  In this paper we begin to study curves on a weighted projective plane with
one trivial weight, ${\mathbb P}(1,m,n)$, by determining the genus of curves of
Fermat type. These are curves defined by a ``homogeneous'' polynomial analagous
to the one from Fermat's last theorem. We begin by finding local coordinates
for the standard affine cover of the plane, and then prove that the curve is
smooth. This is done by pulling the curve up to the surface's
desingularization. Then a map from the curve to ${\mathbb P^1}$ is constructed,
and it's ramification divisor is determined. We conclude by applying Hurwitz's
theorem to this map to obtain $C$'s genus.
