Opinion ID: 1285302
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: ten-year statute of limitations

Text: A quo warranto action is not provided for in the statutes of limitation contained in Chapter 3 of Title 15. Consequently, the State contends that if any statute of limitations applies to such an action, it is the ten-year limit contained S.C.Code Ann. § 15-3-600 (1976) ([a]n action for relief not provided for in this chapter must be commenced within ten years after the cause of action shall have accrued). We disagree. We hold that the ten-year statute of limitations is inapplicable because section 5-3-270 specifically governs annexation proceedings. See State v. Life Ins. Co. of Georgia, supra (court will apply a more specific statute of limitations instead of a general one); Atlas Food Systems and Servs., Inc. v. Crane, supra .