Burson v. National Park Bank

On the 24th day of September, 1858, at La Porte, Indiana, David G. Rose made his promissory note, by which he promised to pay, sixty days after date, to the order of Samuel Burson, six thousand dollars, at the Park Bank, New York. The note was indorsed by Burson to Walker, who indorsed it to Early, and he indorsed it to the bank. The bank, it is alleged, was a body politic and corporate by and under the laws of the State of New York, doing business in the city of New York. It is further alleged, by amendment of the complaint, that since the commencement of this action, the said bank became a…