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.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-14-113
Liberal construction
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Morgan (2008)
Most recently applied in Stephen Michael West v. Derrick D. Schofield (March 2015)
Acts 1923, ch. 29, § 12; Shan
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