Ruelas v. Ruelas

MOLLOY, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether a state court may in a partition action determine the ownership of federal grazing permits and whether an oral trust agreement to hold a grazing permit for the benefit of a non-owner of cattle is enforceable in view of pertinent federal regulation that requires all grazing permittees to own the cattle grazed under the permit.

A civil action was brought by one of the appellees, P. R. Ruelas (“Placido”), against his brother, appellant Feliz Ruelas (“Feliz”) and the remaining appellees, a brother and two sisters, as defendants, to…