The Davey Tree Expert Co. v. Ahlers

The complainant is an Ohio corporation engaged in tree surgery. It has applied for a preliminary restraint against a former employe for violating a covenant of his contract of employment, reading as follows:

"Said employe agrees that he will not directly or indirectly, during his employment with the Davey Tree Expert Company, and for a period of two years after ceasing to be so employed, engage in any way in any work competitive with the business of the Davey Tree Expert Company in any of its territories in the United States and Canada in which the said employe serves while in the employ of…