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Show THEATER COMPANY GETS BIG DAMAGES MTPALO, Oct. 27 A verdict award iug $56,500 damages" to tbo Court Street Theater company of Buffalo against the Empire Circuit company, known as the burlesque trust, was returned re-turned by a iury in the Supreme court last night.- A motion for n new trial was denied; and. an a ppcwl probably will be taken. The Court Street-Theater company sud the Empire Circuit rompanv for $100,000, alleging that, it had conspired to ruin the business of the plaintiff by inducing managers to break existing contracts for engagements there under threat of exclusion from the numerous buriesque houses controlled by tb Empire Em-pire circuit throughout the United Stares. A number of the managers did cancel their contracts and the theater closed on January 13, and was never reopened.. v j |