D. O. B. Properties, Inc. v. Bureau of Licenses

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the bureau of licenses of the city of Providence in denying the petitioner’s application for a license to operate a junk shop on property owned by it in said city. We ordered the writ to issue and pursuant thereto all pertinent records have been certified to this court.

It appears therefrom that on January 19, 1956 Anthony DiOrio and his brother Pasco DiOrio purchased a large parcel of real estate located on Mantón avenue. The property consisted of approximately 250,000 square feet of land together with certain old mill…