Studstill v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

Nichols, Judge.

The plaintiff in error contends that the trial court erred in granting the motion for summary judgment since the original petition was filed on February 20, 1959, which was some 25 days prior to the approval of the Summary Judgment Act on March 17, 1959, and the Summary Judgment Act could not be applicable in the case at bar, but rather the case can only proceed under the laws of procedure as they existed as of February 20, 1959. “The rule with reference to retrospective statutes has been repeatedly held by this court to be limited to substantive rights and not to the remedy.…