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IN RE VILLAGE OF OCONOMOWOC LAKE

264 Wis. 540 (1953)

IN RE INCORPORATION OF VILLAGE OF OCONOMOWOC LAKE: GOTFREDSON and others, Appellants, vs. TOWN OF SUMIT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

July 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Fairchild, Foley & Sammond, Steven E. Keane, and Lynford Lardner, Jr., attorneys, and Wood, Warner, Tyrrell & Bruce of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Keane.

For the respondent there was a brief by John C. Love, attorney, and Robert T. McGraw of counsel, both of Waukesha, and oral argument by Mr. Love.

CURRIE, J.

The land area of the territory sought to be incorporated into a village completely incloses the entire area of Oconomowoc lake, and the lake is included within the boundary lines of such proposed village. According to the petitioners' survey filed with the petition, the land area comprises 632.488 acres, while the included water area of the lake consists of 774 acres.

The question on this appeal is whether the population and density formula provided...

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