39-2-408. Duty of employee regarding items received on account of his employer. An employee who receives anything on account of his employer in any capacity other than that of a mere servant is not bound to deliver it to him until demanded and is not at liberty to send it to him from a distance, without demand, in any mode involving greater risk than its retention by the employee himself.

     History: En. Sec. 2682, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5265, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7780, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1987; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1020; re-en. Sec. 7780, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 41-213.