Brent's Executors v. the Bank of the Metropolis
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS action was instituted in the Circuit Court, for the county of'Washington, by the Bank of the Metropolis, on a promissory note, dated May 26th 1819, drawn by George A.. Carroll, and endorsed by W. Carroll and Robert Brent, for 1100 dollars, payable at sixty days, and negotiable at the Bank of the Metropolis. The declaration set ,out the note, and averred a demand of payment, at the Bank of the Metropolis.
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THIS action was instituted in the Circuit Court, for the county of'Washington, by the Bank of the Metropolis, on a promissory note, dated May 26th 1819, drawn by George A.. Carroll, and endorsed by W. Carroll and Robert Brent, for 1100 dollars, payable at sixty days, and negotiable at the Bank of the Metropolis. The declaration set ,out the note, and averred a demand of payment, at the Bank of the Metropolis. In support of the issue, on the part of the plaintiffs in error, evidence was offered, that the accommodation given by the said bank, to George A. Carroll, on a note similarly drawn and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mahshall
This was a suit brought in .the Circuit Court.of the United States, for the District of Columbia, on a note made by G, A. Carroll, and endorsed by William Carroll and Robert Brent, the testator of the plaintiffs in error, and made negotiable in the Bank of the Metropolis.
The declaration set out the note, and averred a demand of the same, "at the Bank of the Metropolis,” where the said note was payable.
At the-trial, the plaintiffs belqw proved that'the accommodation given- by. the -bank to said G. A. Carroll, on a note similarly drawn and endorsed with the present; was-given by the bank,…
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