For Immediate Release

Supreme Court Adds Two Cases to Docket

Madison, Wis. (June 7, 1999) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court today voted to grant review in two new cases. The case numbers, originating county, and issues are as follows (please note that the issue statement is cursory; to read the record on file, go to the Supreme Court Clerk's Office, Ste. 215 Tenney Building, 110 E. Main St., Madison.

State ex rel J.H. Findorff & Son v.
Circuit Court, Milwaukee County
97-3452-W
County of Origin: Milwaukee

Issue: Does the mandate of the court of appeals require "specific action" (to which the right of substitution upon remand does not attach) or were these "proceedings" (in which instance substitution would be permissible)?

D. Rumage v. R. Gullberg et al
98-1276
County of Origin: Racine

Issue: Does a seller's homestead exemption protection extend to a buyer of the homestead when a judgment creditor has duly docketed the judgment lien prior to the sale?

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