HERBERT, J.
The basic question presented here is whether the agreement, supra, is valid in whole or in part. The courts both here and in England have definitely modified the early English rule of rigid construction of agreements in restraint of trade to meet an ever growing and expanding economy.
Originally it was held that all agreements in restraint of trade were void as being against public policy. Mitchel v. Reynolds (1711), 1 P. Wms...
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