Key legal question
Whether the declaratory claim about interference with the easement was admissible and sufficiently justified.
Extracted holding
The declaratory claim lacked a sufficient practical interest and should not have been heard.
Extracted reasoning
A declaratory action is subsidiary to a performance or injunction claim. Here the plaintiffs could and did seek injunctive relief; they did not request a clarification of the scope of the easement for third parties or a broader legal determination.