Hammer v. Barnes
New York Supreme Court
This case came up on argument before the court on demurrer interposed by the defendant Charles N. Barnes to the plaintiff’s complaint.
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This case came up on argument before the court on demurrer interposed by the defendant Charles N. Barnes to the plaintiff’s complaint. It appeared from the plaintiff’s complaint that he had devoted many years of labor and scientific research to the art of brewing ales, especially with reference to their keeping qualities in hot weather; in the course of which "he, had discovered an art and process of manufacturing an ale which had become celebrated throughout the United States for its keeping qualities, and the superiority of the article as well as its economy in manufacture; that such…
1Opinion of the Court
Mullin, Justice,
rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, overruling the demurrer, with costs ; holding it as his opinion, that in such cases the jurisdiction of the Court was established by numerous decisions, and he should not now dispute it; that in his opinion, if the plaintiff was entitled to any final relief by injunction or otherwise against Charles N. Barnes, he was properly made a party defendant.
*177That the complaint showed that the plaintiff’s partners had no interest in the controversy, and the parties who were supposed to have acquired the secret from the defendants were not…
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