Fierro v. Hoel

I respectfully dissent.

The additional factual background in this case is John had given Janan a pin that belonged to his grandmother. He told Jan-an explicitly the pin was to be returned to him if they ever broke up. Later when John gave her the ring he placed no conditions on it when she received it. The trial *673court weighed and considered this evidence. The trial court ruled John had ended the engagement and had placed no conditions on the ring as he had done on the heirloom pin.

The question before us in this case is was the ring a gift conditioned on marriage or was the ring an…