Case Name: The Mayor and Council of the City of Washington v. Wheaton
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 1 Cranch 318
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Mayor and Council of the City of Washington v. Wheaton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 318–318

Head Matter:
The Mayor and Council of the City of Washington v. Wheaton.
The corporation of Washington had authority under the charter of 1802, § 7, to pass a by-law to regulate and license hackney-coaches.
Appeal from the judgment of William Thornton, a justice of the peace, in an action of debt for penalty of the by-law, for running hacks without license, contrary to the by-law, c. 9.

Opinion:
The Court
instructed the jury that the corporation had a right and power under their charter of 3d May, 1802, <§> 7, [2 Stat. at Large, 197,] to make such a by-law, and that it was necessary for the defendant to show an actual license.