Brown v. Cobb County

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Counsel for the plaintiff in error strongly insist that, even if the petition does not state a cause of action entitling the petitioner to a declaratory, judgment, it states a cause of action for other relief and it was error to sustain the general demurrer and dismiss the petition. Thus this contention calls for a procedural review of the difference between the-declaratory-judgment action and other remedies at law and equity.

“All suits in the superior courts for legal or equitable relief or both shall be by petition” and pray for process. Code § 81-101. But these…