in Re Mae Dean Wheeler Individually and as Successor Trustee of the Wheeler Family Trust

OPINION

AL SCOGGINS, Justice.

In this mandamus proceeding, we are asked to determine whether the respondent, Judge Robert Stem of the 82nd Judicial District Court, abused his discretion by failing to transfer venue to Harris County, Texas — the county where the underlying trust was administered. For the reasons stated herein, we conditionally grant relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

I. BACKGROUND

It is undisputed that real party in interest, Circle X Camp Cooley, Ltd. (“Circle X”), and relator, Mae Dean Wheeler, entered into a “Purchase and Sale Agreement,” under which relator agreed to…