Diamond Match Co. v. . Roeber
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made March 20, 1885, which modified as to an additional allowance of costs and affirmed, as modified, a judgment in favor of plaintiff,entered . upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made March 20, 1885, which modified as to an additional allowance of costs and affirmed, as modified, a judgment in favor of plaintiff,entered . upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought to restrain the defendant from engaging in the manufacture or sale of friction matches in violation of a covenant in a bill of sale executed by defendant, which is set forth in the opinion, wherein also the material facts are stated.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
Two questions are presented: First. Whether the covenant of the defendant contained in the bill of sale executed by him to the Swift & Courtney & Beecher Company on the 27th day of August, 1880, “ that he shall and will not, at any time or times within ninety-nine years, directly or indirectly engage in the manufacture or sale of friction matches (excepting in the capacity of agent pr employe of said The Swift & Courtney & Beecher Company), within any of the several States of the United States of America, or in the territories thereof, or within the District of Columbia, excepting and…
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