Excellent Laundry Co. v. Szekeres

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This appeal from a final decree enforcing the defendant’s covenant in partial restraint of trade must be dismissed as moot for a reason that will at once become apparent.

The Excellent Laundry Company, plaintiff, filed its complaint in equity seeking to enjoin its former employee, Anton Szekeres, the defendant, from soliciting customers of the plaintiff in violation of his written contract of employment with the plaintiff. The complaint averred that, in consideration of the defendant’s employment by the plaintiff, the defendant had agreed in writing not to solicit…