DeBauche v. City of Green Bay

The following opinion was filed January 11, 1938:

Fairchild, J.

The thirteen challenged names on the petition are to be rejected if sec. 370.01 (19), Stats., providing,—

“in all cases where the written signature of any person is required by law, it shall always be the proper handwriting of *150such person or in case he is unable to write, his proper mark or his name written by some person at his request and in his presence,”—

applies to the signatures required by sec. 62.07, Stats., requiring an annexation petition tO' be “signed by a majority of the electors.” The only question submitted to us is,…