Case Name: KENNETH PETERSON and CATHERINE PETERSON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. WAYNE LOVELADY'S FRONTIER FORD CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Navajo Nation Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Navajo Nation
Decision Date: 1979-05-18
Citations: 2 Navajo Rptr. 44
Docket Number: No. A-CV-09-79
Parties: KENNETH PETERSON and CATHERINE PETERSON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. WAYNE LOVELADY'S FRONTIER FORD CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Robert B. Walters
Reporter: Navajo Reporter
Volume: 2
Pages: 44–45

Head Matter:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE NAVAJO NATION WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION (ARIZONA)
KENNETH PETERSON and CATHERINE PETERSON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. WAYNE LOVELADY'S FRONTIER FORD CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.
No. A-CV-09-79

Opinion:
The appeal in the above-entitled matter, filed the 30th day of April, 1979, having been received and considered by the Acting Chief Justice pursuant to 7 N.T.C. 801, the Court finds:
I.7 N.T.C. 801(a) and Rule 2 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure require that an appeal be from a final judgment or order.
2.The opinion of the Crownpoint District Court, dated April 2, I979, is not a final judgment, but is restricted to the question of the jurisdiction of the Crownpoint Court.
3.The appellate may raise the question of the Court's jurisdiction after a final decision on the merits.
4.This Court has previously held in Thompson v. General Electric Credit Corporation, et al., 1 Nav. R. 234, Todachine, et al., v. The Navajo Tribe, et al., 1 Nav. R. 245, and Howard Dana and Associ ates v. The Navajo Housing Authority, 1 Nav. R. 255, that there is no right to an interlocutory appeal.
Dated this 18th day of May, 1979.
THEREFORE, the appeal in the above-entitled matter is DISMISSED.
Robert B. Walters
Acting Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation