Thompson v. Lincoln National Life Insurance

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by default in favor of the defendant. The default was taken after the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and the plaintiff failed to plead further. The basis of the appeal is that the complaint states a cause of action and the demurrer should have been overruled.

The allegations in the complaint show that on the 30th day of July, 1926, S. E. Brokaw, deceased, entered into a written agreement with the Northern State Life Insurance Company for the purchase of certain land in the county of Teton. Later, and prior to May 23, 1933, the…