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CROY v. WHITFIELD COUNTY

S16G1452.

801 S.E.2d 892 (2017)

CROY v. WHITFIELD COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Leslie Waycaster, Jr. , Waycaster, Morris & Dean, P.O. Box 628, Dalton, Georgia 30722-1678, Timothy H. Allred , Waycaster & Alfred, 130 W. King St., Dalton, Georgia 30720, for Appellant.

Steven Mark Rodham , Ronald, R. Womack , Womack, Gottlieb & Rodham, P.C., P.O. Box 549, Lafayette, Georgia 30728, Robert Harris Smalley, III , McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordman, LLP, P.O. Box 1105, Dalton, Georgia 30722-1105, for Appellee.

This case concerns OCGA § 36-11-1, which provides that "[a]ll claims against counties must be presented within 12 months after they accrue or become payable," and if they are not so presented, "the same are barred." Five years ago, our Court of Appeals said in Coweta County v. Cooper,

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