Luhrs v. City of Phoenix

— In this action Arthur Luhrs, a taxpayer of Phoenix, Arizona, seeks to enjoin that city and certain of its officers' from executing, issuing, selling and delivering any of the “street railway reconstruction and improvement bonds” that a majority of its voters authorized at an election held on April 30th, 1927.

The gravamen of the complaint is that Ordinance No. 928 of that city, under which the question whether the city should issue its bonds for the purpose of raising funds to reconstruct and rehabilitate its municipally owned and operated street-car system was submitted to the voters is…