YATES v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP.


356 Mass. 529 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 785

WALTER R. YATES vs. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman C. Ross, II, for the plaintiff.

Thomas G. Jones for the defendant.

Present: SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & QUIRICO, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

This case presents the question of the retroactive application of a statute regulating instalment sales of motor vehicles. By St. 1958, c. 674, a new chapter (255B) entitled, Retail Instalment Sales of Motor Vehicles, was added to the General Laws. The statute was amended by St. 1966, c. 284, § 3, which inserted a new § 20A, effective November 1, 1966. We are concerned here with subsections B and E of § 20A.

Subsection B provides...

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