Clear Fork Coal Co. v. Robertson

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Tilbord

Affirming.

The appellant is a coal mining corporation with general offices in Middlesboro and a main office in the town of Fonde. The appellee conducts a retail grocery and mercantile store in West Middlesboro, and, in the conduct of his business, acquired in exchange for goods and merchandise, script or metal disks of the face value of $506.60 issued by appellant to its employees as a medium of credit for labor performed or to be performed.- Alleging that he had “presented same to defendant for payment in cash on the 14th day of February, 1939, together…