Case Name: James Owner v. The Corporation of Washington
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1837-11
Citations: 5 Cranch 381
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Owner v. The Corporation of Washington.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 5
Pages: 381–381

Head Matter:
James Owner v. The Corporation of Washington.
Appeal does not lie from a justice of the peace, who has rendered judgment for $5 only.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J.,
absent,) dismissed the appeal, because this Court has no original or appellate jurisdiction where the debt or demand does not exceed'five dollars.
Mr. Hoban, for the defendant, contended that, as the warrant did not specify the sum demanded, it did not appear that it was not for more than five dollars ; and if it was, the defendant has a right to appeal, although the judgment is for five dollars only.
But the Court dismissed the appeal.