GOURNEAU v. SMITH

Civ. No. 8842.

207 N.W.2d 256 (1973)

Sharon GOURNEAU, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Vincent SMITH, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

April 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lanier, Knox & Olson, Fargo, for plaintiff and appellant. Helgi Johanneson, Atty. Gen., and Vance K. Hill, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, for defendant and respondent and the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund of the State of North Dakota.


STRUTZ, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered in the district court dismissing her complaint on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. She had started the action for personal injuries which she claims to have suffered as a result of an automobile accident occurring on a State highway on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation on November 15, 1970. Both the plaintiff and the defendant are enrolled members of that reservation...

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