Kutash v. Gluckman

Jenkins, Justice.

Among the contracts that are stated by the Code, §. 20-504, to be unenforceable because “against the policy of the law” are '•“contracts in general restraint of trade.” It seems to have long been the rule both in this and other States, in the evolution from strict limitations of the early common law to more liberal principles under modern adjudications, that while a contract in general restraint of trade is void, a contract only in partial restraint will be upheld, “provided the restraint be reasonable,” and the contract be valid in other essentials. Holmes v. Martin, 10 Ga.…