HICE v. COLE

No. 6052.

295 S.W.2d 661 (1956)

E. L. HICE, Appellant, v. Mike COLE, d/b/a Cole Butane Company, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

October 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. B. Votaw, Vidor, for appellant.

Hustmyre, Bruce & McKee, Orange, for appellee.


ANDERSON, Justice.

Under date of February 23, 1953, appellant, E. L. Hice, and his wife, Mable Hice, sold to appellee, Mike Cole, a butane gas business E. L. Hice had been operating in and from Vidor, Texas. As a part of the transaction, E. L. Hice agreed and covenanted that for a period of five years from the date aforesaid he would not "enter into any phase of the liquified petroleum gas business either directly or indirectly, as owner or as an employee,...

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