ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY v. VEAL

No. 16308.

355 S.W.2d 831 (1962)

ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. John R. VEAL, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrington, Johnson & Stephens, James E. Coleman, Jr., and Gene L. McCoy, Dallas, for appellant.

Rumph, Ivy & Karpenko and Evans J. Karpenko, Fort Worth, for appellee.


MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. was formerly the employer of defendant John R. Veal. Plaintiff discharged the defendant and he started in business with another doing the same kind of work he had been performing as plaintiff's employee. By written covenant made a condition of employment defendant had agreed not to compete with plaintiff for a period of two years following termination of his employment, at certain stated locations...

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