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BROWN DEER v. MILWAUKEE

8 Wis.2d 631 (1959)

VILLAGE OF BROWN DEER, Respondent, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 18, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Walter J. Mattison, city attorney, and Richard F. Maruszewski and John F. Cook, assistant city attorneys, attorneys, and Harry G. Slater, deputy city attorney, of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Slater, Mr. Maruszewski, and Mr. Cook.

For the respondent there was a brief by Harold H. Fuhrman, village attorney, and John P. Roemer and Ralph M. Hoyt, special counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Fuhrman and Mr. Roemer.

BROADFOOT, J.

By sec. 269.56, Stats., Wisconsin enacted the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act. This action was brought under that statute. The trial court was asked to pass upon the validity or invalidity of certain ordinances adopted by each of the municipalities, all of which were enacted with a view to annexing certain territory in the then town of Granville.

This was truly an adversary proceeding with each step in the long trial bitterly contested. It...

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