AETNA BLDG. MAINTENANCE CO. v. WEST

Docket No. L.A. 21876.

39 Cal.2d 198 (1952)

246 P.2d 11

AETNA BUILDING MAINTENANCE COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. JAMES A. WEST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 8, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.V. Falcone and Arthur J. Manley for Appellant.

Victor S. Cogen for Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

For about three years, James A. West was employed by Aetna Building Maintenance Company, Inc., as a salesman and supervisor. After he left that employment and engaged in the same business, Aetna sued him for damages assertedly resulting from unfair competition. A second cause of action was based upon a written contract which included an agreement by West to pay liquidated damages of $1,000 in the event that he...

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