Sloin v. Lavine

The defendant Miss Levine and plaintiff were engaged to marry. He gave her an engagement ring and certain other presents of minor value. They quarreled, the engagement was broken off, and he brought replevin for what he had given her. The court awarded her the other presents and him the ring, and she appeals. The grounds of appeal are: (1) refusal to nonsuit; (2) awarding ring to plaintiff instead of to defendant.

The motion to nonsuit was on two grounds:(a) That the evidence failed to show the plaintiff’s right to possession of the property.(b) That the evidence showed the gifts were absolute.