JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES v. MULLEN


214 Or. 281 (1958)

330 P.2d 5

MILWAUKIE COMPANY OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES v. MULLEN ET AL

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed September 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, New York, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Carl D. Etling, Portland.

John O. Sheldahl, Oregon City, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

Before PERRY, Chief Justice, and LUSK, WARNER and KESTER, Justices.


AFFIRMED.

WARNER, J.

The appellant, Milwaukie Company of Jehovah's Witnesses, a corporation, as petitioner, instituted this proceeding for a writ of mandamus directing the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Milwaukie, Oregon (hereinafter called "the Council") to issue a permit to appellant authorizing it to erect a church in an area of that city restricted primarily as a residential zone for single-family dwellings.

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