This folder contains material pertaining to the suit brought by two Edison Manufacturing Co. employees, James H. White and John R. Schermerhorn, against Percival Waters of the Kinetograph Co. The case was initiated in the New York Supreme Court for the County of New York in January 1909 and involved kickbacks and conflicts of interest. The selected items include the judicial finding from June 1910 against the plaintiffs, along with affidavits subsequently collected by the plaintiffs in order to reopen the case and clear their names. The affidavits are by Alexander T. Moore, the two plaintiffs, and their attorney, Selden Bacon. Among the items not selected are briefs for the defendant, testimony from the second trial, additional affidavits, and documents that duplicate information in the selected material. The affidavits by Edison and William E. Gilmore from the first trial have not been located.
[QM025AAA], Legal Decision, N.Y. State. Supreme Court, Vernon Mansfield Davis, June 16th, 1910 1910-06-16