Blanton v. Napier

| defendant appeals the trial court’s judgment rendered following a bench trial, ordering her to return certain jewelry to plaintiff. For the following reasons, we find the trial judge was not manifestly erroneous in her finding that plaintiff did not intend to irrevocably give the jewelry at issue to defendant. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This litigation arises out of a dispute between two former friends, Mrs. Kathy Blanton and Mrs. Beverly Napier, concerning the ownership of two pieces of jewelry — a pair of 3.5 carat diamond earrings and…