FOLK v. WALLACE BUSINESS FORMS, INC.

Nos. 11994, 11995.

394 F.2d 240 (1968)

Emerson D. FOLK and National Business Forms, Inc., Appellants, v. WALLACE BUSINESS FORMS, INC., Successor to Standard Business Forms, Inc., Appellee. Emerson D. FOLK and National Business Forms, Inc., Appellees, v. WALLACE BUSINESS FORMS, INC., Successor to Standard Business Forms, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Pate, Atlanta, Ga. (Mitchell, Clarke, Pate & Anderson, Atlanta, Ga., Thomas Ashe Lockhart, and Cansler & Lockhart, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellants in No. 11,994 and appellees in No. 11,995.

Fred B. Helms, Charlotte, N. C., and Henry M. Whitesides, Gastonia, N. C. (Helms, Mulliss, McMillan & Johnston, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellee in No. 11,994 and appellant in No. 11,995.

Before BRYAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges, and MacKENZIE, District Judge.


MacKENZIE, District Judge.

On October 21, 1957, Standard Business Forms, Inc. purchased Emerson D. Folk's interest in that corporation. As part of the consideration for the sale, the usual agreements were executed under which Mr. Folk agreed not to compete in a three state area and not to hire employees of Standard Business Forms, Inc. for a ten year period.

In 1959, a declaratory judgment suit was instituted by Folk and his new company, National Business...

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