finding that a state statute was invalid to the extent that it permitted private property to be taken for public use in a period shorter than that required to adversely possess the property
How later courts described this case
- finding that a state statute was invalid to the extent that it permitted private property to be taken for public use in a period shorter than that required to adversely possess the property
- generally undesirable to give retroactive effect to overruling decisions except under the most compelling circumstances
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
The foregoing opinion by BRADLEY, C., is adopted as the opinion of the court. All the judges concur.