Lewis v. Mill Ridge Coals, Inc.

O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs-appellees, John L. Lewis, Henry G. Schmidt and Josephine Roche, Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund of 1950, against defendants-appellants, Mill Ridge Coals, Inc., Harlan Everglow Coals, Inc., Yocum Creek Coal Company, Inc., Imperial Harlan Coals, Inc., and Premium Coals, Inc., coal mine operators, in varying amounts totalling $436,794.97 for royalties claimed to be due plaintiffs, as such trustees, under contracts between defendants and the International Union,…