Legal Opinion

Mabry v. Kettering

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 25, 1909PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; J?hn B. Martineau, Chancellor; There is a right in equity to protect a person from an invasion of private rights. Chancery courts have jurisdiction to protect the rights of privacy and private rights. 1 R. R. A. (N. S.) 1147; 4 Duer 379; 39 L. R. A. 240; 59 Id. 478; 6 Pom.

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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; J?hn B. Martineau, Chancellor; There is a right in equity to protect a person from an invasion of private rights. Chancery courts have jurisdiction to protect the rights of privacy and private rights. 1 R. R. A. (N. S.) 1147; 4 Duer 379; 39 L. R. A. 240; 59 Id. 478; 6 Pom. Eq., § 632; 1 Beach, Inj., § 50; 40 N. Y. St. 289; 31 R. R. A. 286; 40 Ch. Div. 345; 1 McN. & G. 25; 51 N. Y. 300; 19 N. Y. Sup. 583; 64 Fed. 280; 31 R. R. A. 283, 286, 291; 50 S. W. 933; 37 R. R. A. 783; 82 N. Y. Sup. 248; 154 Ind. 599; 121 Mich. 372. See 89 Ark. 551; 2 A. & E. Am. Cas.…

1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.

Mabry and others instituted this suit in chancery against Kettering and others, praying for an injunction restraining the latter from developing plates of the photographs of the plaintiffs, who were then confined in jail under criminal charges, and from “publishing or uttering, or causing to be uttered or published, said photographs or any photographs of these plaintiffs.” The question involved is fully set forth in the opinion of this court delivered on the motion to dissolve the temporary injuction. Mabry v. Kettering, 89 Ark. 551.

A demurrer was sustained by the chancellor to the complaint,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mabry v. KetteringSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  2. Olan Mills, Inc. v. DoddSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  3. United States v. Laub Baking Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1968
  4. Kirk v. North Little Rock Special School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  5. Owensby v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935

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