Chruscicki v. Hinrichs

The case presents the single question of the validity of the search warrant. If the warrant was valid, the officers were acting within the scope of their authority and are not liable to respond in damages for what they did in executing the warrant.

Two of the officers had resided in Marathon county all of their lives and had often been at plaintiffs’ place of business. They knew the particular place that was to be searched. They pointed out that place on the map when they made the complaint to the justice. They went to the particular place which they had designated and searched it. They did…