Village women found 34.69 carats of diamonds, but they were taken to court. What happened?

On the morning of April 28th, 1994, Wei, a female villager in Xiaochang Village, Shadun, Tancheng, Shandong Province, saw a tawny stone the size of a broad bean while planting cotton in her own field. To her surprise, it was this small stone that made her a defendant and "picked up a disease."

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It has become a "joke" in the mouth of the villagers. Wei looked at the small stone and thought it was beautiful. Before Canada, people often played with diamonds to sell, so she quickly found someone to identify them. The appraisal result surprised her. This is a very rare natural diamond.

This natural diamond weighed 34.69 carats, and then Wei held a family meeting to discuss it. This diamond was sold by Chen Huaimin to a national professional business unit for 270,000 yuan. 70 1 mine, Linyi Diamond Tool Factory, Ministry of National Building Materials.

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Wei feels that the good thing of "falling pie from the sky" has happened to himself. Just as he was happy, an unexpected thing happened to Wei. Less than 30 hours after the diamond was sold, Wei received a summons from the county court, which puzzled her.

803 Daya Diamond Development Company sued him for breach of contract in the economic contract. For a time, Chen Huaiming was cheated. It turned out that when selling diamonds, Chen Huaiming had entrusted his former brother Chen Huaibin to help negotiate the price, and his uncle Chen Zhijun also offered to help.

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Chen Zhijun contacted this Daya company. Regarding the verbal agreement and deposit mentioned by Daya Company, Chen Huaiming argued: "This 10,000 yuan is just a gesture, and it is forcing Chen Zhijun. It is not a deposit at all. "

In the end, the county court ruled that the sales contract was invalid, and Chen Huaiming returned Daya Company 1 10,000 yuan, Single Ring 70 1 Mine Linyi Diamond Tool Factory 270,000 yuan, and the diamonds were turned over to the state.

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After learning the news, Wei couldn't stand the blow and fell ill at once. The name of the local village also said with emotion: "Others made a fortune by picking up diamonds, but Wei paid back the money by picking up diamonds. He is still sick, pick up the name of a defendant. "

Wei's family refused to accept the verdict and once again embarked on the road of appeal. Later, after the second trial of Linyi Intermediate People's Court, although the original judgment was upheld, Wei, who found this diamond, won a heavy prize from the diamond auction.