Davis v. General Foods Corporation

CLANCY, District Judge.

This is a motion brought pursuant to rule 112 of the Rules of Civil Practice for judgment on the pleadings dismissing the complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff and the defendant entered into an agreement whereby the plaintiff, at the special instance and request of the defendant, revealed to the defendant the plaintiff’s new idea and recipe for the making and sale of fruit flavors to be used in the household for the making of- ice cream and that the defendant agreed to pay…