Legal Opinion
Town of Blooming Grove v. City of Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 1957PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFairchild, J.
Appellant raises a number of objections to the right of the town to bring this action. They are the same objections which appellant raised in Blooming Grove v. Madison, ante, p. 328, 81 N. W. (2d) 713, and are disposed of adversely to appellant in that decision.
It has been frequently assumed that an annexation would be invalid if it caused the portion of a town not previously included within a village or city to be divided into two or more parts. The circuit court so held.
No provision of the constitution nor applicable statutes expressly forbid such division. The authority most frequently…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- City of Milwaukee v. Sewerage CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1954
- Town of Blooming Grove v. City of MadisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Town of OcontoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Town of Greenfield v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Town of Fond Du Lac v. City of Fond Du LacWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
- Town of Lyons v. City of Lake GenevaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
- Town of Waukechon v. City of ShawanoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
- Village of Brown Deer v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
- State Ex Rel. Town of White Bear v. City of White Bear LakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
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