Norton v. United Gas Corp.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this suit for a declaratory judgment “declaring and decreeing the rights and obligations of the parties * * * in respect of * * *” certain agreements and contracts alleged to have been previously entered into. The terms of these contracts and agreements are set forth at length in some twenty articles in the petition, with attached exhibits, and the prayer contains thirteen separately numbered demands for specific relief, with the last further subdivided into paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive.

In substance, the petition alleges that on or about…