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In Re Alice M. Puig

The relator challenged the district court's jurisdiction to determine the ownership of a ranch allegedly owned, in part, by an estate undergoing administration in a county court at law. Because the issue is one of dominant, rather than exclusive, jurisdiction, the relators should have filed a plea in abatement. The district court's denial of the relators' plea to the jurisdiction, therefore, did not constitute an abuse of discretion depriving the relators of an adequate appellate remedy. The petition for writ of mandamus is denied. Texas Supreme Court, No. 10-0460, 07-01-2011.

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ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

In this case, we are asked to grant mandamus relief to correct a district court’s denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. The plea challenged the district court’s jurisdiction to determine the ownership of a ranch allegedly owned, in part, by an estate undergoing administration in a county court at law. Under our precedent, the issue here is one of dominant, not exclusive, jurisdiction. The proper method for contesting a court’s lack of dominant jurisdiction is the filing of a plea in abatement, not a plea to the jurisdiction as the relators filed here. See Wyatt v. Shaw Plumbing Co., 760 S.W.2d 245, 247-48 (Tex. 1988). Because the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the relators’ plea to the jurisdiction, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

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