Superior Paint Manufacturing Co. v. United States Fire Insurance

The plaintiff supplied paints to a subcontractor of a public work. The subcontractor did not satisfy the amount of the paints supplied. The supplier sued the surety company of the subcontractor to recover the amount owed. The work was accepted on January 30, 1964. The complaint was filed on November 24 of that same year. The surety company maintains that the action exercised had prescribed for having been filed six months after the work was accepted. The trial court adjudged the controversy upholding the position of the plaintiff in deciding that the period of six months established in Act…