Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 16-80, (1980)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided March 17, 1980PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GERALD K. ANDERSON, District Attorney Waupaca County
You have inquired as to the duty of the Register of Deeds to record or file certain documents that are self-styled as "common-law liens" and "common-law writs of attachment."
The practice of filing or recording such documents has recently become a common procedure of a group of individuals who, because of identical language or style in several different documents, appear to be either members of the same organization or are associated in a common purpose. Invariably these "common-law liens" and "writs" have been recorded or filed against…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Roberts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Ekern v. McGovernWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- West Investment Co. v. MoorheadCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
- Youngblood v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- The People v. MortensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
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