Germo Manufacturing Co. v. Combs

This is a suit in equity to enjoin defendants from using an alleged secret formula used by plaintiff in the compounding of a poultry remedy. The trial judge, after a review of all of the testimony, found in favor of the defendants. Plaintiff appealed to the Kansas City Court of Appeals, which, on its own motion, transferred the case to this court on the ground that the amount in dispute exceeded the jurisdiction of that court. That question confronts us at the threshold of the case.

After numerous specific allegations of unfair competition, the petition states:

“That the defendants have…