Herreshoff v. Boutineau

The complainant, director of a school of languages in Providence, employed the respondent to teach French from January 7, 1889, to July 1, 1889. The contract, in writing, provided that the respondent would not, during the year after the end of his service, “ teach the French or German language or any part thereof, nor aid to teach them, nor advertise to teach them, nor be in any way connected with any person or persons or institutions that teach them in the said State of Rhode Island.” The respondent’s service ended July 1, 1889; after which time he gave lessons in French in Providence. This…