Bruns v. Walters

Plaintiff1 filed this action to enforce a right-of-first-refusal clause in his lease. The trial court entered judgment in defendants’ favor because plaintiff had waited too long to bring the action. Plaintiff appeals, and we affirm.

Arzie F. Walters (father)2 owned seven acres of property. A home, a barn, and a chicken coop were located on half of the property. Another home and a business that father ran were located on the other half of the property. On April 3, 1979, father sold the business to plaintiff but retained ownership of the building in which the business was located and the…