Legal Opinion
Meetze Ex Rel. Golden v. Associated Press
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 11, 1956No. 17234PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
These are actions to recover damages for invasion of the right of privacy. The appeal in each case is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. Both appeals involve the same legal question and were argued together.
Plaintiffs Troyce Brindel Meetze and Lewie Herman Meetze are approximately 12 and 20 years of age, respectively. They were married on March 13, 1955. On March 13, 1956, a son was born to this couple at a hospital in Columbia. Two days later the Associated Press caused to be published in The State, a Columbia newspaper, the following article:
“A chubby,…
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