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COX v. FIRST NAT'L REALTY & CONSTR. CORP.

50 A.D.2d 535 (1975)

Denton S. Cox, Appellant, v. First National Realty & Construction Corp. et al., Defendants, and Edgewater Apartments, Inc., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 13, 1975

A general rule of construction is that absent a clear expression of intent to the contrary, and in the absence of legislative intent, statutes are to be construed as prospective only. (Matter of Mulligan v Murphy, 14 N.Y.2d 223, 226.) A reading of section 234 of the Real Property Law indicates there is no clear expression of intent that it be retroactive, nor does research disclose any legislative intent to that effect. We read section...

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