Legal Opinion

Yost v. Patrick

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 24, 1944No. 4 Div. 322PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

The appeal is from a decree in equity denying an application for a temporary writ of injunction after hearing under the statute. Code, Title 7, § 1057.

The objective of the bill is to enforce by injunctive process a contract binding the seller of a business with its good will, not to engage in a competing business, etc.

The hearing was had upon a sworn bill and exhibits and supporting affidavit of Walter J. Yost, one of complainants, and on the demurrer and sworn answer of the respondent, Albert I. Patrick. The facts so disclosed so far as deemed essential to the proper…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co. v. Hall's Safe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Sineath v. . KatzisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  3. Shelton v. SheltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  4. Sineath v. KatzisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  5. Hall Mfg. Co. v. Western Steel & Iron WorksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Kershaw v. Knox Kershaw, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  2. Daughtry v. Capital Gas CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  3. Files v. SchaibleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  4. Rush v. Newsom Exterminators, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  5. Joseph v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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