Pyke v. Thomas

OPINION of the Court, by

Ch. J. Boyie.

This was an action of covenant upon articles of agreement between the plaintiff and defendant, the object of which was to erect and carry on a wool-carding machine in partnership. Various mutual covenants are made by the parties; amongst those on the part of the defendant, is a covenant not to erect or have any hand in erecting a wool-cardi ng machine within twenty miles of the plains tiff’s machines then in operation, without paying to, the plaintiff ¾200 a year during the operation of such machine.

The action was brought for a breach of this covenant…