Qwest Microwave, Inc. v. Bedard

WHITHAM, Justice.

Relators Qwest Microwave, Inc., and Qwest Microwave II, Inc. (collectively “the two Qwest corporations”), seek a writ of mandamus to compel the presiding judge of Probate Court No. 3 of Dallas County, Texas, to dismiss certain litigation for want of subject-matter jurisdiction; alternatively, they seek a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Kenneth Pat Gregory, the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts of Texas, to vacate an order assigning himself as a visiting judge to preside over that litigation. For the reasons given below, we conclude that the probate…