TATE, Justice.
The City of New Orleans recovered judgment against a building contractor ("Smith") and its surety. The defendants' chief defense was that the City's claim had prescribed by reason of the three-year prescription against claims on public works construction contracts. The prescription is provided by La.R.S. 38:2189 (as enacted by Act 15 of 1962).
In overruling the defendant's exception pleading this statutory prescription, the trial court held...
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