Harris v. Davis

The issue before us is whether a man who has given a woman an engagement ring is entitled to return of the ring or its value when his fiancee subsequently breaks the engagement.

When the plaintiff, Cecil “Chip” Harris, and the defendant, Rebecca Davis, were engaged to be married, the plaintiff gave the defendant a diamond ring as a symbol of that engagement. The defendant testified that some time later, she and some of her girlfriends were at a tavern when the plaintiff came into the tavern and she told the plaintiff that she did not want to see him anymore. She said that when she told him,…