Wessely Energy Corp. v. Jennings

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• recognizing that laws existing at the time a contract is made become a part of the contract and govern the transaction
• recognizing that laws existing at the time a contract is made become a part of the contract and govern the transaction
• analyzing statutes setting forth requirements of deed in 1954, at time that deed was executed, as opposed to requisites of deed in 1981, the time when the controversy arose
• \[t]o declare [a statute] unconstitutional and then not apply the holding [in the same case] would transform our pronouncement into mere advice\
• “[t]o declare [a statute] unconstitutional and then not apply the holding [in the same case] would transform our pronouncement into mere advice”
• the second question is \whether retroactive application will ... retard the holding in question.\

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