In Re Jamail

OPINION

PEMBERTON, Justice.

In this original proceeding, we determine whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Jamah’s motion to cancel a lis pendens filed against three lots in a subdivision he owns. We conditionally grant a writ of mandamus directing the district court to cancel the lis pendens.

BACKGROUND

In late 1998, Bryan Jamail purchased thirty acres off Highway 290 in southwestern Travis County. In June 2001, he entered into a contract to sell a section of the property (“Section 4”), subdivided into twenty-seven lots, to PIB. Upon Jamail’s “substantial completion” of…