The opinion
EDMONDS, J.
I concur in the conclusion that the revenue which is here in controversy may not be used for general municipal purposes. But I again call attention to the impropriety of a “friendly suit” by which only the city and one of its officers litigate a question of great public interest. (Paso Robles etc. Hospital Dist. v. Negley, 29 Cal.2d 203 [ 173 P.2d 813 ]; City of Whittier v. Dixon, 24 Cal.2d 664, 668 [ 151 P.2d 5 , 153 A.L.R. 956]; City and County of San Francisco v. Boyd, 22 Cal.2d 685, 707 [ 140 P.2d 666 ]; City and County of San Francisco v. Linares, 16 Cal.2d 441, 448 [ 106 P.2d 369 ].)