City of Waycross v. Boatright

Jordan, Judge.

The purpose of the declaratory judgment act is “to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations. . .” Ga. L. 1945, pp. 137, 139 (Code Ann. § 110-1111). Under the declaratory judgment act “the respective superior courts of this State . . . have power to determine and settle by declaration any justiciable controversy of a civil nature where it appears to the court that the ends of justice require that such should be made for the guidance and protection of the petitioner, and when such a declaration will relieve…