City of Chamblee v. Maxwell

In City of Chamblee v. Maxwell, 264 Ga. 635 (452 SE2d 488) (1994) the Supreme Court of Georgia held that the plaintiff's claims of repeated instances of flooding and soil erosion on his property allegedly caused by land use improperly approved by the City of Chamblee were claims for continuing trespass, "predicated upon the happening of a continuous series of events." Id. at 636. The Court reasoned that, because the trespass was continuing in nature, "a new cause of action arises daily." Id.