Case Name: BOSWELL v. WASHINGTON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-12
Citations: 3 F. Cas. 961
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOSWELL v. WASHINGTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 3
Pages: 961–962

Head Matter:
Case No. 1,684.
BOSWELL v. WASHINGTON.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 18.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1810.
Waiver of Penalty.
The receipt of a dog-tax, after suit brought, is a waiver of the penalty.
Appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, rendered for the penalty of ten dollars for non-payment of a dog-tax, on the 1st of January, according to the by-law of November 4, 1807, § 2. It appeared in evidence, that the tax had been received by the proper officer after the suit brought.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(nem. com.) decided that the receipt of the tax by the treasurer was a waiver of the penalty; and said, that upon payment of the costs before the justice, the judgment should be reversed; the parties to pay their own own costs on the appeal.