Weist v. Wuller

Citations

• 210 Pa. 143
• 59 A. 820
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 862

Syllabus

<p>Contracts—Obligation of contract—Remedy—Constitutional law—Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 404.</p> <p>The legislature may modify or suspend for a definite and reasonable time a remedy it has given, but it may not by acting on the remedy impair the obligation of a contract. Remedies which affect the interests and rights of the parties and are made the subject of contracts for the purpose of enforcing it become an essential part of the obligation, and a right of the creditor which cannot be impaired by subsequent legislation.</p> <p>Where a defendant in a confessed judgment has waived any stay of execution, his assignee for creditors has no standing under subsequent legislation, such as the Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 404, to ask for a stay.</p>