Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 17, 1905 (Salzman v. Siegelman)

MILLER, J.

The plaintiff and defendant Sigmund Siegelman, copartners, entered into a dissolution agreement by which the plaintiff purchased the interest of said defendant, who agreed that he would not directly or indirectly engage in a similar business to that theretofore carried on by said firm in any place within the state of New York where said firm then had its stores.