Leafgreen v. La Bar
Cases that cite this one
15 later published cases cite this decision.
- Johnson Estate (Pa. 1961)
- Washington Terminal Co. v. Boswell (D.C. Cir. 1941)
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. S. G. S. Co. (Pa. 1974)
- Friestad v. Travelers Indemnity Co. (Pa. 1973)
- Land O' Lakes Dairy Co. v. Village of Sebeka (Minn. 1948)
- Gray v. Defa (Utah 1943)
- Auto Mut. Indemnity Co. v. Moore (Ala. 1938)
- Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Billstein (Minn. 1938)
- Moore v. Moore (Pa. 1941)
- Erie City v. Phillips (Pa. 1936)
- Bell Telephone Company of Penna. v. Lewis (Pa. 1933)
- Heller v. Shapiro (Wis. 1932)
- Taylor v. Haverford Township (Pa. 1930)
- Cryan's Estate (Pa. 1930)
- Ladner v. Siegel (Pa. 1928)
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Opinion of the Court
Twenty-three exceptions were filed by plaintiff to an account pending in the court below in an equity pro *264 ceeding, one of which denied the propriety of a credit claimed by defendant accountants. Before the exceptions were argued or disposed of, plaintiff presented a petition for a declaratory judgment to determine the right of accountants to be allowed the credit just mentioned. The court below entered a declaratory judgment sustaining the exception in question. It is from this judgment that the present appeal is taken, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of June 18,1923, P. L. 840.
In Kariher’s Petition, 284 Pa. 455, 471, we said, construing the act here invoked, that a proceeding to obtain a declaratory judgment will not be entertained where another equally serviceable remedy has been provided for the character of case in hand. This principle is applicable to the present case; for here an appropriate remedy was being pursued in the court below, and there was no occasion for a declaratory judgment. We shall make no ruling and express no opinion on the merits of the exception thus sought to be preliminarily determined. All the exceptions must be disposed of at one time, in the usual way.
The judgment appealed from is set aside; costs to await a future order.
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