U.S. Supreme Court REYNOLDS v. UNITED STATES, 292 U.S. 443 (1934)

[Page 292 U.S. 443, 449]

to operate retroactively. A statute is not rendered retroactive merely because the facts or requisites upon which its subsequent action depends, or some of them, are drawn from a time antecedent to the enactment. Cox v. Hart, 260 U.S. 427, 435, 43 S.Ct. 154, and cases cited.

Judgment reversed, with directions to enter judgment for petitioner.

Mr. Justice STONE and Mr. Justice CARDOZO dissent.