Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 6/27/1996

John R. Ray & Sons, Inc. v. Stroman

Citations

923 S.W.2d 80
1996 WL 183769

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holding that because the covenant not to compete expired, “any reformation of that provision by the trial court would have been an exercise in futility.”
holding that “Since the primary purpose of the Agreement was the covenant not to compete, it cannot be severed without adversely affecting the issuance of stock given in consideration therefor.”
explaining that, in personal services occupations, “restraint[s] on client solicitation [are] overbroad and unreasonable when it extends to clients with whom the employee had no dealings during his employment”
finding that reforming (e.g., shortening) the length of a non-competition covenant would be an exercise in futility because the time limit in the sought-to-be-reformed covenant expired before the district court entered judgment
explaining covenant expired so “any reformation of that provision by the trial court would have been an exercise in futility.”
determining reasonableness is a question of law

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Judges: Yates, Fowler and O'neill

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