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STATE EX REL. NELSON v. ELLIS

Nos. 21620-21622.

140 So.2d 194 (1962)

STATE ex rel. Willie NELSON, et al. v. Rev. Aaron ELLIS et al. Willie NELSON et al. v. ROSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH et al. Willie NELSON et al. v. Rev. Aaron ELLIS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1962.

Certiorari Denied June 20, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilmer Glauner Hinrichs, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Maurice Brooks Gatlin, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REGAN, YARRUT and JOHNSON, JJ.

YARRUT, Judge.

These three cases have been consolidated on appeal and embody a year-long period of active litigation in the district court, beginning February 12, 1959, and ending on December 14, 1959, between two factions of a Negro Baptist Church in New Orleans.

Defendants are the Church, the Pastor and the members of the Board of Trustees elected in an alleged illegal election.

Plaintiffs-Appellants allege themselves to be bona fide financial members...

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