Smith v. Godfrey

The corporate plaintiff sells a ukelele for $2.99, which activity it advertises widely. The individual plaintiff is its chief stockholder. The individual defendant is a radio and television performer and the corporate defendant operates radio and television stations over which the matter to be referred to was broadcast. On April 11,1950, the individual defendant, on a television broadcast produced one of plaintiff’s ukeleles and made some remarks concerning it. While the plaintiff’s name was not mentioned, the price was, and as the complaint alleges that plaintiff was the only producer at…