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BURDINE v. BROOKS

16775, 16799, 16823.

206 Ga. 12 (1949)

55 S.E.2d 605

BURDINE v. BROOKS; et vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 10, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Crawford, Harris, Henson & Spence, and Charles A. Wofford, for plaintiff in error.

Wheeler, Robinson & Thurmond and William Butt, contra.

WYATT, Justice.

1. Contracts in general restraint of trade are void. Code, § 20-504. But a contract regarding a lawful and useful business or profession in partial restraint of trade, and reasonably limited as to time and territory, and not otherwise unreasonable, is not void. Rakestraw v. Lanier, 104 Ga. 188 (30 S. E. 735); Hood v. Legg, 160 Ga. 620, 627 (128 S. E. 891); Strauss v. ...

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