Whittaker Corp. v. Michigan Mutual Liability Co.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether or not a steel strapping along with similar coils, bands or strips encircling steel coils, mounted on a skid of wood, can be defined as a container.

The plaintiff, a dealer in the business of buying, warehousing, processing, and selling steel materials, often purchased coils with widths of from 48 to 60 inches. These were slit down to a size required by the buyers. On or about January 29, 1965, two orders were shipped to the Greenfield Company of Oak Grove Village, Illinois. While these products were being moved in the purchaser’s plant, an…