Carey v. Burrell

McCALL, Justice.

The appellee, who is a former coal miner, filed his bill of complaint in the equity court against the trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and *632Retirement Fund hereafter called the Fund. This Fund was authorized in the coal industry by Section 302(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. § 141 et seq.) and was created by the subsequent collective bargaining agreement known as The National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1950. Under the provisions of the latter agreement, signatory coal mine operators paid certain sums of money into the…