¶1was of the opinion that the corporation of Georgetown could not lawfully pass such an ordinance, imposing a penalty on hack owners residing out of the town of Georgetown for bringing into Georgetown from elsewhere passengers, under the circumstances in the case stated, namely, taking only the city price for driving to the verge of the city. Judgment reversed.
15 F. Cas. 313
Lenox v. Georgetown
U.S. District Court
Decided December 15, 1809
U.S. District Court · decided 1809-12-15
The streets of Georgetown are common highways. If the hack-owner be not a resident of Georgetown, and if he charges nothing for carrying the passenger into Georgetown; if he only cbar-.ges for carrying him to the western limits of the city; he does not violate the by-law. The contract was to take the passenger from the Capitol to the Union Tavern, in Georgetown.
Decided 1809-12-15