City of Grand Island v. County of Hall

This is a declaratory judgment action by the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, to determine the amount to be paid by the city for keeping city prisoners in the jail of the defendant, Hall County, Nebraska. The District Court determined that the defendant county can only charge the city $3.50 per prisoner per day, and entered judgment accordingly. Hall County has appealed.

The facts are virtually all stipulated. Grand Island is a city of the first class and does not operate a jail in which to house city prisoners. City prisoners are therefore confined in the Hall County jail under statutory…