Tyson v. United States Pipe and Foundry Company

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

Appellant Tyson (cross-respondent) appeals from a final decree enjoining him from engaging in competition with appellee U. S. Pipe (cross-complainant) in certain named counties in Alabama and Tennessee.

The chronology of the case is as follows: On August 20, 1968, a written agreement was executed between Specialty Fasteners of Huntsville, Inc., an Alabama corporation (as “seller”), J. Wallace Nall, Jr., W. D. Upton and appellant Jerry W. Tyson (as “warrantors”), on the one hand, and appellee, U. S. Pipe, a New Jersey corporation (as “Buyer”) on the other hand, for the…