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...stage. She stuck to her contention that the father of her grandchild was James Cannon, property man at the old Grove Street Theatre, San Francisco. Garrulous, she insisted on telling how she had shaken President Lincoln's hand in Ford's Theatre, Washington. When the plaintiff's counsel John Taaffe tried to cross examine her she screamed at 84-year-old Superior Judge George H. Buck: "I want protection from this man. Why should he come here and question me like this?" Judge Buck smiled and said, "Take this old lady home...
Submitted the defense: "It appears from the face of the complaint that the plaintiff is a roving reporter, having worked on five different newspapers, having covered East Side courts and having been a ship news reporter. . . . In so far as the alleged libelous matter is not admittedly true, it is submitted that it is not libelous per se, when spoken of a newspaper reporter...
...indigenous folklore of Southern negroes for many generations back." The contention was important, for $10,000,000 hangs upon the Court's decision as to whether or not. recent Coca-Cola advertisements featuring Brer Fox et al. have infringed upon the copyrights of Author Chandler's books. Plaintiff in the $10,000,000 infringement suit is Mrs. Esther La Rose Harris, widow of the author, owner of the copyrights...
...only Gillette's directors were defending their direction last week. A group of eight onetime directors of Sonora Products Corp. of America found themselves being sued for "a corrupt and unlawful agreement and conspiracy." No small matter was the suit; $1,500,000 is at stake. And plaintiff in the case is Irving Trust Co., now Sonora's receiver...
Circus Suit Sells-Floto Circus and Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey last week faced charges that they have conspired to create a monopoly. Plaintiff in the suit, and asking for $1.040,000 damages, was Miller Brothers 101 Ranch show group. Alleged monopolistic acts: defacement of plaintiff's advertising, spreading of malicious rumors, the enticement of Cinemactor Tom Mix away from Miller Bros, to Sells-Floto at $12,000 per week...