Cole v. City of Los Angeles

The plaintiff, a taxpayer, owning property within the municipal improvement district No. 1, of the city of Los Angeles, brings this action against the city of Los Angeles, its mayor, the members of the city council, the city clerk and city treasurer, to enjoin a bond issue of one million and twenty thousand dollars, in pursuance of an election held by the citizens of said district authorized by an ordinance of said city. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants, from which plaintiff appeals, relying upon two points: “First, that the ordinance calling the election failed to comply with…