Metcalf v. Central School District No. 1

Order reversed on the law, with $10 costs and disbursements and motion granted, with $10 costs. Memorandum: The accident in question here occurred May 16, 1950, and the, statute requiring notice of claim to be served on the teacher within ninety days after the claim arises, became a law April 19, 1950, and by its terms became effective July 1, 1951 (L. 1950, eh. 762, § 45). (Education Law, § 3813.) Statutes ordinarily speak as of their effective date (Gilbert v. Ackerman, 159 N. Y. 118). In this instance the effective date was some thirteen and a half months after the claim arose. The statute…