Brief for the United States (1914)

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198 PABT IX. cipally from Lubin, Vitagraph, Pathe, Edison, and Selig. At that time defendant Lubin, president of the Lubin Manufacturing Co., was interested in a rental exchange doing business in Philadelphia in competition with Karson's exchange. (II, 1096, fol. 1.) Complete ruin for Karson followed the cancellation, the European goods which he tried to substitute proving unpopular ; so he had to get out of business. (II, 1096, f ols. 3, 4 ; 1097, fol. 1.) After two years of failure in other lines he returned to the motion-picture business, and is now eking out a precarious existence in distributing special features. Prior to his cancellation Mr. Karson had made $26,000 and $27,000 in two years' time. (II, 1094, fol. 3.) Tliis testimony of Karson is confirmed by the testimony of Michael Lessy, head of the firm (II, 1163, fol. 3), who produced the notice of cancellation. (II, 1164-1165.) Lessy came over to New York and asked MacDonald, general manager of the Patents Co., why the license had been revoked. The reply was Simply because we don't want to do business with you." (II, 1167, fol. 1.) EMANUEL MANDELBAUM, ti easui ei and active manager of the Lake Shore Film & Supply Co,, Cleveland, Ohio, licensed by the Patents Co. early in 1909. (II, 1139 et seq.) The company en