Lucerne Cream & Butter Co. v. Milk Commission

This appeal presents the specific question whether or not the Milk Commission has exceeded the power conferred upon it by chapter 357, Acts of 1934, page 558, as amended, Virginia Code, 1942 (Michie) sections 1211w to 1211mm, to fix the price of milk. The constitutionality of the Act creating the Commission and conferring upon it certain powers and duties is not involved. That was settled in Reynolds v. Milk Comm., 163 Va. 957, 179 S. E. 507.

The Lucerne Cream and Butter Company is a corporation duly organized to engage in the milk business in Virginia. It sells and distributes its milk in the…