Legal Opinion
Lahiri v. Daily Mirror, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1937PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShientag, J.
This action was brought pursuant to sections 50 and 51 of the Civil Rights Law to enjoin the defendant from further use of plaintiff’s picture for trade purposes, and for damages.
The defendant is the publisher of a newspaper known as the Sunday Mirror. A feature of the paper is a magazine section containing various illustrated articles of more or less general interest. In the magazine section of the issue of September 16, 1934, there appeared an article written by one Matthew entitled, “ I Saw The /Famous Rope Trick — (But It Didn’t Really Happen).” The article was inspired by an offer of the…
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- Humiston v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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