Walker v. Phelps

There was no error in the judgment in this action. It determines the mutual rights and liabilities of the parties to the action on the facts admitted in the pleadings, and is authorized by the provisions of chapter 102, Public Laws of North Carolina, Session 1931, known as “The Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act.” This act is remedial; its purpose is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity, with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations and is to be liberally construed and administered. It is so declared in section 12 of the act.

The stipulations contained in the…