Roberts v. Eastland Food Products Co.

The plaintiff, who had many years, experience in processing and canning fish in various countriés in Europe, came to America in 1940 where, in search of employment, he met the defendant Waley, who since 1906 had been identified with the fish canning industry in which he had become a successful producer having an active and large interest in several fish processing companies. The plaintiff claimed to have over one hundred secret formulas for processing fish. Waley caused the defendant Eastland Food Products Co. Inc. to be organized in October, 1941, selected and equipped a factory for the…