Bank Mutual v. S.J. Boyer Construction, Inc.

¶ 82. (dissenting). This case raises a question of statutory interpretation in the context of commercial lending. It arises in the context of Wisconsin statutes governing mortgage proceedings, but the case is also enmeshed in the "hoary and distinctive body of law"1 that governs suretyship and guaranty relationships.2

¶ 83. The majority opinion resolves this case with a narrow focus, looking at a portion of the immediate statutory language at issue without an eye to the broader *566foreclosure scheme in which the case unfolds and without addressing the law governing the relationships and…