Brewer v. Southern Gas Corp.

1. Code § 3-1004 provides: “Actions for injuries to the person shall be brought within two years after the right of action accrues. . .” This court held in Dowling v. Lester, 74 Ga. App. 290 (2) (39 S. E. 2d 576): “In an action for personal injuries based upon alleged negligence of the defendant in serving food with a rock or other similar substance therein, the statute of limitations commences to run from the breach of duty, and not from the time when the extent of the resulting injury is ascertained.”

See, to the same effect, Silvertooth v. Shallenberger, 49 Ga. App. 133 (2) (174 S. E. 365),…