from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DEPOSITOR, contracts. He who makes a deposit.
2. He is generally entitled to receive the deposit from the depositary,
but to this rule there are exceptions; as. when the depositor at the time of
making the deposit had no title to the property deposited, and the owner
claims it from the depositary, the depositor cannot recover it; and for this
reason, that he can never be in a better situation than the owner. 1 Barn. &
Ald. 450; 5 Taunt. 759. As to the place where the depositor is entitled to
receive his deposit, see Story on Bailm. Sec. 117-120 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1063.