Orkin Exterminating Company v. Burnett

This suit in equity is sought to enjoin the violation of a restrictive covenant in a contract of employment entered into on January 2, 1962, between the defendant Burnett and Arwell, Inc., an exterminating company doing business in Polk County, Iowa. On May' 1, 1965, plaintiff-company acquired Arwell, Inc. and became assignee of the contract involved herein.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether under the circumstances plaintiff is entitled to have the covenant not to compete contained in the 1962 contract enforced by a court of equity.

The trial court held the contract had been.…