Beam v. . Rutledge
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, C. J.
The case, as presently presented, turns on the validity of the defendant’s agreement not to engage in the practice of medicine in the town of Lumberton, or within 100 miles, thereof, for a period of five years following the dissolution of the partnership between himself and the plaintiff.
There being no request to find the facts, and no challenge to any fact found, it will be presumed that the court found sufficient facts to support the judgment. Wood v. Woodbury & Pace, ante, 356; McCune v. Mfg. Co., ante, 351. The case then comes to the single question whether the restrictive covenant in the…
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