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THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Rockingham
No. 97-908
JAMES AND ROSEMARY CURRIER
v.
AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P.
August 6, 1999
Hall, Hess, Kenison, Stewart, Murphy & Brown, P.A., of Manchester (Francis G. Murphy, Jr. on the brief), for the plaintiffs.
Nelson Kinder Mosseau & Gordon, P.C., of Manchester (William C. Saturley and Gordon J. MacDonald on the brief), and Beckstein & Blair, of Boston, Massachusetts (Frank W. Beckstein, III on the brief), for the defendant.
JOHNSON, J. The plaintiffs, James and Rosemary Currier, appeal the decision of the Superior Court (McHugh, J.) granting defendant Amerigas Propane, L.P.'s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
The trial court found the following undisputed facts. The defendant is a Delaware limited partnership, see DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 6, ch. 17 (1993 & Supp. 1998); cf. RSA ch. 304-B (1995 & Supp. 1998), comprised of two partners: the general partner, Amerigas, Inc., see DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 6,