NORTH MIAMI ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION, AND SOUTH FLORIDA DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, INC., A FLORIDA NONPROFIT CORPORATION, APPELLANTS,
v.
ALBERT M. ZIMMERMAN AND BLANCHE M. ZIMMERMAN, HIS WIFE, AND MALBOURNE J. ELLINGTON AND DOROTHY W. ELLINGTON, HIS WIFE, APPELLEES
NORTH MIAMI ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION, AND SOUTH FLORIDA DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, INC., A FLORIDA NONPROFIT CORPORATION, APPELLANTS,
ALBERT M. ZIMMERMAN AND BLANCHE M. ZIMMERMAN, HIS WIFE, AND MALBOURNE J. ELLINGTON AND DOROTHY W. ELLINGTON, HIS WIFE, APPELLEES
97 So. 2d 115
Florida Supreme Court (1957)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed on authority of the opinion in Wahrendorff v. Moore, Fla.1957, 93 So. 2d 720, and cases therein cited.
THOMAS, Acting Chief Justice, and ROBERTS, DREW, THORNAL and O’CONNELL, JJ., concur.
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- Wahrendorff v. Moore, 93 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 1957)