CUNNINGHAM v. SECURITIES INVESTMENT CO. OF ST. LOUIS

No. 18200.

278 F.2d 600 (1960)

Mrs. Lillian Marion CUNNINGHAM, Appellant, v. SECURITIES INVESTMENT CO. OF ST. LOUIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard W. Lenfant, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Floyd J. Reed, Jos. S. Kluchin, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

On November 11, 1958, plaintiff sued defendant alleging an invasion of her privacy. The basis of the alleged invasion of privacy was that while she was in Touro Infirmary recovering from a heart attack, defendant's agent inquired of her physician on the telephone whether or not he could speak to her about her past due automobile notes. The request was refused by plaintiff's physician, who, however, gave the message to her son, who, in turn...

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