Coatings v. Stein Steel & Supply Co.

Birdsong, Judge.

Porter Coatings (plaintiff-appellant), a division of Porter Paint Co., sued Stein Steel & Supply Co. (“Stein Steel”) a purchaser of goods from the plaintiff, and Insurance Company of North America (“INA”), as surety on a bond, for damages in the amount of $5,976.40.

The defendants admitted that the plaintiff supplied paint to Stein Steel beginning on October 24,1978, and this paint was used by Stein Steel as a steel primer in the construction of a plant by Mohasco Corp. in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia. A materialmen’s lien-was filed by the plaintiff. The defendant, Stein…