Thomas P. Moore, Plaintiff in Error v. the Bank of the Metropolis

This case comes up on a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Columbia, in the county of Washington. It is an action of assumpsit, upon a promissory note, purporting to have been made by the defendant, and Richard M. Johnson, and P. H. Pope, by this attorney, George Thomas; the note, bearing date the 16th of February, 1837; by which the makers, jointly and severally, promise to pay to the President and Directors of the Bank of the Metropolis or order, sixty days after date, the sum of five thousand dollars.