The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-01
Claims That Officials of
Company Forced Him
to Cancel Lease
$35O,000 FOR PROFITS
That Is Amount He Would
Have Made If He Stayed in
Business, He Says
CLAIMS LIGHTS TURNED OFF
No Lights and Couldn't Get
Insurance lie Claims in
Petition

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In onn ~ the largest suits filed In
Mocscha Rosenberg asks &i73.60o
from the Sinclair OH & Gns CO.
FOR alleged breach 81 contract and
other damages ho claims lac suffered
at the hands Of the company.
Rosenberg nys that IN February
of 1913 he signed lease with Of
flclnls ~ me Sinclair company by
which hc was 10 occupy storcroom
IN the now Sinclair building for n
period of 10 years. The storcroom
was in the northwest corner Of the
building on the ground floor and
Rosenberg says that his I0-year
lease was AZ the rate OF $500 rental
a month. or SiR00 year. The
period of the lease dated from
March -. 1913.
Tried To Buy Him, lie Says.
In his petition Rosenberg says
that he purchased special fixtures
and large stock Of jewclry and In
stalled them In the room. Shortly
after he had started In business. he
claims. officials OF the company
and even employees, for some reason
unknown to him, or no reason at All,
began 10 intimidatc him and make
attempts TO get him to give up his
lease and vacato the building. He
claims that tho company, acting
through ono Of Its officials. G. u.
Crawley offered to buy his stock
n he would give up his lease. when
he refused he says that the com
pany made threats to add two stories
10 the building and permanently
close up the entrance which he was
using
Finally, no says. employees OF the
company, apparently acting under
orders. left all lights In his store
room off at night. Even when he
protested. he claims, they refused
To let the lights burn. Ills insiir-
ance requirements necessltated the
burning OF the lights at night. he
says, and whom the employees re-
fused to turn on the lights the ir-
surance company Cancelled his policy.
For the last several months. he says.
he has been operating without in
surance OF any sort.
Several months ago, he claims. an
auto broke out one OF tho show win
dows and instead OF replacing II. no
says that the company boarded up
the window with rough boards and
continually refused TO put In glass.
Officials refused to let him put In
sectional glass, he says, and when
he tackled sign on the boards eS-
planning that business was s,lll going
on, the superintendent tore II down.
About n year ago, he claims that
because he had two clerks. a. ~.
Chedell ana j. a. Papin. employed
In his storc, the company claimed
that ne had broken his contract by
sublcasins his lease without consent.
Upon such claims, he says, officials
of the company asked forcihle entry
and detainer orders In the court
OF Justice II. J. Gray. To counter
act such moves he filed petition In
superior court In which he asked
that the petition of the oil company
be not considered and an injunction
granted In which the company be
enjoincd to let Rosenberg and his
store alone. Rosenberg claims that
his petition was granted.
Was Forced to- Close store.
Finally. he claims, the abuses
hcaped upon him became 80 great
that about two months ago he wat
forced to abandon the storeroom
tear down his fixtures and store
tntlnt ulNO Nus Nlpths ifN TuNi Nv
tions, he says, his $4,000 worth OF
fixtures was reduced TO about SAOC
value And his stock which In
voiced at $4,000. Is now only
worth $4,000. For such losses h'
asks $4,000 on his fixtures and
$4,000 on his stock.
The room which he occupied Il
now worth $4,000 month rent. HI
claims. and II he were to get suCl
place II would cost him fully tina
much lie claims that he has du'
him tho difference between the rem
he paid and the rent which the place
IL now worth, or a total OF Si34,00O
lie also saws that due TO beini
forced out OF business his profit
have been cut Off, II he woul'
have continued In his business, n
claims that up until 1925, when hi
lease would have expired. he woul,
have made easily S350,oOO lie als
asks this amount as damages from
the company, The total amount -
the damages asked Is $473,60O.