Turner v. Lyon

This case involves construction of the Security Deposit Act, section 38-12-101 et seq., C.R.S. 1973. The respondents Lyon (hereinafter “tenants”) lived in a house owned by the petitioner Turner (hereinafter “landlord”). Thirty days after the tenancy terminated the landlord had neither returned the tenants’ security deposit nor furnished them with an explanatory written statement for retaining it. Section 38-12-103(1). When the landlord still failed to return the money after the required seven-day notice of intent to sue, the tenants filed a claim in the county court for treble damages.…