Twin Cities Properties, Inc. v. United States

The plaintiff’s petition seeks relief under the act of June 14, 1934, known as the declaratory judgment act and which reads as follows (48 Stat. 955) :

“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ■of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Judicial Code approved March 3, 1911, is hereby amended by adding after section 274C thereof a new section to be numbered 2I4D, as follows:

“ ‘ Seo. 274D. (1) In cases of actual controversy the courts of the. United States shall have power upon petition, decía-*656ration, complaint, or other appropriate pleadings to declare…