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· 1/13/1967

Lamb v. Perry

Citations

  • 225 A.2d 521
  • 101 R.I. 538
  • 1967 R.I. LEXIS 798

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that to establish jurisdiction in action for declaratory judgment, controversy must be actual and present a case for the consideration of the court wherein plaintiff is asserting some legal or property right adverse to defendant
  • declaratory-judgment act “is not intended to seiwe as a forum for the determination of abstract questions or the rendering of advisory opinions”

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Judges: Roberts, Paolino, Powers, Joslin, Kelleher

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