Lantieri Beauty Salon, Inc. v. Yale

In order to be valid, a promise imposing a restraint in occupation must be reasonable. (Restatement of the Law of Contracts, §'§ 515, 516.) In considering what is reasonable regard must be given to the question whether the promise is wider than is necessary to the protection of the employer, the effect of the promise on the employee, and the effect upon the public. (5 Williston on Contracts [Rev. ed.], § 1636; United States v. Addyston Pipe, etc., Co., 85 Fed. 271 [per Taft, J.]; affd., 175 U. S. 211; Clark Paper & Mfg. Co. v. Stenacher, 236 N. Y. 312; Corpin v. Wheatley, 227 App. Div. 212;…