Corliss v. E. W. Walker Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a suit by Emily A. Corliss and others to enjoin the E. W. Walker Company and others from inserting a portrait of George II. Corliss in a biographical sketch about to be published by them. An injunction was heretofore granted (57 Fed. 434), and defendants have moved to dissolve the same.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
The defendants move to dissolve the injunction heretofore granted in this ca'se. As the case was first presented, it. appeared that the print of George H. Corliss to be inserted in a biographical sketch about to be published by the defendants was taken from a photograph obtained from Mrs. Corliss by the defendants upon certain conditions, which they had failed to comply with, and the court granted an injunction upon the ground that the proposed use by the defendants would be a breach of contract and a violation of confidence. 57 Fed. 434. Upon a full presentation of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Folsom v. MarshU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1841
- Corliss v. E. W. Walker Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1893
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