Utah County v. Orem City

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendants Orem City, Payson City, and Pleasant Grove City appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of plaintiff Utah County. The trial judge concluded that the defendant cities have a legal duty to pay Utah County the reasonable costs incurred in housing, feeding, and booking prisoners confined to the county jail for violating city ordinances. We agree.

The case was submitted to the trial court on stipulated facts. Defendants Orem City, Payson City, and Pleasant Grove City confine prisoners convicted of violating city ordinances to the Utah County jail. Until 1977,…