Ben Elfman & Sons, Inc. v. Home Indemnity Co.

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• “Although in some cases, statutes may have a retrospective effect, yet such a construction is never to be given to them, unless required in the most explicit terms. The presumption is, that all statutes are to operate prospectively, and were not made to impair vested rights.”

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