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BRENT'S EXECUTORS v. THE BANK OF THE METROPOLIS

26 U.S. 89 (____)

1 Pet. 89

JOSEPH PEARSON AND ROBERT Y. BRENT, EXECUTORS OF ROBERT BRENT, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. THE BANK OF THE METROPOLIS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Swann, District Attorney, and Mr. Worthington, for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Key, for the defendants in error.

Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court: —

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...

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