Styles v. Lyon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
•• Action to restrain the defendant from practicing medicine in the city of New Britain in alleged violation of his agreement with the plaintiff, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Smith, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint; the court overruled the demurrer and, upon the refusal of the defendant to plead further, rendered judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed. No error.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This action is brought to enforce a contract entered into on June 1st, 1908, between the plaintiff and defendant for the period of one year, by which the defendant, a physician and surgeon, agreed for a stipulated consideration to take charge of the plaintiff’s business as a physician and surgeon in New Britain. The fifth clause of the contract was as follows: “It is agreed by and between the parties hereto that this agreement may terminate at any time when desirable by either party. In that event the said Waterman Lyon agrees that he will not locate or open an office within the limits of the…
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