MAGEE v. BROWN

Docket No. 88, Calendar No. 46,386.

347 Mich. 638 (1957)

81 N.W.2d 413

MAGEE v. BROWN.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided February 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gore & Williams (Charles W. Gore, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Small, Zick & Shaffer (Robert P. Small, of counsel), for defendants.


SMITH, J.

This case involves the construction of certain written instruments. There is almost no law involved, save some general precepts, such as the one that we construe an ambiguous instrument against the draftsman, and so forth. The controversy arises out of a covenant not to compete. It came up in this way:

Plaintiff had been a traveling salesman, "selling grocery items," for some 11 years. Desiring to enter the hardware business ("I had always liked...

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