Lucket v. Junius Hart Piano House Co.

Citations

• 10 Teiss. 294
• 1913 La. App. LEXIS 92

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. The defendant was a depository who received a reward for preserving the. deposit and whose duty it was to return the deposit upon the demand of the depositor and repayment by the latter of the claims arising from the deposit.</p> <p>2. It was a violation of law for the defendant, while acting in the fiduciary capacity of depository to sell the deposit without the consent of the owner or without resorting to legal proceedings. The Courts were open for the assertion of such rights as defendant may have had.</p>