F. Rosenberg Elevator Co. v. Goll

This is a pleading-and-practice case. The circumstances presented undoubtedly raise issues on which the plaintiff should be entitled to its day in court. The sole issue is whether this is a proper case for declaratory relief under sec. 269.56, Stats. We are convinced that it is and that the demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint therefore should have been overruled.

As stated in the leading case of State ex rel. La Follette v. Dammann (1936), 220 Wis. 17, 21, 264 N. W. 627, “By its very terms it [the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act] is ‘declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to…