Friedman v. Friedman

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The only exception is to a judgment refusing an interlocutory injunction to prevent a former employee from engaging in a business similar to that of the former employer, because of a clause in the contract of employment which in substance forbids the employee, for a period of twelve months and in a well-defined area, from engaging for himself or others in “any kind or character of business identical or similar with any business operated by” the employer. While meeting the requirements as to. reasonable time and area, this contract is fatally defective and void because…