MERRITT v. SMITH

No. 83-913.

446 So.2d 263 (1984)

Leslie B. MERRITT and Marilyn J. Merritt, Appellants, v. Samuel J. SMITH, Jr. and Cathryn A. Smith, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Donahue, Jr., Venice, for appellants.

William J. Fuller, III, P.A., Sarasota, for appellees.


RYDER, Judge.

In November 1981, the parties entered into a contract for the sale of the Merritts' laundry and dry cleaning business to the Smiths. The contract provided that the Merritts would not compete with the Smiths in the drapery and dry cleaning business within Sarasota County for five years. It was indicated that the remedies at law for breach of the covenant "are inadequate" and the Smiths would be entitled to injunctive relief in the event of a breach.<...

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