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COFFEY v. MIDLAND BROADCASTING CO.

No. 9038.

8 F.Supp. 889 (1934)

COFFEY v. MIDLAND BROADCASTING CO. et al.

District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.

December 7, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Reed and Robert J. Ingraham, both of Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Lathrop, Crane, Reynolds, Sawyer & Mersereau, of Kansas City, Mo., for defendant.

OTIS, District Judge.

The Midland Broadcasting Company, a Missouri corporation, whose principal place of business is in Kansas City, Mo., where it owns and operates radio station KMBC, on April 6, 1934, broadcasted through that station certain defamatory words concerning the plaintiff. The substance of the defamation was that the plaintiff was an ex-convict who had served time in the penitentiary. The defamatory words, probably requiring less than three seconds for...

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