Goodwin v. Nashua

The defendant seeks to sustain the order of nonsuit upon the ground that the plaintiff failed to sustain the burden of proof by showing that his suspension was unlawful in accordance with the rule laid down in Shannon v. Portsmouth, 54 N. H. 183, and LaBonté v. Berlin, 85 N. H. 89. The rule established by these cases is that an order of suspension is “a valid exercise of administrative power” in the nature of an administrative judgment and, as such, is immune from collateral attack.

In Gibbs v. Manchester, 73 N. H. 265, it was said: “A reasonable compliance with the ordinance therefore…