Opinion ID: 1581536
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Common Law Lis Pendens

Text: [4, 5] ¶ 21. Under the common law doctrine of lis pendens all purchasers were bound by the result of pending litigation even when they had no actual notice of the litigation. The pending action itself was deemed notice of the title, or claim of title, being asserted by the particular parties to the litigation. Belleville State Bank, 117 Wis. 2d at 572; 2 Callaghan's Wisconsin Pleading and Practice § 15.01, at 296 (4th ed. 1996). Commenting upon this procedure, an early case noted: It is deemed that every person is bound to know the law, and to take notice of what is transpiring in the courts, from the time when the process is served and the complaint filed until the final judgment is entered. Brown, 95 Wis. at 93.