Legal Opinion
Town of Pleasant Prairie v. City of Kenosha
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 1977No. 75-66PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrahamson, 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.
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On September 4, 1973, Robert E. and Doris P. Gangler filed with the Kenosha city clerk a petition seeking direct annexation by the City of a 28 acre parcel of land, roughly rectangular in shape, then located in the Town of Pleasant…
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