Case Name: Log Cabin Steak Company v. Burton et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1956-09-07
Citations: 212 Ga. 648
Docket Number: 19424
Parties: Log Cabin Steak Company v. Burton et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 648–649

Head Matter:
19424.
Log Cabin Steak Company v. Burton et al.

Opinion:
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
Where, as in. this case, the evidence is con-
flicting, and at most the petitioner's evidence merely casts a suspicion, the inference from which being that the defendant has and is violating his contract not to enter into business as a competitor of the petitioner for a period of five years in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, it can not be said that the court abused its discretion in failing to grant an interlocutory injunction. Deriso v. Castleberry, 202 Ga. 174 (42 S. E. 2d 356); Fitzgerald, v. Head, 202 Ga. 640 (44 S. E. 2d 117); Jones v. Camp, 208 Ga. 164 (65 S. E. 2d 596); Brown v. Bishop, 197 Ga. 569 (30 S. E. 2d 91); Jones v. Lanier Development Co., 188 Ga. 141, 145 (2 S. E. 2d 923). There was evidence from which the court was authorized to find that the defendant was not violating his contract and competing with the petitioner.
Argued July 9, 1956
Decided September 7, 1956
Rehearing denied October 11, 1956.
Joseph S. Crespi, for plaintiff in error.
Luther C. Harries, Jr., Douglas C. Lauderdale, Jr., contra.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.