Haskins v. Ryan

Stevens, V. 0.

To the bill in this case a general demurrer is pleaded. The bill alleges, in substance, that during the years 1898 and 1899, ] 900 and 1901, the complainant devoted a large part of his time to the study of industrial conditions connected with the output of pig lead in the United States, and had conceived the plan of *576uniting the outstanding lead interests, which had not already become a part of the National Lead Company, into one company, and had either procured options thereon or had opened negotiations for their purchase; that in the spring of 1891

“he had crystallized and…