Sugar Hill Improvement Ass'n v. Lisbon

At the outset it may be noted the court well knows that the problems of towns such as Lisbon, which contain at least two centers of population, widely separated geographically as well as by seemingly conflicting economic and other interests, are troublesome ones. A separate portion of a town may at times have substantial grounds for taking a position adverse to what appears to be the welfare of another. However, our task is strictly limited to the question of the legality and effect of the vote taken at the special meeting of the Lisbon village district on June 9, 1960.

In this connection, we…