Hardy v. MacHamer

{dissenting). The negligence and contributory negligence issues in this case are almost completely obscured by the existence, at the time of the claimed accident, of a controversy between 2 groups of pulpwood suppliers in Ontonagon county.

One group, advocating organization among the suppliers, had stopped delivery of their pulpwood to a papermill in an effort to raise the price paid for their product. Other suppliers apparently were willing to deliver their product at the established price. The mill management was not involved in the controversy between the 2 groups, nor were its employees.…