Legal Opinion
Jaro, Inc. v. Shields
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 26, 1971No. 45696PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Chief Judge.
The Act of March 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 127-129; Code Ann. § 3-1006 et seq.), provides for a statute of limitation for actions to recover damages for deficiencies in connection with improvements to real property. Section 1 of the Act states that "No action to recover damages for any defi ciency in the survey or plat, planning, design, specifications, supervision or observation of construction or construction of an improvement to real property. . . shall be brought . . . more than 8 years after substantial completion of such an improvement.” Section 6 defines the phrase…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Walker County Fertilizer Co. v. NapierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Toombs CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Leathers v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
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- Carl Weeks v. Remington Arms Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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