Opinion ID: 2519886
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Heading: application to breiggar's complaint

Text: ¶ 14 With the foregoing legal principles in mind, we look to the record before the trial court at the time it made its ruling to determine when the statute of limitations began to run on Breiggar's causes of action. The uncontested facts before the trial court established that the act of trespassthe dumping of debris by Davis onto Breiggar's property  occurred not later than December 10, 1996. The trial court correctly determined that the applicable statute of limitations is found in section 78-12-26(1) of the Utah Code, which provides for a three-year limitations period. Because the date was not contested, the trial court was correct in holding as a matter of law that the act of trespass occurred by December 10, 1996, and that, consequently, the three-year statute of limitations began to run on that date. The fact that the pile of debris continued to remain on Breiggar's property, or the possibility that it could be reasonably abated is irrelevant to this conclusion. Thus, Breiggar was required to file its complaint by December 10, 1999, in order to be within the three-year limitations period. See Utah Code Ann. § 78-12-26(1) (1996). Breiggar's complaintfiled March 21, 2000was not timely filed and was therefore barred by the statute of limitations. Thus, because the trial court correctly applied the law and correctly concluded that no disputed issues of material fact existed, Pigs Gun Club, Inc. v. Sanpete County, 2002 UT 17, ¶ 7, 42 P.3d 379 (citations and quotations omitted), we affirm the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Davis.