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Show CLAYTON INVESTMENT IS LOSER IN ACTION Supremo Court Decides Against Corporation Corpor-ation in Suit Brought by Orphoum Or-phoum Company. Appeal of tho Clayton Investment company from a $40641-18 judgment entered en-tered against it in favor of tho Or- fheum vaudovillo company by tho diB-riot diB-riot court for nonfulfilmont of a contract con-tract failed in tho supremo court yesterday. yes-terday. An opinion aftirming tho ."judgment ."judg-ment was handed down. Tho investment company undertook to build and fully oquip the old Orphoum Or-phoum theater. Tho dispute was around tho point of whother tho decorating of tho walls, ceilings and prosconium arch was included in tho contract under tho words '"fully equip." It was shown that tho "investment company did not docorato tho walls, ceilings and arch and that tho vaudeville company wns forced to do this at its own expense. ex-pense. It is hold bj' tho supremo court thnt such decoration wa3 incumbent upon the building company undor tho contract. con-tract. Justice D. N. Straup dissents, on tho ground that tho decorations woro not specifically put into tho contract. |