Los Angeles City School District v. Payne

This proceeding in mandate presents a single question: Are funds derived from the sale of school bonds available for the construction of pedestrian traffic tunnels in streets not abutting school grounds?

Section 4.990 of the School Code, containing provisions substantially as later incorporated in section 4.960 "(Stats. 1931, p. 718), provided that the governing board of a school district may call an election and submit to the electors of the district “the question whether the bonds of such district shall be issued and sold for the purpose of raising money for . . . The improving of school…