Carl M. Archer Trust No. Three, Mary Frances G. Archer Trust No. Three, and Mary Archer Dixon and Carla Archer Johnson, Trustees v. Ronald Ralph Tregellas and Donnita Tregellas

This case concerns whether the statute of limitations bars a claim for breach of a recorded right of first refusal to purchase a mineral interest. The grantors of the right conveyed the mineral interest to a third party without notifying the holders. More than four years later, the rightholders learned of the conveyance and sued the third party for breach, seeking specific performance. The trial court rendered judgment for the holders, but the court of appeals reversed, holding that the statute of limitations bars the claim. Specifically, the court of appeals held that the rightholders' cause…