Court Opinion

ID: 9561012
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:01:13.571224+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:28.641499
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
A portion of appellee’s argument and thrust, to the effect that estoppel is an issue in the case, is: “Archimedes said that he could move the world if he could choose where to place the lever . . . Capitol Foods has made no attempt to rebut or refute our contention and evidence of estoppel. Instead, they have simply ignored it and adopted the ostrich defense in addition to their attempted use of the Archimedean Lever. However, Archimedes’ principle of buoyancy won’t help them here because their case won’t float.” Appellant, denying that equitable estoppel is applicable, seeks to parry this thrust by ardently articulating and asserting: “Archimedes’ principle, the physical law of buoyancy, discovered in the Third Century B.C., remains viable. Buoyancy is the theory of what keeps a matter afloat. This case will not float and has no buoyancy. The reasons for the holes in this hull have been outlined earlier.”
Were it not for the case of American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. Harris, 61 Ga. App. 319 (6 SE2d 168) (1939), I would vote to affirm the trial court’s denial of summary judgment under authority such as Georgia Elec. Co. v. Rycroft, 259 Ga. 155 (378 SE2d 111) (1989); Virginia Highland Assoc. v. Allen, 174 Ga. App. 706 (330 SE2d 892) (1985); Sentell, The Doctrine of Estoppel in Georgia Local Government Law (Univ. of Ga., 1985).