The liability of a depository for negligence cannot exceed the amount which he is informed by the depositor, or has reason to suppose, the thing deposited to be worth.

Source: CivC 1877, § 1052; CL 1887, § 3676; RCivC 1903, § 1371; RC 1919, § 988; SDC 1939, § 60.0102 (14).