§ 78. Right of action upon failure of towns whose boundaries are
altered to agree upon disposition of assets and debts. Whenever said
town boards shall fail to carry into effect the provisions of this
article and agree upon the amount of assets to which each town is
entitled, and the amount of indebtedness for which each town is liable
and complete the full settlement thereof, within eighteen months after
the division or alteration mentioned in section seventy-five of this
article, any of such towns may begin and maintain an action against the
other town or towns to make and enforce such settlement.