Case Name: Boswell v. The Corporation of Washington
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 18
Docket Number: 
Parties: Boswell 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: 2
Pages: 18–18

Head Matter:
Boswell v. The Corporation of Washington.
The receipt of the 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. con.) 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 costs on the appeal.