[Download] "Commonwealth v. Berks County" by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Commonwealth v. Berks County
- Author : the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 20, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
Description
The Commonwealth sued the County of Berks for the cost of maintaining in a State mental institution two criminals who, having been convicted in the County, became insane while serving their sentences and were transferred to the Wernersville State Hospital. The County answered, denying the plaintiffs right to recover because of an alleged indebtedness due the County by the Commonwealth in an amount in excess of the sum sued for; the indebtedness so asserted by the County