TURNER v. LYON

No. C-506.

539 P.2d 1241 (1975)

Dorothy TURNER, Petitioner, v. Adrian LYON and Kathryn Lyon, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover, Howard J. Beck, Denver, for petitioner.

Edward Shindel, James B. Breese, Denver, for respondents.

Sheila H. Meer, Denver, for Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver, amicus curiae.

Craig R. Carver, Denver, for Capitol Hill Tenants' Union, amicus curiae.


DAY, Justice.

This case involves construction of the Security Deposit Act, section 38-12-101 et seq., C.R.S.1973.1 The respondents Lyon (hereinafter "tenants") lived in a house owned by the petitioner Turner (hereinafter "landlord"). Thirty days after the tenancy terminated the landlord had neither returned the tenants' security deposit nor furnished them with an explanatory written statement for retaining it. Section 38-12-103...

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