Montana State Bank (Fallon, MT)

Episode Information

Episode UID
93025771490
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
9302577 routing
Routing Number
93-0257
Start Date
February 19, 1924
Location
Fallon, Montana (46.836, -105.119)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
93bee6941c789542

Response Measures

None

Description

Receiver named February 19, 1924 and legal actions continuing through 1927, indicating the bank remained in receivership.

Events (2)
1. February 19, 1924 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
C. F. BROWN, Receiver. Dated February 19th, 1924.
Source
newspapers
2. March 11, 1927 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Brown. as Receiver of Montana State Bank of Fallon, Montana, corporation, ... Frank Murphy, Mrs. Frank Murphy, Brown. as Receiver of Montana State Bank of Fallon, Montana, corporation
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)
1. May 30, 1924 The Terry Tribune Terry, MT
Article from The Terry Tribune, May 30, 1924

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF MONTANA STATE BANK, FALLON MONTANA. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, as receiver of the Montana State Bank, of Fallon, Montana, a corporation, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said corporation, to present such claims, with the necessary vouchers and legal proofs, to the undersigned at his office in the Montana State Bank building, at Fallon, Montana, which is the place selected by the receiver for the transaction of business connected with said corporation, and that all claims must be presented for acceptance to said receiver on or before the first day of July, 1924, and if not so presented within said time such claims will be disallowed. C. F. BROWN, Receiver. Dated February 19th, 1924. m16j6—1924.

2. May 30, 1924 The Terry Tribune Terry, MT
Article from The Terry Tribune, May 30, 1924

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receiver of Montana State Bank of Fallon, a corporation, defendants. The State of Montana sends greetings to the above named defendants and to each of them: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon one of you in each County wherein any of you reside, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiff's attorney within twenty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you, by default, for the relief demanded in the complaint, to-wit: For the foreclosure of that certain real estate mortgage given by defendants, William Thorne and Carrie Thorne, his wife, to John F. Sinclair Company, a corporation, and by it assigned to the above named plaintiff, covering the northeast quarter (NE 1/4) of section eighteen (18) township thirteen (13) north, range fifty-three (53) east, Montana Meridian, situated in Prairie County, State of Montana. That said mortgage was filed of record in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Prairie County, Montana, on February 9th, 1920, at 9 o'clock a. m. and recorded in Book 6 of Mortgages on page 332. That the sum of One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) with interest on Sixty Dollars ($60.00) at the rate of ten per cent per annum from November 1st, 1923, together with a reasonable attorney's fee of Seventy-five Dollars, and the costs of this action may be declared to be due and a lien upon said premises. That the usual decree may be had for the sale of said premises by the sheriff of Prairie county, Mont., and that the proceeds of said sales be applied in the payment of the amount found due and that the defendants William Thorne and Carrie Thorne, his wife, and all persons claiming under them, either as purchasers or otherwise, may be forever barred and foreclosed of all right, claim and equity of redemption in and to said mortgaged premises and every part thereof. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 13th day of March 1924. (Seal) S. A. BARBER, Clerk. L. E. Rhodes, Havre, Montana, attorney for plaintiff. 23-30j6-13.

3. June 13, 1924 The Terry Tribune Terry, MT
Article from The Terry Tribune, June 13, 1924

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ALIAS SUMMONS. In the District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Prairie. G. A. Thiel, plaintiff, vs. William Thorne and Carrie Thorne, his wife, Montana State Bank of Fallon, a corporation, and C. F. Brown, as receiver of Montana State Bank of Fallon, a corporation, defendants. The State of Montana sends greetings to the above named defendants and to each of them: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon one of you in each County wherein any of you reside, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiff's attorney within twenty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you, by default, for the relief demanded in the complaint, to-wit: For the foreclosure of that certain real estate mortgage given by defendants, William Thorne and Carrie Thorne, his wife, to John F. Sinclair Company, a corporation, and by it assigned to the above named plaintiff, covering the northeast quarter (NE 1/4) of section eighteen (18) township thirteen (13) north, range fifty-three (53) east, Montana Meridian, situated in Prairie County, State of Montana. That said mortgage was filed of record in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Prairie County, Montana, on February 9th, 1920, at 9 o'clock a. m. and recorded in Book 6 of Mortgages on page 332. That the sum of One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) with interest on Sixty Dollars ($60.00) at the rate of ten per cent per annum from November 1st, 1923, together with a reasonable attorney's fee of Seventy-five Dollars, and the costs of this action may be declared to be due and a lien upon said premises. That the usual decree may be had for the sale of said premises by the sheriff of Prairie county, Mont., and that the proceeds of said sales be applied in the payment of the amount found due and that the defendants William Thorne and Carrie Thorne, his wife, and all persons claiming under them, either as purchasers or otherwise, may be forever barred and foreclosed of all right, claim and equity of redemption in and to said mortgaged premises and every part thereof. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 13th day of March 1924. (Seal) S. A. BARBER, Clerk. L. P. Rhodes, Terry, Montana, attorney for plaintiff.

4. March 11, 1927 The Terry Tribune Terry, MT
Article from The Terry Tribune, March 11, 1927

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SUMMONS (For Publication) In the District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of the State Montana, in and for the County Prairie. The Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited, corporation, Plaintiff. Joseph Merta, Annie T. Merta, Montana State Bank of Fallon, Montana, corporation, Frank Murphy, Mrs. Frank Murphy, Brown. as Receiver of Montana State Bank of Fallon, Montana, corporation, THE STATE OF TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETING: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action which filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, copy of which herewith served upon you, and file your answer and serve copy thereof upon the plaintiff's attorney twenty days after the service this summons, exclusive of the day of service; and case of your failure appear or judgment be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. The said action is brought to cover judgment against the above named defendants for the sum and interest thereon cent per annum from December 1923, and $39.05 and interest thereon at 10 per cent per annum from April 1st, 1925, and and interest thereon, for taxes paid, and $130 fees, and cost of abstract of title, the costs of this action. the $1000.00 and interest ing upon note for that amount by Joseph Merta Annie Merta, to the plaintiff, the $39.05 and interest being upon note for likewise given both dated May 1st, 1918, and due December 1st, 1923, and to obtain decree foreclosure and sale the East Half the Northeast Quarter, and Quarter of Northeast Quarter, and Southeast Quarter. Northeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter of Section Ten. in Township Eleven North of Range Fifty Three, Prairie county, Montana, under mortgage on said land executed by above named defendants to the Scottish American Mortgage curing the said which was recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Prairie County, Montana in Book of Mortgages, on page 315 thereof. Witness my hand and the seal of Court, this 23rd day of (Court Seal) BARBER. Clerk Court Fisher Plaintiff's Attorney Glendive. Montana. lish claim to the land above before Bradley, United States Commissioner, at Terry. Montana, on 29th day of March, Claimant names as witnesses: Sid Johnson, Nels Undem, Eugene Nolan, all of Terry, Montana. DRUM. Register. First Publication Feb. 25. 1927. Last March 25, 1927.