Hanlon v. Morrissey

Frack, J.,

Dr. C. R. Hanlon filed a bill in equity against Dr. E. James Morrissey for injunctive relief on the ground that defendant violated and is violating a restrictive covenant not to practice in Northampton or Lehigh Counties as a physician, surgeon or medical practitioner, except as chief surgeon at the Bethlehem plant of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. The covenant was included in an agreement dated February 1,1941, wherein defendant, a practicing physician specializing in orthopedic surgery, sold to plaintiff his office and medical equipment, fixtures, supplies, practice and good will…