In Re United Services Automobile Ass'n

Texas has some 3,241 trial courts 1 within its 268,580 square miles. 2 Jurisdiction is limited in many of the courts; it is general in others. Compare Tex. Gov’t Code § 25.0021 (describing jurisdiction of statutory probate court), with id. § 24.007-.008 (outlining district court jurisdiction); Thomas v. Long, 207 S.W.3d 384, 340 (Tex.2006) (noting that Texas district courts are courts of general jurisdiction). We have at least nine different types of trial courts, 3 although that number does not even hint at the complexities of the constitutional provisions and statutes that delineate…