LOYD v. LITTLEJOHN


639 S.W.2d 657 (1982)

Timothy LOYD, Appellant, v. Andrew LITTLEJOHN and Eli George, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied October 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Bowman of Anderson, Bowman & Fugate, Johnson City, for appellant.

James H. Epps, III, of Powell & Epps, Johnson City, for appellees; James H. Holloway of Western North Carolina Legal Services, Inc., Indian Law Unit, Cherokee, N.C., of counsel.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court October 4, 1982.

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge.

In this case we are asked to decide whether the Washington County Circuit Court has the subject matter jurisdiction to hear an action in tort which arose on Tennessee State Highway 34 between a Tennessee resident and Cherokee Indians living in the Qualla Indian Boundary in North Carolina. The court below concluded that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction...

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