565 So. 2d 234 - Salisbury v. Semple’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “"[The buying doctor] admits that the [selling doctor] has not violated the covenant not to compete. Furthermore, [the buying doctor] received [the selling doctor's] medical practice, the fixtures, the optical business, and the goodwill, as contemplated by the contract. In short, [the buying doctor] has received all the he bargained for. We hold that [the buying doctor] ... is now estopped from refusing to perform his obligation to pay the agreed purchase price under the contract simply because it contains a covenant not to compete. We note that any other result would be particularly inequitable in view of the fact that the covenant not to compete was included in the contract a [the buying doctor's] request."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Battistella