Wilson v. Lenox

1 Citing case

  1. Miles v. Ashland Chemical

    261 Ga. 726 (Ga. 1991)   Cited 28 times
    Applying O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33 to a wrongful death claim and holding that the cause of action accrued on the date of the death

    "In a country where not even treason can be prosecuted after a lapse of three years, it can scarcely be supposed that an individual would remain forever liable to a pecuniary forfeiture." Atlantic, Valdosta Western R. Co. v. McDilda, 125 Ga. 468 ( 54 S.E. 140) (1906), quoting Adams v. Woods, 5 U.S. 194 (2 Cranch) (1804). The answer to the certified question is no.