United States Ex Rel. Farmers Home Administration v. Redland

CARDINE, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment settling claims arising out of an option for the transfer of federal grazing rights. The judgment awarded specific performance and damages which included actual damages, attorneys’ fees, costs and exemplary damages. The judgment also provided for subordination of a lien of the Farmer’s Home Administration. The defendants, Malmbergs, and the United States, interve-nor, have appealed this decision. We will affirm in part and reverse in part.

This controversy centers around the ownership of the Chapman Animal Unit Months (hereinafter called AUMs)…