FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH v. COUNTY OF L.A.

Docket No. L.A. 23847.

48 Cal.2d 419 (1957)

311 P.2d 508

FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation), Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 24, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Murrish, George T. Altman and Robert L. Brock for Appellant.

Charles E. Beardsley and Stanley A. Weigel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Gordon Boller, Assistant County Counsel, and Alfred C. DeFlon, Deputy County Counsel for Respondents.


SHENK, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendants following an order sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint without leave to amend.

The action was brought to recover taxes paid under protest and for declaratory relief. The plaintiff is a duly organized nonprofit religious organization with its principal office in the city of Los Angeles. It is the owner of real property devoted exclusively to religious purposes and located within the jurisdiction...

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