In Re Loban

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In a joint petition for writ of mandamus, Relators Jason Loban and the City of Grapevine 1 ask this court to issue a writ of mandamus commanding the Honorable Vincent G. Sprinkle of Tarrant County Court at Law No. 3 to exercise jurisdiction over Loban’s appeal from the Grapevine municipal court of record’s decision deeming two of Loban’s dogs “dangerous animals.” The primary issue that we address is whether a statutory vehicle exists authorizing an appeal from a civil judgment entered by a municipal court of record in Tarrant County to a Tarrant…