Constant v. American Baptist Home Mission Society

The three bonds and mortgages upon which the actions were brought were duly executed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Meehen and Hugh Meehen, her husband, to secure the payment of the sums named therein. These sums they received as loans from Mr. Samuel S. Constant through Mr. Deane, who acted as Mr. Constant’s attorney and counsel in the transaction. The date of the first bond and mortgage is October 2, 1882, and the other two are dated February 17, 1883. The papers were duly delivered to Mr. Deane, who handed the bonds over to Mr. Constant, and retained the mortgages for record. This, in law,…