U. S. Filter Distribution Group, Inc. v. Barnett

In this case the majority opinion refuses to apply the general statutory method for the computation of time provided in OCGA § 1-3-1 (d) (3). Because that general computational statute is clearly *256applicable here, U. S. Filter certainly complied with the three-month claim of lien filing requirement of the materialmen’s lien statute. Thus, I believe that the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s denial of U. S. Filter’s motion for summary judgment.

The majority mistakenly relies upon Jones v. Kern, 101 Ga. 309 (1) (28 SE 850) (1897) as authority for holding that OCGA § 1-3-1 (d)…