Bailey v. Lancaster

SCHULTZ, Justice.

Plaintiffs Elvin Bailey and Sonya Bailey, a husband and wife, brought an action against defendants, a group of state employees who were all conservation officers for the State Conservation Commission (commission). Plaintiffs claim damages arising out of defendants’ search of their residence. The search of plaintiffs’ residence was carried out pursuant to a warrant which authorized a search for “[g]in-seng plants or parts of, or ginseng roots or parts of, or ginseng seeds or berries.”

Plaintiffs’ original petition contained numerous theories of recovery set out in separate…