Town of Waukechon v. City of Shawano

The sole issue presented upon this appeal is whether the annexation ordinance should be declared void and illegal as violative of the “rule of reason.”

In order to successfully challenge the validity of this annexation ordinance, the town must produce evidence to overcome the common-law presumption of validity which attaches to such ordinances. Mt. Pleasant v. Racine (1965), 28 Wis. 2d 519, 524, 137 N. W. 2d 656; Town of Menasha v. City of Menasha (1969), 42 Wis. 2d 719, 729, 168 N. W. 2d 161. Moreover, to be entitled to a reversal, the town must demonstrate that the findings of the trial…