Evans v. Odum

Odum brought a bail trover proceeding for the recovery of a diamond ring of the alleged value of $1,400. The defendant, Miss Evans, gave bond under the statute for double the amount claimed. The answer denied the essential allegations of the petition and set up that defendant made a loan to the plaintiff with the written stipulation that “if said loan was not repaid on or before a certain date therein named, title to said property was to vest in the defendant without any further conveyance of any kind or character;” that the plaintiff did not redeem the ring “within the time stipulated, and…