County of Chester v. Borough of West Chester

Gawthrop, P. J.,

The County of Chester has filed its petition for declaratory judgment to which the Borough of West Chester has filed a responsive answer. No issues of fact are involved. From the pleadings it appears that plaintiff, a county of the fourth class in this Commonwealth, administers a prison known as Chester County Farms and defendant is a borough in said Commonwealth. On September 5, 1966, the mayor of the borough committed one George Thomas to Chester County Farms Prison while awaiting a hearing on a charge of violation of a borough ordinance. On the same date said prisoner…