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Libel - Right Of Privacy -Auction Sale Of Debts, Gerald M. Stevens
Libel - Right Of Privacy -Auction Sale Of Debts, Gerald M. Stevens
Michigan Law Review
A creditor put his claim into the hands of one Power, who held himself out as an advertiser of accounts for sale. Power threatened several times by letter to advertise the debtor's account for sale at auction unless it was paid immediately. No payment was made; and a "flaming orange handbill" was printed and circulated about the debtor's neighborhood. It offered for sale to the highest bidder the debtor's and twenty-three other accounts. It contained, further, the statement that all accounts were guaranteed correct and undisputed and a solicitation for merchants' accounts to be similarly disposed of. Thereupon the debtor …
Torts - Right Of Privacy - Newsreel As Violation Of, Royal E. Thompson
Torts - Right Of Privacy - Newsreel As Violation Of, Royal E. Thompson
Michigan Law Review
Section 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law provides that: "Any person whose name, portrait or picture is used . . . for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade without the written consent first obtained . . . may maintain an equitable action . . . to prevent and restrain the use thereof; and may also sue and recover damages for any injuries sustained by reason of such use . . . . " Held, publication by defendant of a newsreel showing plaintiff and other stout women exercising in a gymnasium with the aid of unique …