SELLERS v. JOHNSON

No. 13500.

163 F.2d 877 (1947)

SELLERS et al. v. JOHNSON et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

October 20, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellants.

W. B. Sloan, of Des Moines, Iowa (J. O. Watson, Jr., of Indianola, Iowa, and Herrick, Sloan & Langdon, of Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for appellees.

Before SANBORN, THOMAS, and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing the complaint in an action the purpose of which was to vindicate and establish the constitutional right of Jehovah's witnesses to hold religious meetings and to preach their religion without molestation or interference in the public park of the Town of Lacona, Warren County, Iowa.

The controversy grows out of an attempt by what is known as the Des Moines company or congregation of Jehovah's...

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