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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 779 — Liens

779.38 Effect of mortgage.

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779.38 Effect of mortgage. No mortgage or other instrument by which a lien is created shall operate to impair or postpone the lien and preference given and secured to the wages and moneys mentioned in s. 779.35 ; provided, that no lien of any mortgage or judgment entered before such labor is performed shall be affected or impaired by such lien.
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