Turner, Administrator of Stanley, in Error v. The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of North America

4 U.S. 8

4 Dall. 8

1 L.Ed. 718

TURNER, administrator of Stanley, plaintiff in error,

v.

The President, Directors and Company of the BANK OF

NORTH AMERICA, defendants.

August Term, 1799.

Jurisdiction—Parties.

ERROR from the Circuit Court of North Carolina. This was an action upon a promissory note, made in Philadelphia, by Stanley, the intestate, in favor of Biddle & Co., and indorsed by Biddle & Co. to the Bank of North America.

The declaration (which contained only a count upon the note itself) stated, that the president and directors of the bank were citizens of the state of Pennsylvania; and that…