McCoy v. Lyons

BOYLE, Justice.

In this appeal from a summary judgment granted by the district court in an action alleging fraud, and other claims, we are called upon to determine whether summary judgment was properly granted. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for trial on the remaining issues.

I

According to the record,1 the plaintiffs in this appeal, members of the Luke and McCoy families, are all members of the Kootenai Indian tribe and residents of Canada in British Columbia. They are the heirs of Joseph Chiqui, a chief of the Indian tribe who resided in the United States on a reservation near…