DAMAGES FOR GOLFER
CYRIL TOLLEY’S ACTIOS. London, July 14. After litigation extending over two years between the former amateur golf champion, Mr. Cyril .Tolley, and Messrs. Fry, chocolate manufacturers, a King’s Bench jury awarded Mr. Tolley £5OO damages. The case arose out of Messrs. Fry’s use of Tollejrto caricature in newspapers for advertising purposes. The golfer complained that this meant that he had permitted his name to be used, and that it endangered his amateur status. The jury which first tried the case awarded him £lOOO damages. The Court of Appeal ruled that the amount was excessive am Tolley appealed to the House of Lords, which took the game view, and ordered a new trial.
The advertisement of’which Mr. Tolley complain..’, was an artist’s drawing showing him playing golf. A. carton of chocolate with the brand displayed was in his pocket. . ,
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 11
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