JOINT SCHOOL DIST. v. WAUPACA, ETC., COUNTY S. COMM.


271 Wis. 100 (1955)

JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 5, VILLAGE OF BEAR CREEK and TOWN OF DEER CREEK and others, Appellants, vs. WAUPACA, WINNEBAGO, and OUTAGAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL COMMITTEES, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs and oral argument by Gerald D. Lorge of Bear Creek, attorney, and Martin M. Morrissey of Madison of counsel.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Raymond P. Dohr, corporation counsel of Outagamie county, and Gerald K. Anderson, district attorney of Waupaca county.


STEINLE, J.

It is the appellant's position that the Joint Committee was without jurisdiction to have ordered the detachment and attachment of the territory in question, and that the trial court erred in sustaining the order of the committee.

The Joint Committee's action as upheld by the judgment is challenged on three grounds. The first ground involves an attack upon the validity of the organization of the Joint Committee. Appellants contend that the members...

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