Hull v. Curtis Publishing Co.

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the order and judgment of the lower court granting the defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto after the jury found for the plaintiffs in an action in trespass for invasion of the right of privacy. The lower court held that the action was barred by the statute of limitations.

The three plaintiffs are Philadelphia policemen who claim the defendant invaded their right of privacy by publishing a photograph of them in the issue of The Saturday Evening Post dated January 31, 1948.

The photograph about which plaintiffs complain had…