Kuykendall v. Tim's Buick, Pontiac, GMC, & Toyota, Inc.

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a forcible entry and detainer judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, Marlin D. Kuykendall. Defendants claim that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the subject property is located on an Indian reservation, that the plaintiff failed to join the United States as an indispensable party and that the trial court erred in granting plaintiff relief on the merits. We affirm.

In 1969 plaintiff entered into a 25-year commercial lease with the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe. In 1979 plaintiff subleased the land to two individuals,…