MOUNDSVILLE – A Texas company that supplied equipment for the Mountaineer Express Pipeline Project in West Virginia has filed suit against the project's owners and a contractor claiming it is owed more than $800,000 in past due invoices.
According to the filing in Marshall Circuit Court, Sunbelt Tractor & Equipment Co. filed a civil action against Columbia Gas Transmission LLC, TransCanada USA Services Inc. and Welded Construction LP alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
Sunbelt alleges it supplied equipment and machinery to Welded for use in the construction of Mountaineer Express Pipeline, which is owned by Columbia and TransCanada.
The suit states after the defendants failed to pay Sunbelt's invoices, a mechanic's lien was placed on the property for $825,977.03 and in October 2018, Welded filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In July, a bankruptcy court granted Sunbelt relief "but only to the extent required" to allow it to go ahead with its current suit.
The plaintiff seeks $825,977.03 in relief. The plaintiff is represented by Charles Hughes with Bowles Rice LLP in Charleston.
The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge David W. Hummel Jr.
Marshall Circuit Court case number 19-c-161