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...Erlanger Amusement Enterprises, Inc. and who controlled more legitimate theatres than anyone else in the U. S., died in Manhattan, on March 7, 1930, of uremic poisoning and cancer. With him when he died was a buxom 46-year-old woman known at various times as Charlotte Leslie, Charlotte Fixel and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Erlanger. By last week this woman was the central figure in a cause celebre. In order to secure what she believed was her rightful share in the Erlanger estate, valued in different estimates from $75,000,000 to $800,000, the woman was trying to prove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Common Law | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

...trial for breach of contract brought by an actress. After the accusation Mr. Kresel brought disbarment proceedings against Mr. Steuer. Mr. Steuer was not disbarred but he may not have forgotten the incident. Today Mr. Kresel is counsel for the Erlanger estate, defending it from the claims of Charlotte Fixel (who asserts she was Erlangers common law wife) and Mr. Steuer is Mrs. Pixel's lawyer-another reason why the Erlanger incident has not been entirely forgotten. One more point of contact between the two gentlemen is that when Mr. Kresel became counsel to Bernard K. Marcus he succeeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Footing the Bill | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

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