Proof by witnesses may be received in regard to necessary deposit, even though question be of value exceeding one hundred and fifty francs. Necessary deposit is moreover governed by all the rules previously set forth. They are responsible for the stealing or damage of the property of the traveller, whether the robbery were committed or the damage were caused by the domestics and officers of the establishment, or by strangers going and coming within the inn. They are not responsible for robberies committed with armed force, or any other superior force. Of the different Description of Sequestration.
Sequestration is either conventional or judicial.
Of Conventional Sequestration. Conventional sequestration is a deposit made by one or more persons of a thing in dispute, in the hands of a third person, who binds himself to restore it, after the litigation terminated, to the person to whom the right to obtain it shall be adjudged. Sequestration cannot be gratuitous. When it is gratuitous, it is subject to the rules of deposit properly so called, saving the distinctions hereafter declared. Sequestration may have for its object, not only moveable effects, but even immoveables.