Utica Mutual Insurance v. Glennie

This is an action brought for a declaratory judgment under section 473 of the Civil Practice Act, which provides: “ The supreme court shall have power in any action or proceeding to declare rights and other legal relations on request for such declaration whether or not further relief is or could be claimed, and such declaration shall have the force of a final judgment.”

The particular relief asked for is a declaration that Robert D. Glennie, one of the defendants, was not an employee of the Falls Equipment Company, Inc. (another defendant), on August 1, 1925.

And a further declaration that the…