McCary's Shreve City Jewelers, Inc. v. Saucier

DENNIS, Judge.

This is a suit by a retail jewelry firm for the collection of an open account resulting from the sale and mounting of a diamond which defendant received as a gift from his wife. The trial court rendered judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $1,601.86, with legal interest from judicial demand, and we affirm.

The material facts are undisputed. Defendant’s wife, from whom he was estranged but not judicially separated, purchased from plaintiff a diamond to be mounted in defendant’s class ring. Plaintiff agreed to charge the cost of the jewel and the work to Mrs. Saucier’s account,…