58 Ala. 645 | Ala. | 1877
1. Although, in regard to civil remedies, laws may be enacted which shall have a retroactive operation, the general rule is that they are not to be construed to produce that effect, unless it was manifestly the purpose of the legislature that they should. — Barnes v. Mobile, 19 Ala. 707; Kidd v. Montague, Ib. 624.
2. Such a construction can not be put on the act of April
Let the decree of the Chancellor be affirmed.