Lawrence v. Ylla

Plaintiff sues for an injunction to restrain the unauthorized sale, distribution, exhibition and publication for advertising purposes, by the defendants of a photograph of her dog, and for ah accounting for all profits accruing to them and each of them by reason of their use of the photograph.

In June, 1942, plaintiff requested the defendant Koffler to make photographs of her dog. The only agreement entered into between the parties was with respect to the price of the photographs. Koffler made three dozen pictures of the dog and thereafter sent plaintiff prints of the best of those pictures…