Wood v. City of Birmingham

This action was brought by the appellants, resident taxpayers of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, to enjoin that city *546and certain of its officials (appellees here) from using the proceeds of certain bonds for the construction of a proposed Red Mountain Expressway in Jefferson County, Alabama. The bonds in question were authorized by the electorate of Birmingham for highway improvement at a city election in 1960. The bond issue approved contained the following language:

“ * * * for the purpose of improving highways in the City of Birmingham, including the widening, elevating and depressing of…