Johnson v. Bank U. States

To an action by petition and summons,'by the Bank of the United States against Joel Johnson, on a-promissory note for $5,000,- purporting to have been drawn by the said Joel■ to Richard M. Johnson “or order, negotia“ble and payable in the Bank of Washington, District “of Columbia,” and finally endorsed to the plaintiff, the defendant filed a special plea of non est factum, averring that the note was drawn and delivered by him to the said. Bichard,-in the City of Washington, without the words “or order” in it, and that afterwards the said Richard, without his knowledge or consent, but at the…