Deloisted v. Hilson

The plaintiff brings this suit on behalf of himself and seventeen other persons against the pastor and members *789of the official board of the Salem Baptist Church, to enjoin them from interfering with their membership rights in the use of the church property and records, attending church and exercising their rights as members of such church. The trial court entered a decree in favor of the plaintiffs.

The plaintiff and his associates were excluded from the / membership of the church and by this suit they seek to'' nullify the action of expulsion. The rule is that the only grounds upon which…