Pavesich v. New England Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. May 14, 1904. Paolo Pavesich brought an action against the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, a non-resident corporation, Thomas B. Lumpkin, its general agent, and J. Q. Adams, a photographer, both residing in the city of Atlanta.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. May 14, 1904. Paolo Pavesich brought an action against the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, a non-resident corporation, Thomas B. Lumpkin, its general agent, and J. Q. Adams, a photographer, both residing in the city of Atlanta. The allegations of the petition were, in substance, as follows: In an issue of the Atlanta Constitution, a newspaper published in the city of Atlanta, there appeared a likeness of the plaintiff, which would be easily recognized by his friends and acquaintances, placed by the side of the likeness…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
1«¿=T2. The petition really contains two counts; one for a libel, and the other for a violation of the plaintiff’s right of privacy.J There was no special demurrer raising the objection that the counts were not properly arranged, as there was in Cooper v. Portner Brewing Company, 112 Ga. 894; and hence the petition is to be dealt witli in relation to its substance, without reference to its form. | We will first deal with the general demurrer to the second count, which claimed damages on account of an alleged violation of the plaintiff’s right of privacy. The question, therefore, to be…
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