Case Name: THORNTON v. WASHINGTON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1827-12
Citations: 23 F. Cas. 1153
Docket Number: 
Parties: THORNTON v. WASHINGTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 23
Pages: 1153–1153

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,001.
THORNTON v. WASHINGTON.
[3 Cranch, C. C. 212.]
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, 1S20. Burch, Dig. p. 83, § 20.

Opinion:
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."