Michigan Supreme Court, 1868

Harrison v. Metz

Harrison v. Metz
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided October 17, 1868 · Cooley, Other
17 Mich. 377; 1868 Mich. LEXIS 76
Harrison v. Metz

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Opinion of the Court

Cooley Ch. J.

We have no doubt that the legislature intended the act in question — Sess. L. 1867, p. 89 — -to affect only the causes of action which should accrue subsequent to its taking effect as law. There is nothing in-the act itself from which we can gather any different intent, and it is a sound rule of construction that legislation is to have a prospective operation only, except where the contrary intent is expressly declared or is necessarily to be implied from the terms employed.

The other Justices concurred. .

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