Ex Parte Smith

Melvin Smith, Louise Pugh, Willie B. Johnson, and Joseph Collins, the plaintiffs in an action pending in the Macon Circuit Court, petition for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit court to vacate its order requiring arbitration of their claims against the defendant All Star Mobile Homes, Inc. We grant the petition.

I

The facts before us, which are minimal, indicate the following: On July 30, 1993, Joseph Collins; his wife Willie B. Johnson; his stepson Melvin Smith; and his daughter-in-law Louise Pugh traveled to a sales lot operated by All Star Mobile Homes in Columbus, Georgia; there they…