Frierson v. Sheppard Building Supply Co.

Sheppard Building Supply Company, Inc., appellee here, was complainant in the court below, and the appellant here, Pete H. Frierson, was the defendant in the court below. Appellee sued appellant in the chancery court and obtained a permanent injunction enjoining appellant from engaging in business in competition with appellee for a period of two years from the date of the decree in the chancery court. From this decree appellant appealed.

In 1955, T. L. Sheppard and J. E. Sheppard decided to open a building supply business in the City of Jackson. Theretofore, the Sheppard brothers had been…