CONTINENTAL OPTICAL CO. v. REED

No. 17,828.

119 Ind. App. 643 (1949)

86 N.E.2d 306

CONTINENTAL OPTICAL COMPANY v. REED

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Rehearing denied October 14, 1949.

Transfer denied January 4, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Miller, George C. Forrey III, Edward B. Raub, Jr., Jacob S. White, and D.P. Williams, all of Indianapolis; White, Wright, Raub & Forrey (of counsel), of Indianapolis; and Branigin & Branigin (of counsel), of Franklin, for appellant.

Bachelder, Bachelder & Fife, of Indianapolis; and Haymaker & Acher, of Franklin, for appellee.


CRUMPACKER, J.

The appellee, an optical lens grinder by trade, brought this suit against the appellant, a manufacturer of optical lenses, to recover damages he claims to have suffered by reason of the unauthorized use of his photographic likeness for advertising purposes. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict for the appellee in the sum of $20,000 upon which judgment was duly entered. This appeal charges that the appellant's demurrer to the complaint was erroneously...

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