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GREENFIELD v. MILWAUKEE

272 Wis. 610 (1956)

TOWN OF GREENFIELD, Respondent, vs. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 3, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

For the respondent there was a brief by Paul Gauer, attorney, and Robert J. Buer and Samuel P. Murray of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Murray.

MARTIN, J.

There is no dispute in the facts. The petition for annexation was signed by the owners of all the taxable property within the area according to the last tax roll. There were no signatures of electors on the petition, although at the time it was circulated and filed two electors, Rudolph and Laura Brunn, tenants of an owner who signed, resided within the area. When the petition was circulated said electors were intending to move out of the territory. The...

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