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Show STAR COIEIAII t OP FILI.III IS LOSER III COURT Charlie Chaplin Must Pay Fee to Local Counsel for Service Rendered in Litigation, Liti-gation, Jury Decides REPRESENTATIVES OF ACTOR ARE PLEASED Suit Was to Recover $25,-000, $25,-000, Compromise for $3500 Being Declined and $7000 Later Refused A Jury In Judge Pag Morle division of tha United Bute durtrtot eourt today to-day awarded Samuel A. King and Rue-sell Rue-sell O. Schulder, local attorneys, MOM ag eompensatlon for legal services a ad advice rendered Charlea Chaplin, motion mo-tion picture) comedian, during tha so tor's atay In Salt Lake last August. ... Tha local attorneys sought Ili.OO for their servloeg and brought suit for thla amount when tha movie star refused to pay, a bill aent him la Loe Angeles. Trial of the suit began a week ago laat Monday and tho caea went to tha Jury yesterday at 4:10 p. m. A sealed verdict ver-dict waa brought In by the Jury at t:M p. m., which, under eourt Instructions, waa not to be read until 1 a. m. today. to-day. , The anouncement of tha Jury's award as read by Judge Morris waa greeted with apparent pleaauro by Sidney cnapiin. tno comedian's brother, and star witness for ths defense, .and Thomas Harrington, ths actor's secretary, secre-tary, who were present with Athol -Rawlins, one of ths attorneys for ths defense. Neither of tho plaintiffs or their attorney, Thomas Msrlnsiisaai wars preeegt la oonrt at ths Urns ot ths reading of ths verdict -ARE SATISFIED. . -Wa are very well satisfied with tho Jury's findings," said Sidney Chaplin. "We had offered to compromise with Mr. King and Mr. Schulder for t and consider ths verdict a fair compromise. com-promise. Inasmuch aa ths local attorneys attor-neys demanded 1700 when efforts wars made to adjust tha . matter out of court" Mr. King, who reached ths courtroom shortly after the reading of the verdict, declared that In all probability there would bo no efforts mads to secure a retrial of tha suit or to oarry It to sj higher court. Mr. Chaplin shook hands with many of ths Jurors following their discharge by tha court and expressed! himself as highly plsased with their, findings snd their general attitude during dur-ing the hearing. Judge Morris also thsnksd ths Jurymen and ss pre seed satisfaction for tha ears and patience exercised during tha taking of teetU mony. He declared himself as perfectly satisfied with ths conduct of the trial throughout. COURTROOM CROWDED. Ths courtroom waa crowded .with local lo-cal attorneys awaiting ths announcement announce-ment of the verdict. The local attorneys based their claim for tha high fee demanded de-manded on ths assumption that Charles Chaplin secured a much greater sum for his motion picture. ''Ths Kid," through advlcs given him by them than he would have without It. Chaplin sold ths picture to the First National Kg. hlbltors for II00.0O0, whereas his contract con-tract with tho company provided that he waa to be paid 1116,000 and 1140,00s each for sight two and three-reel com edies. Ths defense contended that J. Ok Williams, general manager of tho First National Exhibitors, had told Chaplin before he came to Salt Lake that he could undoubtedly secure st leaat a million dollars for tho picture snd that ths advice of the local attorneys attor-neys hsd nothing to do with ths aectir-Ing aectir-Ing of the sum finally given for Tho Kid." It waa admitted that the local lawyers were eoneuted -regarding ths removal of Chaplin's property front California to Utah and that they had rendered services In this respect. . -HERE LAST AUGUST. ' N Chaplin cams to Salt Lake about tho middle ot last August, during ths pendency pend-ency of his divorce suit sgalnst Mildred Mil-dred Harris Chaplin. Shortly after his arrival here he sent for Sidney Chaplin Chap-lin and on ths tatter's arrival he called upon the local attorseys relative to securing se-curing sn opinion on ths question of removing the Chaplin property te Utah and ss to ths ability of Mrs. Chaplin to attach the property here; The questions ques-tions entering Into. Chaplin's relation with the Flret National came up dur . Ing his conferences with the local atJ torneys snd they rendered an opinion ' that the comedian could break his eon-tract eon-tract with tha company because of tho tatter's failure to live ua to certain clauses In ths contract -relative to tho securing of foreign contracts. Ths defense denied that this latter Information was sought snd that tha comedian was already aware of what steps might bs taken In this regard. The movie stsr was unable to attend . the trial, he said, because of being engaged en-gaged In making a picture In California. Califor-nia. A deposition made by him In Loa Angeles waa read In eourt. Sidney Chaplin also testified, as did Mr. King aad Mr. Schulder. Other wltneeees were Mr. Harrington snd Mrs. Schulder snd six socalled expert witnesses on attorneys- fees. Sidney Chsplln said that ho would probably return to Los Angeles tomorrow. tomor-row. I . . . ,. -.. . . . , ' ' ' : ' |