In Re TXU Electric Co.

Over ninety-eight years ago, this Court held that it did not have jurisdiction to issue mandamus against a board of state officers. See Betts v. Johnson, 96 Tex. 360, 73 S.W. 4, 5 (1903). Since that decision, this Court has, with one exception, adhered to this holding. See Superior Oil Co. v. Sadler, 458 S.W.2d 55, 56 (Tex.1970); Givens v. Woodward, 145 Tex. 150, 196 S.W.2d 456, 456 (1946); McLarty v. Bolton, 144 Tex. 490, 191 S.W.2d 850, 850 (1946); McFall v. State Bd. of Educ., 101 Tex. 572, 110 S.W. 739, 740 (1908); see also Texas Liquor Control Bd. v. Cont’l Distilling Sales Co., 199…