Lisbon Village District v. Lisbon

The plaintiff has mistaken the form of remedy-available. The declaratory judgment act (Laws 1929, c. 86) was designed to supply deficiencies in legal procedure which existed before the enactment of the statute. Faulkner v. Keene, ante, 147. It was not intended as a substitute for ample remedies in use before its adoption. To borrow the language of chancery, where there is another plain, adequate and complete remedy available the statute cannot be invoked. The issue here being the plaintiff’s tax liability, the petition for an abatement affords an adequate remedy. Bretton Woods Co. v. Carroll,…