Cove Properties, Inc. v. Walter Trent Marina, Inc.

Cove Properties, Inc. ("Cove"), appeals from a judgment of the Baldwin County Circuit Court dismissing, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Ala.R.Civ.P., Cove's claims against Walter Trent Marina, Inc. ("Trent"), on the basis that those claims are barred by the applicable statute of limitations. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Cove filed its complaint on October 17, 1996, alleging that it and Trent are adjoining landowners of property fronting Terry Cove in Bay Ornocor, a body of water located in Orange Beach, Alabama. Cove further alleged that on July 2, 1993, it became aware that…