Pregent v. Mills
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King count}7, Griffin, J., entered January 20, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for the recovery of money deposited for safe keeping.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
— This is an action at law brought for the recovery of money deposited by the respondent with Mills & Smith, co-partners, engaged in the saloon business. The amount in controversy is $580. The respondent, on the 25th *188day of July, 1907, came to appellants’ saloon and deposited in their safe, for safe keeping for him, the said sum of $530 in gold. The money was placed in a buckskin sack in the presence of the respondent. The sack was tied and placed in appellants’ safe, which was behind and near the closed end of the bar. The safe was an ordinary iron safe. It is conceded that no consideration…
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