Lewis v. Tatum

In this trover suit for the recovery of “one blue-white diamond, weighing slightly in excess of five carats,” while there was strong evidence for the defendant that the stone sought to be recovered was legally held by the defendant under a pawn from a lawful owner, and was not the stone which had been previously taken from the plaintiff by a robber, there was evidence for the plaintiff positively identifying the diamond in dispute and put in evidence as that belonging to the plaintiff. The question of identity being the sole issue, and the jury being the judges of the credibility of the…