Question juridique clé
Whether the defendant received the vehicle as a manual gift or as a loan for use under French law
Solution extraite
The possession of the vehicle was equivocal because the plaintiff retained keys; therefore no presumption of a manual gift applied, and the defendant received the car on loan.
Motifs extraits
The appellate court could rely on the plaintiff's first-instance allegations and the defendant's own statements about multiple keys. New allegations were therefore not decisive, and the possession was not unequivocal.