Sachs v. Cluett, Peabody & Co.

This is a motion by the defendant to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the cause of action set forth therein is barred by the Statute of Limitations. The action is to compel an accounting by defendant of all profits claimed to have been made by it in the use and employment of a certain secret process which plaintiff alleges he discovered, and to restrain the defendant from further use of this process in violation of the agreement entered into between the parties.

The complaint sets forth that prior to 1921 plaintiff had developed a novel, original and useful principle for use in the…