Migar Enterprises, Inc. v. DeMent

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Migar Enterprises, Inc., appeals an adverse judgment in its suit for an injunction and damages against defendant Larry L. DeMent for the alleged breach by DeMent of an agreement not to compete.

Migar was the owner and proprietor of a land survey business named Land Survey Company, headquartered in Grandview, Missouri. On May 27, 1986, it purchased from Larry L. DeMent his land survey business located in Gladstone, Missouri, and entered upon the operation thereof under the name of Land Survey North. The purchase price was $25,000.

The contract between Migar and…