This section is from the book "A Commentary On The Law Of Contracts", by Francis Wharton. Also available from Amazon: A Commentary On The Law Of Contracts.
Agreement to surrender inalienable rights is void, sec 430.
Agreement binding party not to do business in a particular place may be sustained, sec 431.
No objection to such agreement that it is unlimited as to time, sec 432.
Reasonableness of restraint is a question of law, sec 433.
Must be valuable consideration, sec 434.
Party may be enjoined for breach of trust, sec 435.
Patent rights and secret processes may be sold without limitation, sec 436.
Parties may bind themselves to deal exclusively with each other, and employee may bind himself to give his whole services to employer, sec 437.
Agreements relieving from liability for negligence are void, sec 438.
Agreements limiting prices of labor void,. sec 439.
Agreement not to labor except at a certain price, or for a particular person, is invalid, sec 440.
And so of combination of employers, sec 441.
Agreement to absorb a staple, or to fix prices, invalid, sec 442.
And so of agreement to absorb transportation, sec 442 a.
Agreement to suppress bids at auction and public proposals void, sec 443.
Agreement to make joint bids not invalid, sec 444.
Foreign revenue laws will not be enforced, sec 445.
Intended invasion of home revenue laws does not vitiate contract when this is not the consideration, sec 446.
 
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