Brief for the United States (1914)

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I'AKI I\. 171 w ('!•(' IiojM'Icssly hiiiiki iipt ; 1 li.it \\ ;is the stjltoiiiciil they m;i<l(' to scNcrnl ot* the exhibitors; that we iicN'ci' wouhl he ahh* to resume business a.<;"aiii ; and that t he best tiling that they eonhl do wouhl be to ^et service from some other exchange. A few days hiter three of tlie lieensed mamifacturei's ma(h' an application to ])Ut the Im[)erial into involuntary bankruptcy, and on April 26 a receiver took charge. (II, 838, fol. 2.) At the hearing after thv manufacturers liad put in their evidence the referee dismissed the case without requiring any testimony from the Imperial Exchange, and on appeal his decision was affirmed. AVhen the recoiver got out after remaining in possession tw^o months there was practically no business left on the books, for in the rental exchange business it is absolutely necessary that the rental exchange have a constant and steady supply of films to furnish to its exliibitors. (II, 838, fols. 2-4.) The report of the referee in bankruptcy, dated May 5, 1910, and the order of J udge Hough approving the report of the special master, appear in the record. (II, 841855.) J. M. ENSOR, owner of the Colorado Fihn Exchange, Denver, Colo., in which city there were two other exchanges in 1909 and 1910. (II, 1126, fol. 4.) In the spring of the latter year the General Film Co. bought them both and consolidated them, continuing the business in the name of the General