"`[r]ights are vested, in contradistinction to being expectant or contingent'"; rights are contingent "`when they are only to come into existence on an event or condition which may not happen ... until some other event may prevent their vesting'" (quoting Pearsall v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 161 U.S. 646, 673, 16 S.Ct. 705, 40 L.Ed. 838 (1896))
How later courts described this case
- "`[r]ights are vested, in contradistinction to being expectant or contingent'"; rights are contingent "`when they are only to come into existence on an event or condition which may not happen ... until some other event may prevent their vesting'" (quoting Pearsall v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 161 U.S. 646, 673, 16 S.Ct. 705, 40 L.Ed. 838 (1896))
- “ ‘Mights are vested, in contradistinction to being expectant or contingent’ ”; rights are contingent “ ‘when they are only to come into existence on an event or condition which may not happen . . . until some other event may prevent their vesting’ ” (quoting Pearsall v. Great N. Ry., 161 U.S. 646, 673, 16 S. Ct. 705, 40 L. Ed. 838 (1896))
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Blake, C. J.
(dissenting)—Having qualified for a pension under Laws of 1935, chapter 182, p. 855, respondent became entitled to a monthly allowance of thirty dollars, which became vested each month until the effective date of Laws of 1939, chapter 25, p. 80.
Conant v. State,
197 Wash. 21 , 84 P. (2d) 378 .
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It is not necessary to obtain a judgment to enforce a right that has vested prior to the repeal or amendment of a statute under which the right accrues. See
Ettor v. Tacoma,
57 Wash. 50 , 106 Pac. 478 , 107 Pac. 1061 ; 228 U. S. 148 , 57 L. Ed. 773 , 33 S. Ct. 428 ; 77 Wash. 267 , 137 Pac. 820 .
I dissent.