Case Name: Bank of the Metropolis v. R. Brent's Executors
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 530
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bank of the Metropolis v. R. Brent’s Executors.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 530–530

Head Matter:
Bank of the Metropolis v. R. Brent’s Executors.
If a note be payable at a certain bank, and payment be there demanded, it is not necessary to make a personal demand npon the maker, in order to charge the indorser.
Assumpsit, against the executors of the indorser of George A. Carroll’s note for $1100. After verdict for the plaintiffs, asstated in 1 Peters, 89, the defendants moved in arrest of judgment because it did not appear by the declaration that demand had been made upon the maker.
The declaration stated that the note was negotiable at the Bank of the Metropolis, and that it was demanded at that bank “ where it was payable.”

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
overruled the motion, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. 1 Peters, 89.