Legal Opinion
Cook v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 15, 1879PublishedCited by 44 opinions
Petition for an injunction against tlie practice of dentistry by the respondent; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and heard before Granger, J. Decree for petitioner and motion for a new trial by the respondent. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The questions presented by the respondent’s motion for a now trial depend on the validity and construction of the following contract:—
“ Litchfield, Connecticut, April 2d, 1874.”
“I this day sell and convey to Erank E. Cook all the furniture and fixtures in the rooms over Dr. Beckwith’s drug store; *176also my good will; and do agree and bind myself not to-practice dentistry within a radius of ten miles of said Litchfield. And for the consideration above named have this day received one hundred dollars from Frank F. Cook’s hand.
“L. M. Johnson.”
As this belongs to the class of contracts in restraint…
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