Case Name: Sidney Stone, Respondent, v. Mark Goodson et al., Doing Business under the Name of Goodson-Todman Productions, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-10-06
Citations: 9 A.D.2d 646
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sidney Stone, Respondent, v. Mark Goodson et al., Doing Business under the Name of Goodson-Todman Productions, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 646–646

Head Matter:
Sidney Stone, Respondent, v. Mark Goodson et al., Doing Business under the Name of Goodson-Todman Productions, Appellants.

Opinion:
Resettled order entered May 14, 1959 unanimously reversed on the law, with $20 costs and disbursements to the appellants, and the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied, with costs. Issues of fact exist as to whether the defendants undertook to pay for the use merely of the central idea of the plaintiff's submission, and, if so, whether there was such user; or whether they were to pay only for the use of the plaintiff's " ideas, format and literary material " as embraced in his submission, and, if so, whether there was such user. There may be other issues of fact, but, in any event, those hereinbefore referred to are sufficient to require a trial. The appeal from the original order entered April 13, 1959 is dismissed, without costs. Concur — Breitel, J. P., M. M. Frank, Valente, McNally and Stevens, JJ. [17 Misc 2d 652.]