory included in the contract. Defendant was an employee of the Kilbourn Company, and was employed, after the purchase by the plaintiff company, under a written contract of hire, by the terms of which he agreed, in consideration of the employment, that he would not, for a period of two years after leaving the employ of the plaintiff, either on behalf of himself or any other person or company, deliver ice or solicit…