Legal Opinion
Comfort Spring Corp. v. . Burroughs
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 8, 1940PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchenck, J.
Tbis is an action to restrain and enjoin the violation of restrictive covenant contained in a written contract of employment entered into between tbe plaintiff, as employer, and the defendant, as employee. The contract contained, inter alia, the following provision:
“If the contract is terminated as herein provided by the party of the second part (the defendant), or by the party of the first part (the plaintiff), for cause, then for the period of three years thereafter he contracts and agrees not to represent any company, person or firm, either directly or indirectly, in any of the Southern…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sherman v. PfefferkornMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Scott v. . GillisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1929
- Moskin Bros. Inc. v. SwartzbergSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
- Thomas W. Briggs Co. v. MasonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
3Cited by23 opinions
- Manpower of Guilford County, Inc. v. HedgecockCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
- Welcome Wagon International, Inc. v. PenderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
- Harwell Enterprises, Inc. v. HeimSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- Tawney v. Mutual System of Maryland, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
- Maola Ice Cream Co. v. Maola Milk & Ice Cream Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
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