Opinion ID: 1838820
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Heading: Alleged irregularities. )

Text: In this case the receiver was appointed by the county court pursuant to the provisions of ch. 128 of the statutes after an execution against the appellant, as judgment debtor, had been returned unsatisfied. After participating in the receivership proceedings, as above stated, and more than one year after the receiver had been appointed, the appellant attacks the validity of the receivership. The December, 1968, motion of the appellant requested the trial court to set aside the receivership and a sale of real estate for a variety of reasons, all of which we consider to be without merit or waived by the appellant because the objections to appointment of the receiver were not timely. Application of the doctrines of waiver, estoppel, or cure of errors may preclude a person from subsequently objecting to irregularities in the appointment of a receiver.... Where the court has jurisdiction of the subject matter and the parties, all irregularities, defects, and objections to the appointment may be waived,... A person waives or is estopped to complain of defects or irregularities in the appointment of a receiver where he applied for, consented to, or acquiesced in, the appointment, permitted the receiver to enter on and continue in the discharge of his duties, participated in the subsequent proceedings in such a way as to recognize the appointment, status, and acts of the receiver, failed to interpose a timely objection to the appointment, or make a seasonable application for vacation of the order of appointment,... 75 C. J. S., Receivers, pp. 734-736, sec. 90. We shall briefly set forth the alleged irregularities relating to the appointment of the receiver. 1. The receiver was appointed after the execution was returned unsatisfied. Sec. 128.08 (1) (a), Stats.  The appellant asserts that respondent had not exhausted its legal remedies prior to petitioning for a receiver even though the execution had been returned unsatisfied, for the reason that respondent failed to furnish the sheriff an indemnity bond or a description of property owned by the appellant. We find no such requirements in either sec. 128.08 (1) (a) or sec. 272.05. 2. The petition for the appointment of the receiver was made by one who represented himself as one of the attorneys for respondent. While we do not commend the petition as an example in legal draftsmanship, under the facts of this case, appellant cannot now challenge the sufficiency of the petition. The caption on the petition identified the respondent as the plaintiff and the petition stated that petitioner was one of the attorneys for the plaintiff-respondent. It is apparent from the record that the appellant was in no way prejudiced or misled by the petition. It is obvious that the petition was made by the attorney on behalf of the plaintiff-respondent. 3. The appellant responded to the petitioner's order to show cause issued thereon, at which time bond for the receiver was fixed in the amount of $500. The appellant actively participated in the receivership proceedings for over a year before challenging either the petition or the amount of the bond set by this court. 4. Appellant further requests that the court, as a court of equity, grant her relief from the judgment and receivership on the ground that the receiver failed to allow her certain exemptions of income and property provided by law. However, the appellant had at no time requested these exemptions and has thus waived her right to any such property or income exempt from execution. Bong v. Parmentier (1894), 87 Wis. 129, 58 N. W. 243.