Hawk v. Mayer

This action was instituted by twenty-four plaintiffs pursuant to the uniform declaratory judgment act of the state of Washington, Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), §§ 784-1 to 784-17 [P.P.C. §§65-1 to 65-33], inclusive, for the purpose of seeking adjudication as to their rights and status arising out of certain contracts, both oral and written, entered into with the defendants. In the prayer of their complaint plaintiffs prayed for coercive relief in addition to declarative relief.

Defendants filed an answer denying the principal allegations of the complaint and affirmatively alleging facts creating an…