Case Name: Thornton v. Corporation of Washington
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1827-12
Citations: 3 Cranch 212
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thornton v. 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: 3
Pages: 212–212

Head Matter:
Thornton v. Corporation of Washington.
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 by-law of the Corporation of Washington, of 1st of April, 1820, <§> 2, Burch’s Dig. 83.

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, unless " the debt or demand doth exceed the sum of five dollars."