Nattrass v. Wies

Frank P. Nattrass appeals a final order determining that Burnett Dairy Cooperative’s judgment lien against Jack Wies has priority over a subsequently recorded mortgage from Wies to Nattrass. Nattrass argues that the judgment lien was not a valid lien on Wies’s real property because the docketed judgment did not contain Wies’s occupation as was required by sec. 806.15(1), Stats. (1983-84), in order for the judgment to constitute a valid lien. Because the requirements of secs. 806.10(1)(a) and 806.15(1) were at relevant times ambiguous, we conclude that the judgment docket need not have…