Town of Oneida v. Pearson Hardwood Flooring Co.

The complainant, town of Oneida, is a municipal corporation created by chapter 211, Private Acts of 1917. The defendant, Pearson Hardwood Flooring Company, is a private corporation whose manufacturing plant was situated inside the corporate limits of the town. By chapter 612, Private Acts of 1935, entitled “An Act to change the corporate line of the town of Oneida,” the municipal boundary was changed so as to exclude the defendant’s property from the municipal limits. Complainant insists that the act changing the corporate line is void, and that the defendant is not relieved from municipal…