PETTUS v. OLGA COAL CO.

No. 10481.

72 S.E.2d 881 (1952)

PETTUS et al. v. OLGA COAL CO.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 11, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kingdon & Kingdon and Frederick T. Kingdon, Mullens, for appellants.

Crockett & Tutwiler and Joseph M. Crockett, Welch, Baker, Hostetler & Patterson and Stephen C. Thayer, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellee.


GIVEN, Judge.

Twenty-four employees of defendant, Olga Coal Company, at its Coalwood coal mining operation, instituted an action in the Circuit Court of McDowell County, each claiming a certain sum alleged to be due because of a breach by the company of the provision of a contract between it and the United Mine Workers of America, relating to a thirty minute lunch period. The action was, by the court, on motion of plaintiffs, transferred to the chancery side of the...

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