McAllister v. Elliot

The decree of this court in the case of McAllister v. Hayes, 76 N. H. 108, concludes the present parties upon all points which were adjudicated therein. Although the proceedings in that case originated with a bill praying for the construction of the will of John S. Elliot and for instructions to the trustee, and although the final decree of the court took the form of instructions to the trustee, it was, nevertheless, the judgment of a court of equity upon the merits of the controversy, which finally determined the rights of the parties, and which effectually bars any other proceeding in which…