Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. v. Stanton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1908, No. 1,067, on bill in equity in case of Harbison-Walker Refractories Company v. William A. Stanton. Bill in equity for an injunction. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
January 3, 1910:
The final decree entered by the court below is in the precise terms of the covenant to enforce which this bill was filed. It necessarily follows that if the parties were competent to make the covenant in the first instance and the subject-matter thereof is lawful, and no policy of the law or statutory requirement is violated, the court committed no error in enjoining the defendant from doing those things which he had covenanted not to do during the period fixed by the contract. The learned counsel for appellant ask if a contract to refrain from…
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