Hailey v. Zacharias

Wisconsin statutes provide that in any action where the complaint contains a legal description of real estate and seeks relief in respect to the title thereto, plaintiff shall file a Us pendens. The early version of the statute made filing of the Us pendens notice permissive, 2 except in mortgage foreclosure actions where it was required. 3 In 1955, the law was amended to require the Us pendens filing in all actions involving real estate. 4 In a condemnation case, this court has stated that the Us pendens is intended for the benefit of persons acquiring the property or some interest therein…