Pennington v. Pennington

This case was instituted under the provisions of the Act of 1888, ch. 478, now embraced in the Code as sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31, of Article 16, sub-title, “Declaratory Decrees,” for the purpose of obtaining a judicial declaration as to the rights of the parties upon a proper constniction of the will of Charles C. Harper, deceased. The bill prays for no specific relief, but only for a declaration of the rights of the parties. And as the statute under which the proceeding is taken is new, and introduces a new feature into the practice of our Courts of equity, it is not improper for us…