Hallmark Personnel of Texas, Inc. v. Franks

EVANS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s order denying the plaintiff’s application for temporary injunction.

Hallmark Personnel of Texas, Inc., an employment agency, brought this action against Robert Franks, dba Robert Franks & Associates, to enforce a contractual covenant not to compete and to restrain misappropriation of trade secrets. At the conclusion of Hallmark’s case, the trial court granted Franks’ motion to deny the application for temporary injunction.

The employment contract between Hallmark and Franks dated February 25, 1975, forbids Franks from competing with…