Reynolds Metals Co. v. Speciner

The court should not, in the exercise of discretion, entertain an action for a declaratory judgment where the matter sought to be adjudicated is the subject of another action pending, which when tried, will dispose of all the issues involved in the declaratory judgment action (Storer v. Ripley, 283 App. Div. 973). In the ease before us, not only is such an action pending in the Federal court, but another one, based on the main complaint, is pending in this court. There is accordingly no necessity for the declaratory judgment action and the supplemental complaint seeking that form of relief…