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LYCEUM CORP. IS SiMANAGER IS SUELBooking Agent Claims Breach of Contract 7-Former Manager Charges Slander.Edward Reg-ula, manager of the Lyceum theater, has been made the defendant in a suit for $5,000 brought by Benjamin G. Salvlnt, formerly *manager at the playhouse, in which slander is artfeged. The papers were made out by Lawyer Daniel E. Pouzz-ner. of New Haven and the papers were served today by Constable Fred Winkle. The- writ is returnable in tho superior court at New Haven on the first Tuesday in September. plaintiff sets forth that on ore about July. 5, 1921, the defendant, withinthe hearing of witnesses, uttered the following words: 44You stole contracts while in the employ of the Lyceum theater, and the only way we got our contracts back was by threatening, your arrest.*• The plaintiff says that these words were uttered in the presence of several moving picture managers, and were injurious to his reputation.Booking Agent Sues.Walter Griffith of New Haven, head of the Advanced Booking company, through Lawyer Daniel Pouzzner, has brourht suit for $5,000 against the Lyceum Amusement company, alleging breach of contract. The plaintiff sets forth that his company entered in an agreement to furnish musical plays at the theater from September to June for a period of three years at a rate of $1,250 a week.N The plaintiff claims that the company stoogl ready at all times to carry out its agreement, but the theater company has violated its agreement by refusing to produce the plays. Constable Fred Winkle served papers on Walenty Lech, head of the company, and the writ is returnable in the superior court at New Haven on the first Tuesday in September.
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New Britain Herald
New Britain, Connecticut, US
Mon, Jul 25, 1921
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