Stambaugh v. Butler

OPINION

OROZCO, Judge:

¶ 1 David Stambaugh appeals the superior court’s ruling upholding the recording by Defendants Donald Butler, Suzette Taylor, the Atizona Department of Agriculture (Department) and the State of Arizona (collectively, Defendants) of the Eureka Springs Cattle Co. livestock brand. The Eureka Springs brand is identical to Stambaugh’s brand, but placed in a different location on the animal. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Stambaugh is the owner in Arizona of the bar seven brand1 applied to the left hip of his cattle. Eureka Springs owns the…