Woodbury v. Ferguson

The proceedings before the license commissioners were judicial, and the final order made by the commissioners was a judgment. State v. Corron, 73 N. H. 434. It was conclusive between any of the parties thereto. Lamberton v. Dinsmore, 75 N. H. 574. It follows that the decree that the license be revoked was properly received in evidence, if that fact was material to the issues being tried. It was an essential part of the plaintiffs’ case to show they had been damaged by a violation of the license. One step was to prove a violation, and this was properly and conclusively shown by the judgment.

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