City of Waukesha v. Salbashian

CALLOW, WILLIAM G., J.

This appeal concerns a judgment of the circuit court for Waukesha county, Judge Willis. J. Zick, in which the court ruled that the Town of Pewaukee's attempt to incorporate as a fourth-class city under sec. 60.81, Stats., 1981-82, was invalid because Pewaukee is not adjacent to a first-class city. The court concluded that "adjacent," as used in sec. 60.81, means contiguous. Because Pewaukee is six miles from the city of Milwaukee, the nearest first-class city, the court held that Pewaukee is not adjacent to a first-class city and cannot avail itself of the special…