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CONGREGATION COMMITTEE, ETC. v. CITY COUNCIL

No. 15690.

287 S.W.2d 700 (1956)

CONGREGATION COMMITTEE, NORTH FORT WORTH CONGREGATION, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, Appellants, v. CITY COUNCIL OF HALTOM CITY, Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

February 24, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar M. Herring, Fort Worth, and Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellants.

Rex L. McEntire, Fort Worth, for appellee.

RENFRO, Justice.

This appeal involves the refusal of the City Council, acting as the Zoning Board of Adjustment of Haltom City, to grant a building permit and a certificate of occupancy for a church building. Appellants are the Congregation Committee of the North Fort Worth Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Prior to June 28, 1954, one Clayton was owner of Lot No. 31 of a Revision of Block 5 of L. Berry Addition to Haltom City. On the above date, Clayton...

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