Case Name: Edna A. Ralph, Respondent, v. Edith S. Cronk, as Administratrix of the Estate of Adelbert D. Cronk, Deceased, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-12-04
Citations: 266 N.Y. 428
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edna A. Ralph, Respondent, v. Edith S. Cronk, as Administratrix of the Estate of Adelbert D. Cronk, Deceased, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 266
Pages: 428–429

Head Matter:
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.)
William H. Means for appellant.
Franklin R. Brown and Mark N. Turner for respondent.

Opinion:
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.