Fierro v. Hoel
Iowa Court of Appeals
465 N.W.2d 669 (1990)
- Written by Serena Lipski, JD
Facts
When John Fierro (plaintiff) and Janan Hoel (defendant) became engaged, Fierro gave Hoel a diamond engagement ring. A few months later, following a disagreement about who would pay for their housing, Fierro broke off the engagement. Hoel refused to return the engagement ring. Fierro filed suit against Hoel, claiming that his gift of the ring was conditioned on the marriage occurring. Fierro did not present evidence that he had expressly conditioned the gift of the ring on the marriage, but instead argued that all gifts of engagement rings were impliedly conditioned on the marriage occurring. The trial court disagreed, holding that because Fierro had not expressly stated at the time of delivering the ring to Hoel that the gift was conditioned on their marriage, the gift was completed on delivery. Fierro appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Donielson, J.)
Dissent (Hayden, J.)
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