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THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hillsborough-southern judicial district No. 2005-191
CLAIRE BERTHIAUME & a.
v.
JOHN B. MCCORMACK, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF MANCHESTER, A CORPORATION SOLE
Argued: October 19, 2005
Opinion Issued: February 14, 2006

Law Offices of Randall E. Wilbert, of Nashua (Randall E. Wilbert and Mary Lynn Roedel on the brief, and Mr. Wilbert orally), for the petitioners.
Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A., of Manchester (Ovide M. Lamontagne and Jonathan M. Shirley on the brief, and Mr. Lamontagne orally), for the respondent.
BRODERICK, C.J. The petitioners, Claire Berthiaume, Robert Daigle, Jeanne Daigle, Theresa Santerre, Rita Bonner, Francis J. Bonner, John C. Kent, Paula Kent, Edward A. Vitagliano, and Theresa A. Vitagliano, members of the former St. Francis Xavier parish (St. Francis Xavier) of the Roman Catholic Church in Nashua, appeal the order of the Superior Court (Groff, J.) dismissing their claims against the respondent, John B. McCormack (Bishop McCormack), in his capacity as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, a corporation sole (RCBM). We affirm.
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The record supports the following.  In 1885, St. Francis Xavier was founded by the Diocese of Manchester. In July of that year, the Jackson Company, a textile manufacturer, deeded certain land in Nashua to the Bishop of Manchester, Denis Bradley. The conveyance was made upon three express conditions contained in the deed: (1) that the Bishop build

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