Town of Greenfield v. City of Milwaukee

Sec. 62.07, Stats., among other things, provides that a petition for annexation presented to the council of the annexing municipality must be signed by a majority of the electors in the territory whose annexation is sought. The town contends the trial court’s finding of fact that the petition was signed by a sufficient number of electors is contrary to the great weight and clear preponderance of the evidence.

If a finding of the trial court is not contrary to the great weight and clear preponderance of the evidence it must be sustained. Gordon v. Gordon (1955), 270 Wis. 332, 339, 71 N. W. (2d)…