Basic Chemicals, Inc. v. Benson

MASON, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants Richard E. Benson, Berman Chemical Company and The Mellocraft Company from an adverse decree of the trial court entered in an equitable action brought against them by Basic Chemicals, Inc., on the theory defendants had appropriated and removed for their benefit trade secrets of plaintiff and had enticed its employees to join defendants and enter into unfair competition with plaintiff. Plaintiff’s action against Curtis Noll Corporation, another defendant, was dismissed and there is no appeal from that portion of the trial court’s decree.

Plaintiff,…