Cal. Civil Code § 1840 : Deposit — California Civil Code — Obligations — Deposit For Keeping — General Provisions — Amount of liability of depository for negligence Date: 14 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session Section Eighteen Hundred and Forty. The liability of a depositary for negligence cannot exceed the amount which he is informed by the depositor, or has reason to suppose, the thing deposited to be worth. Ca. Civ. Code § 1840