Hollister v. North

A citizen and taxpayer, named Hollister, filed a declaratory judgment action.

Alleging a violation of section 3 of the Corrupt Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 102, par. 3), the complaint charged that the board of education members named were involved in a conflict of interest because of the employment of their spouses as teachers in the school district, and then asked that the contracts between the board of education and the wives of the members of the board be declared null and void.

The trial court found that the interest alleged (the marital relationship) did not amount to an…