Holden v. Vent

George Rose Smith, Justice.

At the school election on March 13, 1979, the parties to this election contest, Billy Holden, and Paul Vent, were two of four candidates for school director in Carlisle School District No. 3. A month before the election Vent asked Holden to withdraw, because Holden resided just outside the district, in an adjoining Humnoke school district. Instead of withdrawing, Holden obtained an agreement, approved by the County Board of Education on February 23, by which the Humnoke district purported to transfer 80 acres, on which the Holden house is situated, to the Carlisle…