Jacques v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari , directed to the zoning board of review of the city of Pawtucket. The petitioners pray that this court reverse the decision of said board granting Jacob Stadnik permission to erect an addition, for use as a store, to his dwelling on lot 555, assessors’ plat numbered 27, at the corner of Enfield and Evergreen streets in said city.

General laws 1938, chapter 342, grants to cities and towns power to pass zoning ordinances in accordance with the provisions of that chapter. Section 8, after making provision for the establishment of a board of review in…