Brief for the United States (1914)

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PART IX. 199 d(^av<ir(Hl to do buHinesa according to tho conditions of the liamse. (11, 11^9, fol. 2,) Thv witn«',sH learned that the (l(»neral Kilm ('o. had Immh (»rgnnizcd and was doiii^ business in the spring of 1910. Early in Auguat lie went to New York to see abont the sale of the bnsine.se. At that time the General Film Co. had not acquired any rental exchange in CleA'eland, but had entered into competition to a small extent with the Cleveland company when it acquired the Pittsburgh Calcium Light & Film Co., at Pittsburgh. (II, 1140, fol. 2.) After several conferences with Kennedy the terms of sale were fixed. (II, 1141, fols. 1, 2.) Mandelbaum returned home, but the sale was not completed, owing to a dispute over the deliveiy of the contract. Immediately thereafter the General Film Co. acquired an exchange in Cleveland. (II, 1142, fol. 1.) About the middle of February, 1911, the Lake Shore Co. received a notice from the Patents Co., dated Februaiy 17, notifying the fonner company that its license would be terminated in 14 days, the notice of cancellation being given imder section 19 of the exchange license agreement, which the Patents Co. called the 14-day clause. (II, 1143, fol. 1.) No reason was assigned for the cancellation. The Lake Shore Co. had been doing a business of approximately $4,000 a week ; after the cancellation it lost more than half of its business. (II, 1143, fol. 3.)