COLLINS MUSIC CO., INC. v. PARENT

0639

288 S.C. 91 (1986)

340 S.E.2d 794

COLLINS MUSIC CO., INC., Appellant v. James A. PARENT, Individually and d/b/a Parent Amusement Co., Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Layman, of Dobson & Dobson, P.A., Greenville, and John M. Tatum and Frederick M. Corley, of Harvey & Battey, P.A., Beaufort, for appellant.

James H. Moss and H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., both of Moss, Bailey, Dore, and Jessee, P.A., Beaufort, for respondent.


Heard Nov. 12, 1985.

Decided Feb. 21, 1986.

BELL, Judge:

Collins Music Company commenced this suit against James A. Parent for alleged violations of a covenant not to compete in a written employment agreement. The trial judge found the covenant overly broad and unenforceable. Collins appeals. We reverse.

Parent was employed on August 8, 1977, as a collector in Collins' Greenville office. He signed an agreement not to engage in the business...

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