Ex Parte Jones

On Rehearing Ex Mero Motu

This Court's opinion of May 31, 1996, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor:

Walter Jones and Lois Jones petition for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order granting First Colonial Insurance Company's motion to compel arbitration.

A petition for the writ of mandamus is the appropriate means by which to challenge a trial court's order compelling arbitration. Ex parte Alexander, 558 So.2d 364 (Ala. 1990). Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy requiring a showing that there is: "(1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the…