Ralph v. Cronk — 266 N.Y. 428

Majority

p. 428

Edna A. Ralph, Respondent, v. Edith S. Cronk, as Administratrix of the Estate of Adelbert D. Cronk, Deceased, Appellant.

(Submitted November 20, 1934;

decided December 4, 1934.)

p. 429

William H. Means for appellant.

Franklin R. Brown and Mark N. Turner for respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs, and questions certified answered in the negative. Held, that the 1933 amendment to section 31 of the Personal Property Law is not to be given a retroactive construction so as to apply it to contracts existing at the date of its passage. No opinion.

Concur: Pound, Ch. J., Crane, Lehman, O’Brien, Hubbs, Crouch and Loughran, JJ.