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‘Aunt Jemima’ relatives suing pancake company for $2B citing century-old agreement
New York Daily News ^
| October 7, 2014
| Nina Golgowski
Posted on 10/07/2014 5:50:47 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Two self-proclaimed descendants of the American pancake icon are taking their heritage to court with a lawsuit seeking more than $2 billion from the Quaker Oats company, Kentucky’s Courier Journal reported.
In a suit filed by the great grandsons of Anna Short Harrington, who went on to become "Aunt Jemima" in 1933, they claim they're owed a slice of the pancake company's revenue according to a long-forgotten agreement stretching back to its late-1800 creation.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: auntjemima; harrington; lawsuit; pancakes
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Thats-a-lotta mmmmmilions.
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:53:39 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: ConservativeStatement
I don’t think they have a leg to stand on.
Any one can claim they’re a long lost relative and they always appear when there’s money.
I expect this lawsuit to get tossed.
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:54:24 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: boycott
Denying millions to Aunt Jemima’s heirs is wacist!
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:55:27 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: boycott
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:55:45 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi MomÂ…)
To: al baby
Beat me too it
You’ve got to be quick around here.
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:56:48 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:57:02 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
Considering she’s a fictitious character, I’m surprised no one ever heard of her or this alleged contract...
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:58:14 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/07/2014 5:59:21 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: Repeal The 17th
Any judge who doesn’t throw these bums out of court has incredibly bad judgement. What idiots.
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:01:48 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: boycott
You knew this guy would show up on this thread....
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:04:07 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: hal ogen
There is a statute of limitations.
Any one can file a lawsuit.
It dies even before it gets heard on the merits.
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:04:22 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Mammy’s lil children love shortnin, shortnin...
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:05:57 PM PDT
by
smartymarty
(How a mountain girl can love.)
To: boycott
I wonder how much they can get for Uncle Ben?
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:08:02 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: ConservativeStatement
This is what civil courts are for. If there was an agreement, it should be honored. If it’s BS, it gets tossed.
It would not be the first time a black person got screwed in a contract from back then.
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:08:04 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I always thought Aunt Jemima was married to Uncle Ben.
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:10:25 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: fhayek
i hear they are distant descendants of Juan Valdez as well...
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:11:16 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: boycott
“It ain’t fittin’, it just ain’t fittin’...it ain’t fittin’...”
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:11:50 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Shall Not Be Infringed)
To: ConservativeStatement
To: hal ogen
Any judge who doesn’t throw these bums out of court has incredibly bad judgement. So what's your point?
;>]
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posted on
10/07/2014 6:15:54 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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