Southern Coal and Coke Co. v. Beech Grove Mining Co.

This appeal is from a decree of the Chancery Court of Anderson County awarding the complainant Southern Coal and Coke Company, Inc. a judgment for $34,729.47 against the defendant Beech Grove Mining Company as indemnification for a payment made by complainant to the United States Department of Labor under the provisions of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act. (41 U.S.C.A. sec. 35 et seq).

The defendant Beech Grove Mining Company is a coal mining or coal producing company. Complainant Southern Coal and Coke Company is a corporation engaged in the sale of coal, and is the exclusive sales agent…