SOHN v. WATERSON


84 U.S. 596 (1873)

17 Wall. 596

SOHN v. WATERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.B. Sanborn, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. Thomas Ewing, contra.


Mr. Justice BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff contends that the statute of Kansas cannot apply to actions which accrued more than two years before its passage, because it would cut them off and defeat them altogether, and would thus impair the obligation of contracts.

A literal interpretation of the statute would have this effect. But it is evident that the legislature could not have had any...

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