Brown v. Lawrence

Head, Justice.

Section 1 of the Georgia Declaratory Judgments Acts (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137) provides that in cases of “actual controversy” the superior courts shall have power to “declare rights” and other legal relations of “any interested party” petitioning for such declaration, whether or not further relief is, or could be, prayed. It is fundamental that every act of the General Assembly shall be construed in its entirely to determine the legislative intent. The writer (expressing purely personal views) is convinced that there has been a tendency on the part of counsel in some cases before…