Hall v. A.N.R. Freight System, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a vested property right is “actually assertable as a legal cause of action or defense or is so substantially relied upon that retroactive divestiture would be manifestly unjust”
• explaining that substantive rights may not be impaired once vested
• finding defense of contributory negligence to be a substantive right that vests when it is actually assertable as a legal defense
• discussing constitutional issues arising when the legislature-expressly provides for retroactive application
• rights vest on commencement of legal proceedings and may not be retroactively affected by statute
• rights vest on commencement of legal proceedings and may not be retroactively affected by statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).