Hatzell v. Dover, Jailer

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

The first section of the Acts of 1922, known' as the Declaratory Judgment Act, provides:

“In any action in a court of record of this Commonwealth having general jurisdiction wherein it is made to appear that an actual controversy exists, the plaintiff may ask for a declaration of rights, either alone or with other relief; and the court may make a binding declaration of rights, whether or not consequential relief is or could be asked.”

Earl Hatzell on April 4,1922, was tried in two cases in the Jefferson circuit court, criminal branch, for the…