Legal Opinion
Haskins v. Ryan
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided May 28, 1908PublishedCited by 7 opinions
On bill and demurrer.
1Opinion of the Court
Stevens, Y. C.
The original bill filed in this case was demurred to and the demurrer sustained. 71 N. J. Eq. (1 Buch.) 575. It was held to be demurrable (1) because it showed nothing more than an agreement to make an agreement; (2) because it appeared that complainant was seeking to recover profits alleged to have been realized from the embodiment in a corporation of a scheme or idea communicated by complainant to defendant, this scheme or idea not having been protected by contract or statute against appropriation and therefore not capable of legal ownership after communication.
*331The complainant…
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