Boston & Suburban Laundry Co. v. O'Reilly

The defendant, on entering the employ of the plaintiff, August 17, 1920, as “a driver for the purpose of collecting, soliciting, and returning laundry, as well as collecting all money due to the . . . [plaintiff] from its various customers” agreed, among other things, “that in the event of his severing his connection, either voluntarily or involuntarily, as such employee with the said party of the first part *97that for a term of two (2) years commencing with the time when such employment shall cease, he will not attempt in any way to interfere with the customers of the said party of the first…