Brief for the United States (1914)

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182 PART IX. NoTember 14, addressed to the Greater New York Film Rental Co., and signed by H. N. Marvin, vice president, reading as follows (II, 672-673) : Gentlemen: Pursuant to the right reserved by this company under the first clause of section nineteen of the conditions of license forming a part of the exchange license agreement existing between you and this company, and bearing date the twentieth day of J anuary, nineteen hundred and nine, we hereby notify you of our intention to terminate said license, and that the same will terminate at eight o'clock a. m. on Monday the fourth dav of December, nineteen hundred and eleven, unless sooner terminated by this company for any breach of the conditions of said license. Yours truly, Motion Picture Patents Company, By H. N. Marvin, Vice President. The above notice was received on the evening of the date stated on the letter. The cancellation was not made for cause, but was under that clause of the exchange agreement which pemiits cancellation by the Patents Co. at any time on 14 days' notice. Fox describes as follows his efforts to obtain a revocation of the cancellation (II, 674-675) : On November 17 or 18, I called on Mr. Kennedy and I said, Mr. Kennedy, it happened. ' ' I said, ^ ^ * 1 suppose you are aware of the fact that what I was afraid would happen did happen, that the license of the Greater New York Film Rental Co. has