Monday, September 11, 2023

Sia v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 102970, 13 May 1993, (222 SCRA 24)

 

Contract of the use of a safety deposit box of a bank is not a deposit but a lease. Section 72 of the General Banking Act [R.A. 337, as amended] pertinently provides: In addition to the operations specifically authorized elsewhere in this Act, banking institutions other than building and loan associations may perform the following services (a) Receive in custody funds, documents, and valuable objects, and rent safety deposit boxes for the safeguarding of such effects.

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