Case ID: so2d_240/html/0829-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

DATA SUPPLIES, INC., a Georgia corporation, Appellant, v. Louis E. COWART, Appellee.
    No. 70-129.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
    Nov. 13, 1970.
    
      John M. Mankin, of Hill, Hill & Dicken-son, Tampa, for appellant.
    No appearance for appellee.
   MANN, Judge.

The trial judge held that the contract not to engage in a competing business within a reasonable area for a reasonable time was valid but refused to enjoin Cowart from violating his agreement. Fla.Stat. § 542.12, F.S.A. (1969). The establishment of a legal right carries with it a duty on the judge’s part to grant an appropriate remedy. See Akey v. Murphy, Fla.1970, 238 So.2d 94, 95.

Reversed and remanded.

HOBSON, C. J., and LILES, J., concur.