Ryan v. Hamilton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from, the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding. This suit was begun by appellant, W. Spencer Ryan, on November 22, 1900, filing his bill for injunction in the Mercer county circuit court, praying an injunction against J. Shirley Hamilton, the appellee, restraining him from practicing general medicine in or within eight miles of the village of Viola, in Mercer county, Illinois, in violation of the following contract: “12/1,1899. “The undersigned, J. S-. Hamilton, M. D.,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
Appellee contends that the judgment of the Appellate Court should be upheld, and that the complainant below, as a matter of law and justice, is not entitled to the relief he prays, and to support his position argues that there is not sufficient consideration to support the contract in question; that it is not sufficiently fair and certain to be enforced in equity; that if appellant has any remedy it is only a legal one and not enforceable in equity.
The principles of law applicable to this case are the same as those governing the specific performance of contracts in restraint of trade. That…
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