Court Opinion

ID: 9644385
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:54:45.423133+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:12.750085
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
In his motion for rehearing defendant raises the single contention that the temporary injunction should be reformed to expire on September 1,1980, or on rendition of final judgment, whichever occurs first. On original submission we declined to reform the injunction on that ground in view of the trial court’s evident intent to try the merits at an early date. On reconsideration, however, we conclude that the order is technically in error in that the injunction by its terms could continue beyond the period of the covenant. Consequently, we reform the order in that respect.
Plaintiff objects to the reformation, asserting that it has amended its petition in the trial court to allege that defendant’s employment terminated on December 31, 1978, rather than in September 1978, and, therefore, reformation in this court would foreclose a fact question on the date of termination which should be determined by the trial court. We do not view the date of termination as an issue on this interlocutory appeal. Plaintiff’s application for injunction alleged that defendant’s employment terminated in September 1978 and that the duration of the covenant was two years. It is improper for a temporary injunction granted on this record to continue beyond that time. In the unlikely event that the case is not disposed of before September *8821980, the trial court, on a proper showing, may grant further temporary relief.
The motion for rehearing is granted and the court’s order is reformed so as to limit the duration of the temporary injunction to September 1, 1980, or until rendition of final judgment on the merits, whichever occurs first.