Stromberg v. Rubenstein

The action is in replevin for the possession of a diamond ring given by the plaintiff to the defendant under the following circumstances:

The plaintiff was paying attentions to the defendant, and on .October 18, 1895, there was an engagement party at her house, the parents and friends of both parties being present, and there was a banquet in honor of the occasion. On the following morn*648ing the plaintiff presented the ring in‘question to the defendant, and it bore the inscription “P. S. to G. E., Oct. 19th, 1895.” The plaintiff testified that he gave the defendant the ring in consideration of…