PEAT MARWICK MAIN & CO. v. HAASS

No. C-9128.

818 S.W.2d 381 (1991)

PEAT MARWICK MAIN & COMPANY, Successor to Certain Interests of KMG Main Hurdman, Petitioner and Cross-Respondent, v. Lawrence F. HAASS, Respondent and Cross-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled December 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wendell Hall, Dan Matthews, San Antonio, for petitioner and cross-respondent.

Paul M. Green, San Antonio, for respondent and cross-petitioner.


OPINION

GAMMAGE, Justice.

This is a contract construction case involving a merger agreement between two accounting firms and the contractual damages provision for a departing partner who takes clients from the firm. The court of appeals held one damages provision was an unenforceable restraint on trade but the other provision was enforceable. 775 S.W.2d 698. We hold that a damages provision affecting the right to render...

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