County of Benton v. County of Stearns

OPINION

HOLTAN, Judge. *

Benton and Sherburne Counties commenced separate actions against respondent Stearns County, asserting Stearns County was responsible for the costs of incarceration of misdemeanants and gross misdemeanants sentenced in Stearns County to the Benton and Sherburne County jails for offenses committed in the Benton and Sherburne County sections of the cities of St. Cloud and Sartell. In both actions, the parties stipulated to the relevant facts and submitted the issue to the trial courts. In both actions, the trial courts found Stearns County was not responsible for the costs…