JUSTIN BELT CO., INC. v. YOST

No. B-3848.

502 S.W.2d 681 (1973)

JUSTIN BELT COMPANY, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Joe YOST et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dee J. Kelly, Fort Worth, for petitioners.

Law, Snakard, Brown & Gambill, Thomas H. Law and Samuel A. Denny, Fort Worth, Woodrow Bean, El Paso, H. G. Wells, Fort Worth, for respondents.


STEAKLEY, Justice.

It is the recognized rule that noncompetition agreements in the employer-employee relationship are enforceable when made during employment. The initial question here is the enforceability or not, subject of course to the test of reasonableness as to time and area, and to judicial reformation if need be, of such an agreement fairly made in settlement of a pending suit by an employer against former employees. The suit here was for damages and injunctive...

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