Luciani v. Certified Grocers of Illinois, Inc.

This case involves a dispute over the construction of the bylaws of the defendant, Certified Grocers of Illinois, Inc., a grocery cooperative. Frank Luciani, owner of a grocery store and a former member of the defendant corporation, sued to recover patronage rebates in the amount of $23,241 allegedly due him for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1963. Defendant admits that Luciani would have been entitled to that sum had he kept the amount of money required by the rules of the cooperative in his deposit account. Defendant states that the average deficiency in plaintiff’s deposit account…