Somyk v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for certiorari to review the action of the respondent board in denying an application for a variance from the terms of the zoning ordinance. We issued the writ and in response to its mandate the pertinent records were duly certified to this court.

It is established thereby that in September 1961, petitioner purchased from the town of Lincoln a certain parcel of land with a two-story wooden building thereon formerly used as a school house. Significantly, the price paid by him *256does not appear in the record. The lot is located on the westerly side of Smithfield avenue in a…