California Supreme Court July 1, 1880, No. 6,141 (La Societe Francaise D'Epargnes Et De Prevoyance Mutuelle v. Beard)

Department No. 1, McKinstry, J.:

The Court below found that the defendant, Jane M. Beard, signed the two mortgages set forth in the pleadings and mentioned in the findings, “ of her own free will and with full knowledge of the terms and conditions thereof, and well knowing what the contents thereof were, and that the certificates of said notary of the achnowledgment of mortgages are not, nor is