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GREENFIELD v. MILWAUKEE

259 Wis. 77 (1951)

TOWN OF GREENFIELD, Appellant, vs. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Respondent: CITY OF WEST ALLIS, Interpleaded Defendant. [Two cases.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 3, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent there were briefs by Walter J. Mattison, city attorney, and Richard F. Maruszewski, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Maruszewski.

A brief was filed by Miller, Mack & Fairchild, and Lecher, Michael, Spohn, Best & Friedrich, attorneys, and Ronold A. Drechsler, J. Gilbert Hardgrove, and Thomas S. Stone of counsel, all of Milwaukee, as amici curiae.

MARTIN, J.

It is undisputed that the territories described in the respective petitions overlap, in that a certain area in the town of Greenfield was attempted to be annexed to both the city of West Allis and to the city of Milwaukee. It will be readily conceded that there cannot be two corporations or municipalities organized for similar purposes with coextensive powers of government extending over the same area. In re...

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