Eubanks v. Puritan Chemical Company

COLEMAN, Justice.

Puritan Chemical Company, appellee, sued W. L. Eubanks, Jr. and Kemco Chemical Company, a corporation, appellants, for a permanent injunction restraining the violation of covenants against competition contained in a contract of employment between Eubanks and appellee. After trial before the court without a jury, a permanent injunction was issued and this appeal resulted.

The principal question raised by appellant Eubanks is his contention that the covenant against competition was not reasonable in that the area in which competition was forbidden was too extensive.

Eubanks was…