Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-14
MANAGERS INVOLVED IN
 LAW SUIT
Manahan Wants Chairs and Damages -0rpheum People Say He Is Collecting Some thing He Doesn't Own.

With A. L. Manahan, manager of tht
 Bisbee Opera House filing suit agains
 the management of the Orpheun
 Theater for the possession of certain
 chairs, damages, and the costs of liti
 gation, and the representatives of tn,
 latter company replying that the sait
 Manahan has no claim or title to tho
 chairs, damages or costs, it looks yerN
 much as if the first skirmish between
 the local theatrical competitors will b,
 at least interesting.
 According to papers filed in the of nee of the clerk of the District Court
 at Tombstone yesterday, the Orpheum
 Company, of this city. which is now
 running the Orpheum Theater. has
 been made the defendant in an ac-
 lon Tor debt and damages in the sum of S2,700, brought by A. L. Manaban of the Bisbee Opera House.
 The complaint alleges that the de
 tendant is a corporation organized un- der the laws of the Territory of Ari- Zona, and is now engaged in business In the City of Bisbee. Further that on the 18th day of July, 1907, the plain tin was the lawful possessor and en- titled as lessee to the immediate DOS session of certain goods and chattels or the value of s1,200, towit: 400 opera chairs in the Bisbee Opera House. That on said day the defend ant company took said chairs with out the consent of this plaintiff and unlawfully and wrongfully. That on the 5th day of August the plaintiff made a demand on the company for possession of the chairs, but they re fused to give them up or pay for: them at the value of s1,200. That by such refusal to return same or pay for them the plaintiff has been damaged in the sum of s1, 800. .'...
 The plaintiff therefore asks the court for the recovery of the chairs or their value, s1,200 and s1,5O0 dam- ages and costs of suit.
 Messrs. Sutter & Strickler are tbe attorneys for the plaintiff.
 A representative of the Review call ed on Messrs. Hurst and Tate of the Orpheum Theater Company last even ing, and informed them of the fact that the suit had been filed in the District Court, and also asked for a | statement of their side of the case. In reply MT. Tate said:
 we do not recognize Manahan as l having any claim on these chairs what | ever, although he came to us some | ime ago, and tried to collect a bill | 1f s160 for the rental of them. At | that time I told him that I did not know he had any right or title to them. md he went away
 The facts of the matter are that when We were ready to open our house md the Rich Musical Company ar lived in the city we found that the | orchestra chairs which we had or tered from the east were delayed ow- ng to the congestion of traffic at Fl | oaso, and for that reason went to E. 5. Mason and L. C. Shattuck. owners 'f the Bisbee Opera House and asked or the use of their chairs until ours irrived. At that time Manahan was and agreed to come to see IS and make arrangements to let us lave the chairs, as he was running the 'pera house. He never came to see IS, but l believe went to Los Angeles, md we again went to MT. Mason, who ave us an order for the seats, which were duly delivered.
 If there was to be any charge for he use of them, we made no agree nent with MT. Mason, so naturally Vhen Manahan presented a bill we were not going to pay him for some hing he was not interested in. As a natter of fact these gentlemen told IS that the rent on the Bisbee Opera House was several months in arrears. nd we could gladly have the use of he chairs.
 Our chairs have now arrived. and Ve will use them, but as far as this nit is concerned do not see whom can possibly hurt unless it is Mana an himself'