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EVANS v. LUKAS

52832.

140 Ga. App. 182 (1976)

230 S.E.2d 136

EVANS v. LUKAS et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, Andrew M. Scherffius, for appellant.

J. E. Wilson, Henning, Chambers & Mabry, Peter K. Kintz, for appellees.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether or not the statute of limitation in a third-party action for contribution runs from the date of the accrual of the plaintiff's cause of action.

We start with the proposition that a third-party action "has the nature of an independent suit." Register v. Stone's Independent Oil Distributors, 227 Ga. 123, 126 (179 S.E.2d 68

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