Cleveland (City) v. Cuyahoga Co.

Citations

• 20 Ohio C.C. Dec. 193

Syllabus

<p>COUNTIES — MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — PRISONS AND REFORMATORIES.</p> <p>Winch, Henry and Marvin, JJ.</p> <p>JIevisbd Statutes 2099 (Lan. 3430; B. 1536-369) now Governs Cost of Maintaining Workhouse Prisoners.</p> <p>A city cannot recover from the county in which it is located the agreed price for the maintenance in the city workhouse of prisoners committed thereto by magistrates’ or police courts for the violation of state statutes, as was previously the case under Sec. 2104 Rev. Stat.; but the apportionment of the expense of maintaining prisoners violating state statutes and municipal ordinances is now governed by Rev. Stat. 2099 (Lan. 3430; B. 1536-369), and the possibility of an over-lapping of benefits or expenses as between the taxpayers of a city and the taxpayers of outlying municipalities and townships in the same county is so trifling that the maxim de minimus non curat lex is applicable.</p> <p>[Syllabus approved by the court.]</p>