David v. Carter

COLLINGS, Justice.

This suit is an equitable action for a mandatory injunction. It is a class action brought by approximately seventy-six alleged members of the First Baptist Church of Cuero, Texas,' for themselves and others of the same class, against Ben M. David, the Pastor of said- church, and numerous other named members of said church individually and as representatives of a class of other members.

Most of the named plaintiffs had been purportedly expelled from the church and four of such plaintiffs had held official positions in the church before their expulsion. The plaintiffs,…