Butler v. Wolf Sussman, Inc.

In 1920 the appellant inherited a diamond ring from her mother. She afterwards married and lived with her husband for thirteen years, separating on January 8, 1940. They are not divorced but the husband’s whereabouts is unknown. While packing her possessions at the time of the separation, the appellant missed her ring. She made a demand for it upon her husband and threatened to sue him, whereupon he produced and delivered to her a ticket disclosing that on November 18, 1938, he had pledged the ring as his own to the appellee, a licensed pawnbroker, for a loan of $25, which was afterwards…