J. M. Huber Corp. v. Georgia Marble Co.

Ruffin, Judge.

This is a dispute over who has the marble and mineral rights to certain property in Pickens County. The trial court granted the motion to dismiss of defendant Georgia Marble Company (Georgia Marble) and denied the motion for summary judgment of plaintiff J. M. Huber Corporation (Huber). Huber appeals both rulings. Georgia Marble has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as moot. For reasons which follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part the ruling of the trial court, and we deny Georgia Marble’s motion to dismiss the appeal.

The relevant undisputed facts are as follows.…