Holton v. Brown

Holton and Brown respectively were candidates, at the election of 1870, for the office of treasurer of Lake county. Brown was declared elected. Holton insti*123tuted proceedings before the Board of Commissioners of Lake County, to contest Brown’s election, filing a statement of the grounds of contest verified by the affidavit of one George Sanford, but not by his own.

The proceedings were dismissed by the board of commissioners. An appeal was taken to the circuit court, where, on the written motion of Brown, specifying as one of the grounds thereof that the statement was not verified by the…