Jacobs v. Service Merchandise Co., Inc.

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• noting that an action to construe an unambiguous written contract is one at law
• the character of a declaratory judgment action is determined by the main purpose of the complaint
• a declaratory judgment action to determine the parties’ rights under a written easement agreement is an action at law
• the trial court retains jurisdiction to correct clerical errors prior to the docketing of the appeal
• \Easements restricting the use of property must be created in express terms or by plain and unmistakable implication.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).