§42‑17. Action to settle dispute between parties.
When any controversy arisesbetween the parties, and neither party avails himself of the provisions of thisChapter, it is competent for either party to proceed at once to have the matterdetermined in the appropriate trial division of the General Court of Justice. (1876‑7,c. 283, s. 3; Code, s. 1756; Rev., s. 1995; C.S., s. 2357; 1971, c. 533, s. 1.)