Case Name: City of West Allis, Appellant, vs. Village of West Milwaukee and others, Respondents
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1957-03-05
Citations: 275 Wis. 225
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of West Allis, Appellant, vs. Village of West Milwaukee and others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports
Volume: 275
Pages: 225–227

Head Matter:
City of West Allis, Appellant, vs. Village of West Milwaukee and others, Respondents.
February 5
March 5, 1957.
For the appellant there were briefs by George A. Schmus, city attorney, and Charles G. Panosian, assistant city attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Schmus.
For the respondents village of West Milwaukee and Herman C. Dieringer, village clerk, there was a brief by Allen I. Busby, village attorney, and Maxwell H. Harriott of Milwaukee, special counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Herriott.
For the respondent town of Greenfield and George L. Luck, town clerk, there was a brief by Joseph A. Barly of Milwaukee, and by Joseph A. Barly and Charles Thekan, both of Milwaukee, attorneys for the remainder of the defendants except the village clerk and the village of West Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Barly.

Opinion:
Steinle, J.
The issues here are substantially the same as those in State ex rel. West Allis v. Dieringer, ante, p. 208, 81 N. W. (2d) 533.
For reasons there stated we are obliged to determine that the order of the village board of the village of West Milwaukee and the town board of the town of Greenfield purporting to create Joint School District No. 16 of the village of West Milwaukee and the town of Greenfield was null and void and of no effect. The plaintiff is entitled to the considerations which it seeks in its complaint.
By the Court. — -Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion and as may be applied for by the plaintiff under its complaint herein.