Soule v. Bon Ami Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Bon Ami Company, from an amended judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 16th day of January, 1922, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Jaycox, J.:
The plaintiff seeks to recover the amount which he claims is due him under a contract whereby the defendant, in consideration of the plaintiff’s agreement to impart certain valuable information, to wit, a way or method of increasing the profits of the defendant’s product, known as “ Bon Ami,” and the reason why this could be done without injuring defendant’s trade, promised to pay to the plaintiff one-half of the profits accruing therefrom. The plaintiff claims that he imparted this information; that he informed the defendant of a way or method by which such profits could be…
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