2020 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 3 - Limitations of Actions
Article 5 - Tolling of Limitations
§ 9-3-98. Applicability of Article

Universal Citation: GA Code § 9-3-98 (2020)

This article shall apply to tort actions as well as actions on contracts.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2993; Code 1868, § 3006; Code 1873, § 3061; Code 1882, § 3061; Civil Code 1895, § 3901; Civil Code 1910, § 4498; Code 1933, § 3-1005.)

Law reviews.

- For article, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Georgia RICO," see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 537 (1993).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Former Code 1933, § 3-801 (see now O.C.G.A. § 9-3-98) was made applicable to tort actions by former Code 1933, § 3-1005 (see now O.C.G.A. § 9-3-98). City of Atlanta v. Barrett, 102 Ga. App. 469, 116 S.E.2d 654 (1960); Lowe v. Pue, 150 Ga. App. 234, 257 S.E.2d 209 (1979).

New promise will not constitute a new period from which limitations of a tort action will run. Goodwyn v. Goodwyn, 16 Ga. 114 (1854).

Cited in City of Barnesville v. Powell, 124 Ga. App. 132, 183 S.E.2d 55 (1971); Railey v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 129 Ga. App. 875, 201 S.E.2d 628 (1973); Barnum v. Martin, 135 Ga. App. 712, 219 S.E.2d 341 (1975); Benning Constr. Co. v. Lakeshore Plaza Enters., Inc., 240 Ga. 426, 241 S.E.2d 184 (1977); Keith v. McLanahan, 147 Ga. App. 342, 249 S.E.2d 128 (1978); Ward v. Griffith, 162 Ga. App. 194, 290 S.E.2d 290 (1982); Dunn v. Towle, 170 Ga. App. 487, 317 S.E.2d 266 (1984); Morgan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 700 F. Supp. 1574 (N.D. Ga. 1988); DeKalb Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Hawkins, 288 Ga. App. 840, 655 S.E.2d 823 (2007).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 54 C.J.S., Limitation of Actions, §§ 96 et seq., 193 et seq.

ALR.

- Appointment of guardian for incompetent or for infant as affecting running of statute of limitations against ward, 86 A.L.R.2d 965.

Attorney's mistake or neglect as excuse for failing to file timely notice of tort claim against state or local governmental unit, 55 A.L.R.3d 930.

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