Moore v. President of the Bank of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. • This was an action on a promissory note drawn by James Moore, the plaintiff i i error, in favour of Gilbert Docker, and by him indorsed to the Bank of Columbia. The note was for five hundred dollars, dated April 25th, 1816, and payable sixty .days after date.
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ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. • This was an action on a promissory note drawn by James Moore, the plaintiff i i error, in favour of Gilbert Docker, and by him indorsed to the Bank of Columbia. The note was for five hundred dollars, dated April 25th, 1816, and payable sixty .days after date. The suit was commenced on the 14th of July 1825. It was originally instituted under the provisions of the charter granted to the Bank of Columbia, by filing a copy of the note in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Th,e only question in this case is, whether the evidence offered upon the trial was sufficient, to prevent the statute of limitation- from barring the action.
The suit was. founded xipon a promissory note made by the plaintiff in error, bearing date the 25th of April 1816, by which, sixty days after date, he promised to pay' Gilbert Docker or order five hundred dollars, value received, at the Bank of Columbia.
The note was duly indorsed to the Bank of ..Columbia, and in July 1825 a suit was commenced in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Columbia, upon that note. The…
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