Bennett v. Arizona State Board of Public Welfare

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

This action was commenced in this Court as an original petition for certiorari to examine a decision of the State Board of Public Welfare denying petitioner a license to operate a child’s care nursery. Jurisdiction was accepted on the authority of Findlay v. Board of Supervisors, 72 Ariz. 58, 230 P.2d 526, 24 A.L.R.2d 841.

For some years prior to 1957, petitioner operated a nursery in Tucson, Arizona. In that year, the legislature enacted Chapter 85, Laws of 1957, now A.R.S. § 8-601 et seq. The act provides for the licensing by the State Department of Public Welfare of…