Busk v. Wolf & Co.
Busk v. Wolf & Co.
Opinion of the Court
1. There was no error in refusing to postpone the trial of the case.
2. The following contract was the basis of an action to enjoin the defendant from engaging in business in violation of its terms. “Glynn-County, Georgia. This agreement entered into on this the thirty-first day of March, 1913, by and between C. Busk, as party of the first part, and E. Wolf & Company, a firm composed of E. Wolf and S. Abady, as parties of the second part, all of said County and State, witnesseth: That whereas the parties of the second part, for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand ($1000.00) dollars, have this day purchased the business of said first party, and having paid the full amount of the
(a) The case is not controlled by the act of 1896 (Ga. L. 1896, p. 68), if that act (which is not embodied in the Civil Code of 1910) is valid and in force.
3. The provision that if the vendor should operate another business of the character above mentioned he should pay the profits thereof to the vendee would not prevent an injunction, there being evidence to show that the vendor was not financially responsible in damages, and that he declined to give any account of the profits, and that it was impracticable to show the exact amount of loss that would be sustained by the continuance in business of the vendor.
4. While the evidence was conflicting, there was no abuse of discretion in granting the interloeutoi-y injunction.
Judgment affirmed.
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