City of Newburgh v. County of Orange

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward M. O’Gorman, J.

The City of Newburgh has commenced an action against the County of Orange to recover the costs of transporting prisoners from the City Court, in Newburgh to the Orange County Jail in the Village of Goshen, 25 miles distant.

The complaint seeks to recover the cost of such transportation during a six-year period commencing March 1, 1973 and extending through April 30, 1979, amounting to approximately $63,000. The complaint also seeks a judgment declaring that the County of Orange has the legal duty to transport prisoners between the Newburgh City Court…