Legal Opinion
Tri-County Investment Group, Ltd. v. Southern States, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 16, 1998No. A97A2178PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Tri-County Investment Group, Ltd., a Georgia Corporation, (“Tri-County”) sued Southern States, Inc. (“Southern”) for Southern’s alleged groundwater contamination of property located in Henry County, Georgia that Tri-County purported to own. Southern moved for summary judgment, arguing; inter alia, that Tri-County did not have standing to sue because it did not own the property. Southern maintained that even if Tri-County had standing, the action was barred by the four-year statute of limitation for damages to realty. OCGA § 9-3-30. The trial court granted Southern summary…
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