TRADE REGULATION - RIGHT OF EMPLOYER TO ENJOIN FORMER EMPLOYEE FROM SOLICITING EMPLOYER'S CUSTOMERS

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Defendants had formerly been employed as solicitors for the plaintiff, a corporation engaged in the business of selling teas, coffees, spices, and other products at retail. There were no restrictive covenants in the employment contract and within a few months after leaving plaintiff's employ, defendants entered into a similar business in competition with the plaintiff and solicited customers with whom they became acquainted while in plaintiff's service. Plaintiff appealed from an order sustaining a demurrer to its bill which sought to restrain defendants from such soliciting. Held, order affirmed. In the absence of a contract and where the employee uses no written list of customers obtained by virtue of his employment, the former employer is not entitled to such an injunction. Jewel Tea Co. v. Grissom, (S. D. 1938) 279 N. W. 544.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, TRADE REGULATION - RIGHT OF EMPLOYER TO ENJOIN FORMER EMPLOYEE FROM SOLICITING EMPLOYER'S CUSTOMERS, 37 Mich. L. Rev. (1939).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol37/iss3/28