Baierl v. McTaggart

¶ 1. Robert J. Baierl, d/b/a Supreme Builders (Baierl), appeals from a judgment requiring Baierl to pay $4,484.94 to John and Susan McTaggart (McTaggarts). In this landlord-tenant dispute, the trial court granted summary judgment to the McTaggarts, the tenants, and after finding that the lease was void, ordered Baierl, the landlord, to pay twice the security deposit less some expenses to the McTaggarts. Baierl argues that the trial court erred in ruling that: (1) an *557addendum to Baierl's lease, which contained a prohibited clause under the Wisconsin Administrative Code, voided the entire…