Massachusetts' top court ruled that Caroline Settino must return a $70,000 Tiffany & Co engagement ring to Bruce Johnson after he called off their wedding. This decision concludes a 65-year debate in the state over property rights following broken engagements.

Massachusetts’s highest court reversed a longstanding ruling by saying an engagement ring must be returned to the buyer if the wedding falls through.

The ruling puts a definitive end to a six-decade-old state rule that required judges to try to identify who was to blame for the end of the relationship.

That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the center of the dispute. The court ultimately ruled Friday that an engagement ring must be returned to the person who purchased it,

The ruling marks a departure from a decades-old state rule requiring courts to assess who was responsible for a breakup.

When a Massachusetts man sued his ex-fiancée for a $70,000 engagement ring, the state's Supreme Court ruled that the ring should be returned to the buyer if the marriage is called off.