Johnson v. McIntyre

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This appeal is from a decree dismissing a bill to restrain defendant from violating the terms of a contract by which he agreed not to “reengage in the practice of medicine and surgery within the radius of fifteen miles from the Borough of Boswell for a period of fifteen years from and after the date of this agreement.”

The important matter is the meaning of the words “within the radius of fifteen miles.” The plaintiff contended that they meant what they said, but the court adopted the view presented by defendant, and held that the words meant a “distance to be…