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ELMWOOD PARK v. RACINE

29 Wis.2d 400 (1966)

VILLAGE OF ELMWOOD PARK and another, Appellants, v. CITY OF RACINE and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by William E. Dye of Racine, for the village of Elmwood Park; and Benson, Butchart & Haley of Racine, for the town of Mt. Pleasant; and oral argument by Mr. Dye and Mr. Emery B. Benson.

For the respondents there was a brief by Jack Harvey, city attorney, and Louis J. Roshar, assistant city attorney, for the city of Racine, John R. Brown, and Evelyn M. Brown; and Richard F. Foltz of Racine, for the village of Sturtevant; and oral argument by Mr. Harvey.

BEILFUSS, J.

The trial judge, Judge ELMER D. GOODLAND, filed a comprehensive, scholarly, and helpful memorandum opinion. He concluded that annexation and consolidation were separate and distinct statutory procedures intended to apply to dissimilar factual situations and that annexation was not intended by the legislature to encompass consolidation.

The dispute before us arises by virtue of conflicting interpretations...

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