American Mission Army, Inc. v. City of Lynwood

The question for decision is whether special and general demurrers to the complaint were properly sustained.

The pleading alleges that plaintiff is a religious corporation; that it has applied to the city council of respondent for a permit and was refused; that a controversy has existed between the parties as to appellant’s right “to solicit funds in the City of Lynwood for religious purposes, with or without a permit and as to whether the city has authority under the constitution and statutes of this state to forbid any person, lay or ministerial, from soliciting funds for religious purposes…