This chapter is declared to be remedial. Its purpose is to settle and to afford relief
from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations
and it is to be liberally construed and administered.
Price v. Leland, 546 A.2d 793 (Vt. 1988). “” Consistent with the liberal construction to be afforded declaratory judgment actions, 12 V.S.A. § 4722, and the necessity that the Rules of Civil Procedure be interpreted so as “to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action,” V.”
Cupola Golf Course, Inc. v. Dooley, 898 A.2d 134 (Vt. 2006). “Accordingly, the court’s finding that this case is an actual controversy was certainly within the scope of the statutory purposes of 12 V.S.A. § 4722. ¶ 17. As noted above, the particular covenant in Homeowners’ deed stated that “[n]o building higher than one story shall be…”
Green Mountain Ins. v. Maine Bonding & Cas. Co., 608 A.2d 1160 (Vt. 1992). “12 V.S.A. § 4722 (purpose of the declaratory judgment is “to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations and it is to be liberally construed and administered”).”
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