In re Blanchard

PURNELL, District Judge.

The record is again before the court, with the indorsement: “Order sent some time ago. Do not know why record was overlooked” — in handwriting of the district judge; but the order seems to have been lost, and, counsel having been heard, the cause must again be decided. The first question arising on the record is as to the validity of a mortgage from A. E. Howard to E. J. Johnson for $946.75, with interest from February 4, 1906, dated February 4, 1907; and, second, a mortgage from J. C. Blanchard to A. R. McEachan and J. A. Johnson, October 4, 1906 for $775.

As to the…