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

Fla. | 1957-09-27
THOMAS, Acting Chief Justice, and ROBERTS, DREW, THORNAL and O’CONNELL, JJ., concur.
97 So. 2d 115 Florida Supreme Court (1957) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

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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