TOWN OF PLEASANT PRAIRIE v. CITY OF KENOSHA

No. 75-66.

75 Wis.2d 322 (1977)

249 N.W.2d 581

TOWN OF PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Appellant, v. CITY OF KENOSHA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Robert E. Hankel, Schoone, McManus & Hanson, S. C. and oral argument by Mr. Hankel, all of Racine.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Michael J. McCauley, assistant city attorney, with whom on the brief was James W. Conway, city attorney.


ABRAHAMSON, J.

This is an appeal in a declaratory judgment action brought by the Town of Pleasant Prairie. The issue presented is whether annexation by the City of Kenosha of certain land in the Town of Pleasant Prairie violated the rule of reason established in decisions of this court to test the validity of municipal annexations. We conclude that the annexation is valid.

I.

On September 4, 1973, Robert E. and Doris P. Gangler filed with the Kenosha...

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