Lozano v. Summit Prairie Cattlemens Assoc.

Plaintiffs own a ranch near Butte Falls on which they raise cattle. They seek a declaration that defendant Summit Prairie Cattlemens Association (Summit) is the trustee of certain federal grazing rights that the former owner of their ranch assigned to Summit and that Summit breached the trust by assigning those rights to defendant B. F. C. Edmondson, one of its members. The trial court found for defendants. We review de novo, ORS 19.415(3), and affirm.

In the 1960s, Naomi Fredenburg (Fredenburg) and her husband owned and operated the ranch that plaintiffs now own. As is common with cattle…