Hyatt v. Williams

This is an action to enjoin the defendants, who are respectively sued as mayor, members of the council, and clerk of the city of Stockton, from selling certain bonds amounting to $160,000, purporting to be bonds of the said city, authorized by the citizens thereof at an election held under the Bond Act of 1901. (Stats. 1901, p. 27, c. 32.) The object of the bond issue was to obtain funds wherewith to construct and maintain an electric lighting plant, by means of which the city proposes to light the streets, avenues, and public places of the city and to furnish the inhabitants of the city with…