Ament v. Bennett's Fine Jewelry

Smith, Presiding Judge.

Mattie Ament brought this action against Bennett’s Fine Jewelry and its proprietor, Don Bennett (“Bennett”), alleging that the store substituted a flawed diamond in a ring Ament brought in to be reset. Bennett answered and counterclaimed for its bill for the setting, appraisal, and resetting of the ring. The case was tried before a jury, and Bennett presented evidence from the owner of a jewelry business in Birmingham, Alabama, whose father, now deceased, had appraised the diamond for Ament in 1979. This witness reappraised the diamond at Bennett’s request and compared…