Section 76-15-21 - Individual action on bond

In the absence of written agreement between the parties, setting a shorter time, no action by an owner or grower for payment from any broker or other person for any load or lot of produce shall be commenced prior to sixty days from the time of shipment. After sixty days from the date of shipment such action can be maintained against the broker and his bond unless the broker has ample justification to show why the payments have not been made. History: 1953 Comp., § 45-17-44, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 82, § 12.