Robbins v. Plant

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). There is no hard-and-fast rule in this State as to what contracts are void as being in restraint of trade, and each case must be judged according to its own facts and circumstances. It is also well settled that a person may legally purchase the business of another for the purpose of removing competition, with an agreement on the part of the seller not to- carry on the same business in the same place for a limited period of time. Covenants of this kind operate to prevent the seller from engaging in a business which he sells, so as to protect the buyer in…