Moore v. Bank of the Metropolis
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for- the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The Bank of the Metropolis, oh the 27th of September, 1837, instituted an action of assumpsit against, Thomas P. Moore, the plaintiff in error, on a promissory note dated the 16th day of February, 1837, payable sixty days after date; by which the defendant, Thomas P. Moore, P. H. Pope, and Richard M. Johnson, by George Thomas, their attorney at Washington, jointly…
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IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for- the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The Bank of the Metropolis, oh the 27th of September, 1837, instituted an action of assumpsit against, Thomas P. Moore, the plaintiff in error, on a promissory note dated the 16th day of February, 1837, payable sixty days after date; by which the defendant, Thomas P. Moore, P. H. Pope, and Richard M. Johnson, by George Thomas, their attorney at Washington, jointly and severally promised to pay to the plaintiffs the sum of five thousand dollars current money of the United States, for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This case comes up on á writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Columbia, in the county of Washington.
■ It is an action of assumpsit, upon a promissory note, purporting -to'have been made by the defendant, and Richard M. Johnson, and P. H. Pope, by their attorney, George Thomas; the note, bearing date the 16th of February, 1837; by which the makers, jointly and severally, promise to pay to the President and Directors of the Bank of the- Metropolis or order, sixty days after date, the sum of five thousand dollars.
The-declaration also contains the common…
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