Village of Brown Deer v. City of Milwaukee

All of the six annexations involved here were prosecuted under sec. 62.07 (1) (a), Stats. 1955. This statute provided in part that:

“(1) Annexation procedure. Territory adjacent to any city may be annexed to such city in the manner following:

“(a) A petition therefor shall be presented to the council 1. signed by a majority of the electors in such adjacent territory and by the owners of one half of the real estate within the limits of the territory proposed to be annexed, or 2. if no electors reside in the said adjacent territory signed by the owners of one half of taxable property therein…