Bell v. City of Corvallis

The plaintiff, J. Richard Bell, appeals from an adverse decision in a declaratory judgment action in which he seeks to have a contract between the City of Corvallis and the Hewlett-Packard Corporation (H-P) declared invalid. H-P has purchased a tract of land outside and near but not contiguous with the boundaries of the city with the intention of erecting thereon a large manufacturing plant. H-P expects to hire and necessarily bring into the area several thousand workers with the result that the population of the City of Corvallis and surrounding area will be substantially increased.

The…