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In February 1929, Sir Joseph Duveen (who last winter became at last Lord Duveen) was in a tight spot. After eight years of preparation, Mme Andree Hahn of Paris and Kansas City sued him for $500,000. claiming that he had prevented her from selling a Leonardo da Vinci painting...
In Oklahoma City, Okla., George T. Nichols' infected nose swelled to twice its normal size. Claiming the infection was caused by a shaving brush he had bought at a local store, he sued the store for $50,000. Said he: "It is a great humiliation to carry around an...
Sued. Huey P. ("Kingfish") Long, U. S. Senator from Louisiana; by Anne Ector Pleasant, wife of Louisiana's one-time Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant; for $250,000. Charges: that he defamed her character by arresting her without cause after ordering her out of the State House 1932, that he...
An associate in these lotteries was the dour printer Reuben Bigland, known on British racetracks as "Telephone Jack." Telephone Jack in 1921 decided that he had not been sufficiently taken care of. He printed and circulated a pamphlet entitled "The Downfall of Horatio Bottomley." This was followed by a second...
Sued for Divorce. Stanley ("Stair") Laurel, 38, of the Laurel & Hardy cinema team; by Lois N. Laurel, 32, Grounds: that her husband no longer loved her, wanted a divorce.