Joseph Eve & Co. v. Allen

¶1 In March 1996, plaintiff and appellant, Joseph Eve & Co., filed an action in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, against Catherine B. Allen to recover amounts allegedly due under the terms of a professional employment contract entered into by the parties. Allen answered, and counterclaimed. The parties subsequently filed cross-motions for partial summary judgment as to the enforceability of a non-competition clause contained in paragraph nine of the employment contract. The District Court found the clause enforceable and ordered partial summary judgment in Eve’s…