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New Mexico | the original owner can come and get em ( brand IS ownership amd preempts all other claims ie bad checks in between etc ).
Cattle headed out of a brand law State are inspected at loadout, destination documented etc.
Problem is that in the E "shell game," folks could lie and say cattle were unloaded at destination, then loaded back out to another supposed E account the day after etc.
The buyer of cattle which paid E in the afore scenario purchased Identifiable Stolen property from E, if push comes to shove and the seller shows up with those brand papers.
Assuming the cattle were hauled across a State line ( from a brand law State to a non brand State ), makes the original theft/fraud from a State deal to a Federal deal.
Interstate crimes of:...well pick a few: theft, wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud and perhaps racketeering in some instances.
Thank God the fall runs are done in most locals ( to bad perhaps $100 mill in fall run cattle NOT paid for by E are now somewhere else...supposedly unknown locals ).
That finally pretty much shuts outfits like E ( and the individuals involved ) off supply, thus the mess might be assesed, tracks start to show, etc.
Talked to a couple trucking outfits last week...both burned by E.
One outfit lost 20k, the other 50k.
Both said it was bad...but perhaps could have been worse.
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Eastern livestock question again
