Erie v. Paskett

Citations

• 14 Pa. Super. 400
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 59

Syllabus

<p>Ordinance creating contracts — Repeal of as affecting vested interests.</p> <p>The authorized body of a municipal corporation, acting within the scope of its powers, may bind it by an ordinance which, in favor of private persons interested therein, may, if so intended, operate as a contract, and a i epeal of a valid ordinance of this nature, and intended to operate as a contract, cannot operate retrospectively to impair private rights vested under it.</p>