Almind v. Sea Beach Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Clarissa Almind, from a judgment of 'the Supreme Court in favor of .the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 31st day of December, 1912, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
This action involves the use of the plaintiff’s picture for alleged “ advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade,” in alleged violation of section 50 of the Civil Rights Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 6; Laws of 1909, chap. 14). The action is brought pursuant to section 51 of said statute (as amd. by Laws of 1911, chap. 226). The evidence shows the presence of the plaintiff, her six-year-old child and her sister-in-law at a place where a picture was about to be taken and later used to teach passengers a self-protecting way to enter and leave a car. The evidence is that the purpose…
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