IN RE BLANCHARD

No. 15-1970.

819 F.3d 981 (2016)

In re Troy A. BLANCHARD & Heather J. Blanchard, Debtors. Larry H. Liebzeit, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Intercity State Bank, FSB, Benjamin R. Hoffman & Debra R. Hoffman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Palid , Marinette, WI, for Debtors.

Sarah Lynn Ruffi , Attorney, Ruffi Law Offices, S.C., Brad M. Lund , Lund Law Office SC, Wausau, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Michael F. Dubis , Attorney, Christopher R. Schultz , Attorney, Michael F. Dubis , S.C., Waterford, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


The principal question in this appeal is whether a mortgage can properly attach a lien to a vendor's interest in a land contract under Wisconsin law. A secondary issue is whether the lender in this case perfected its lien on the vendor's interest by recording its mortgage in county land records rather than with the Wisconsin...

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