Redd Pest Control Co. v. Heatherly

The complainant-appellant, Redd Pest Control Company, Inc., filed its original bill against defendant-appellee, Thomas L. Heatherly, in the Chancery Court of Lee County. An injunction was sought to prohibit Heatherly from engaging in the pest control business anywhere in the State of Mississippi in competition with Redd for a period of two years in accordance with the terms of an employment contract between the parties. The chancellor heard the ease and declined to issue the injunction on the sole ground that the contract was unreasonable because the area in which Heatherly would be…