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Meyer V Mitnick Case Brief

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Almost every little girl’s dream when thinking ahead to her life in the future will include meeting someone who will treat her right, later on be proposed to and become engaged, and eventually married to live happily ever after. If life was always fair and just, then every little girl would definitely grow up and have her dream come true. However, this obviously is not the case for many people, and certainly was not what happened in the case of Meyer v. Mitnick. As presented in the overview of the case, Meyer and Mitnick fell in love and became engaged, only to have it fall apart upon discussing the topic of a pre-nuptial agreement. The disagreement over the pre-nuptial led to the larger issue of the engagement ring being settled in court. …show more content…

I believe that the court ruled correctly, since an engagement ring is essentially a promise to later become married. If the eventual marriage does not happen and the couple breaks up, then in most cases I believe the ring should be returned to whomever bought the ring and proposed. There are some circumstances where, however, I do believe that the ring should be kept by the recipient. For instance, if a woman became engaged and she later discovered that her fiancé had been cheating on her in an affair, then she should be allowed to keep the ring. I believe this would also apply in the event of being left at the altar for the said wedding. If the soon-to-be spouse never shows up, I believe the party that did show up, fully ready to be wed that day, should have a right to

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