Kraus v. General Motors Corporation

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The amended complaint contained four separate counts, of which the third was withdrawn by the plaintiff. Issues raised by the first, second and fourth counts, and the defendants’ answers, were submitted to the jury which returned a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff has appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict which, in our opinion, ought to be affirmed.

On July 1, 1919, the plaintiff Kraus and the defendant AC Spark Plug Company (hereafter called Champion) made an agreement under seal, whereby the latter was to use plaintiff’s alleged secret…