Linn County Abstract Co. v. Beechley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Oourt.— Hon. Wm. G. Thompson, Judge. Action to restrain defendant from engaging in the abstract business, and to require him to turn orders for abstracts received by him over to the plaintiff. Decree as prayed, from which the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
On April 12, 1899, the defendant, N. K. Beechley, sold his interest in certain co-partnership and other property, including some shares in the Linn County Abstract Company, to his partners, E. W. Yirden and T. B. Bolton. The contract was evidenced in writing, and, aside from the recitals concerning the property to be transferred in equal parts to the purchasers, and the money to be paid, and the manner of its payment, it stipulated “ that the' first party shall not enter into the making and selling of the abstracts in and for the county of Linn and State of Iowa, at any time or place within…
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