Stanton v. Occidental Life Insurance

As stated by the plaintiff and appellant in his brief filed herein: “This action was brought to enforce a contract of release and satisfaction entered into between appellant and respondent State Life Insurance Company on the 6th of October, 1924.”

In order to understand the contentions of the parties, it is necessary to recite somewhat in detail the facts leading up to the contract alleged by plaintiff and which he seeks to have enforced.

The Stanton Trust & Savings Bank, a Montana corporation, was, during the time involved down to July 9, 1923, engaged in a general banking business at Great…