Richmond Food Stores, Inc. v. City of Richmond

*594Plaintiff in «error is a domestic corporation organized under the provisions of section 3855 of the Code of Virginia, with its principal office in the city of Richmond. The corporation was formed for the sole benefit of one hundred and fifty-five retail grocers located in the city and vicinity. The dominant reason for the formation of the corporation was to enable the members thereof to buy collectively and thereby obtain the advantage of buying their merchandise in large quantities, and thus meet, in a measure, the chain store competition.

Each member of the corporation is required to owu…