Wyatt v. Wanamaker
New York Supreme Court
Demurebb to separate defenses in an answer.
1Opinion of the CourtTruax, J.
The plaintiff herein demurs to the first and second separate defenses of the answer herein on the ground that each is insufficient in law upon the face thereof. The plaintiff sues under chapter 132, Laws of 1903, for the unauthorized use of her name and picture by the defendants. The complaint sets forth the infancy of the plaintiff, the appointment of her guardian, the unauthorized use for advertising purposes or purposes of trade by the defendants of the plaintiff’s portrait and name for several weeks in the autumn and winter of 1906 without the consent, written or otherwise, of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Colgate v. . the Pennsylvania Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Riddle v. MacFaddenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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