Highstone v. Franks

The bill in this case was filed September 21, 1885, to foreclose a mortgage given November 29, 1855, by Edward A. Franks and Mary E. Franks, his wife,, to the *53American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, upon'land adjoining the Mission House on Mackinac island. The mortgage secured four promissory notes made by Edward A. Franks, the last of which matured September 13, 1859. There is no averment in the bill that any payment was ever made upon these notes, but upon the. notes themselves in evidence there are several payments indorsed, the last of which is dated August 18, 1870. It…