COATES v. PARCHMAN

No. 30441.

334 S.W.2d 417 (1960)

Sam COATES, Ben Curry, Alice West, Elijah Johnson, Frank Moseley, Dave Ruffin, George DuBoss, James Crockett, Julia Johnson, Dora Jones and Marcellus S. Addison (Plaintiffs), Respondents, v. Leftwich PARCHMAN, Archie Bridgman, George Dawson, Mary Dawson, Brice Huddleston, Elia B. Huddleston, Tim Jones, James Love, David Davis, Willie Hancock, Charles Campbell and Milton Mc-Guire (Defendants), Appellants.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

Motion for Rehearing on Motion to Dismiss Appeal Denied May 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Witherspoon, Alphonse J. Lynch, St. Louis, for appellants.

John Grossman, St. Louis, for respondents.


ANDERSON, Judge.

This is an action for a declaratory judgment brought by plaintiffs, who claimed to be the officers of St. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, against defendants, who also claimed to be the duly elected officers of said church. The object of the suit was to establish the status of each plaintiff as an officer, and the obtaining of an injunction against defendants from interfering with the performance of plaintiffs' duties as such. The defendants in their...

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