Central Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Ingram

FONES and BROCK, JJ.,

dissent in separate opinion.

I respectfully dissent.

In Associated Dairies, Inc. v. Ray Moss Farms, Inc., 205 Tenn. 268, 326 S.W.2d 458 (1959), this Court held that continued em*38ployment is no consideration for a restrictive covenant imposed after an employment relationship has begun. In Ray Moss, a competitor of the employer, who was in the dairy business, allegedly began to hire the employer’s sales drivers and to use those drivers to solicit the employer’s business. In response, the employer required its drivers, including the defendant, to sign a non-competition…