Hice v. Cole

ANDERSON, Justice.

Under date of February 23, 1953, appellant, E. L. Hice, and his wife,” Mable Hice, sold to appellee, Mike Cole, a butane gas business E. L. Hice had been operating in and from Vidor, Texas. As a part of the transaction, E. L. Hice agreed and covenanted that for a period of five yeafs from the date aforesaid he would not "enter into any phase of the liquified petroleum gas business either directly or indirectly, as owner or as an employee, either at wholesale or retail, either in the sale of fuel or of tanks, in any part of Orange County or in the trade territory heretofore…