ORKIN EXTERMINATING CO., INC. (ARWELL DIV.) v. BURNETT

No. 52925.

160 N.W.2d 427 (1968)

ORKIN EXTERMINATING COMPANY, INC. (ARWELL DIVISION), Appellant, v. Robert H. BURNETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thoma, Schoenthal, Davis, Hockenberg & Wine, Des Moines, for appellant.

Irish & Skinner, Altoona, for appellee.


STUART, Justice.

This action was brought in equity to enforce a covenant not to compete contained in an employment contract between the parties. This is the second appeal. In the opinion filed November 15, 1966, 259 Iowa 1218, 146 N.W.2d 320, 327, we followed the language of the covenant and held defendant must be enjoined "from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar or competitive line of business as that carried...

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