Goelet v. Confidential, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtYaleNte, J.
Section 51 of the Civil Rights Law, gives a right of action for damages to a “ person whose name, portrait or picture is used within this state * * * for purposes of trade without the written consent first obtained”. Special Term has sustained the sufficiency of the complaint herein as stating causes of action on behalf of both plaintiffs under section 51. We have reached a contrary result.
The complaint purports to allege two causes of action. In the first cause on behalf of plaintiff, Robert Goelet, Jr., it is alleged that defendants printed and published in the January, 1956 issue of their…
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