Supreme Court of Georgia· 2/4/2002

Baker v. Brannen/Goddard Co.

Citations

559 S.E.2d 450
274 Ga. 745
2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 329
2002 Ga. LEXIS 58

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holding that claim under breách of contract accrued “when the first breach of the [contract] occurred”
explaining that a hearing transcript was irrelevant to the appellate review of the summary judgment ruling, where the trial court indicated in its order that it had considered the “pleadings, affidavits, briefs, depositions and other matters on file”
“When the statute of limitations begins running on a breach of contract claim depends on whether the agreement is entire or divisible.”
“A statute of limitations begins to run ‘on the date that suit on the claim can first be brought.’ ”
“Where the transcript is necessary for review and [the] appellant omits it from the record on appeal, the appellate court must [presume] the judgment below was correct and affirm.”
each breach of a contract payable in installments constitutes a separate cause of action

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Judges: Carley, Sears

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