Roderick v. Hough

Believing that the majority opinion is predicated upon misconceptions of certain legal principles and upon misapplication of others, I respectfully dissent. In my judgment, the majority opinion cites no prior decision of this Court, and no other legal authority, touching the precise question presented.

*751It seems logical to commence a consideration of the question by endeavoring to understand what is meant, legally speaking, by the term, “retroactive statute.” That term is defined in Black’s Law Dictionary (4th Ed.) as follows: “A statute which creates a new obligation on transactions or…