in Re William Carroll Robertson and Lester Eugene Robertson

OPINION

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

William Carroll Robertson and Lester Eugene Robertson filed a petition for a writ of mandamus and an appeal of a judgment dismissing the cause of action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Robertsons complain that the trial court erred by granting a petition in intervention filed by Coryell County, by granting motions filed by Coryell County and Hix to abate a prior judgment, and ultimately dismissing the cause in its entirety. Because we find that the trial court erred, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgment that the prior…