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 is to be liberally construed and administered.
Minn. Stat. § 555.12
REMEDIAL.
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Dokmo v. Independent School District No. 11 (1990)
Most recently applied in 380 F. Supp. 3d 911 - Lighthouse Mgmt. Grp., Inc. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co. of Americas (March 2019)
(9455-12) 1933 c 286 s 12
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