Case No. 14,001.

23FED.CAS.—73

THORNTON v. WASHINGTON.

[3 Cranch, C. C. 212.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

Dec. Term, 1827.

JUSTICE OF PEACE—APPEAL—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

No appeal lies from the judgment of a justice of the peace, unless the “debt or demand” exceed the sum of five dollars.

Appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace for a penalty of five dollars, for not registering a dog, according to the bylaw of the corporation of Washington, of 1st of April, 1820. Burch, Dig. p. 83, § 20.

The appeal was dismissed by THE COURT without costs, (nem. con.) no appeal being given by the seventh section of the act of congress [2 Stat. 239], unless “the debt or demand doth exceed the sum of five dollars.”

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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