FIRST NAT. BANK OF PA. v. FLANAGAN


515 Pa. 263 (1987)

528 A.2d 134

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee, v. William E. FLANAGAN, d/b/a Bill Flanagan's Squire Shop and William E. Flanagan and Mary W. Flanagan, his wife. Appeal of William E. FLANAGAN and Mary W. Flanagan, his wife.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Agresti, Erie, for appellants.

Robert W. Parker, Jr., Erie, for First Nat. Bank.

LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Appellants are before us as a result of our granting their application under Pa.R.A.P. 751 to transfer here an appeal they filed in Superior Court from a decision of Erie County Common Pleas. Common Pleas held unconstitutional a legislative attempt to give an amendment to a statute retroactive effect. We have jurisdiction in such cases under 42 Pa.C.S. § 722(7).

Refusing retroactivity resulted in Common...

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