Stewart Title Guaranty Co. v. MacK

OPINION

NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellant, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, sold a title insurance policy to appellee, Wallace Ray Mack, Jr. After Mack sued the company, Stewart Title sought to compel arbitration. We are asked to determine if the trial court erred when it denied appellant’s motion to compel arbitration. We hold it did not.

When a party seeks to compel arbitration under both the Texas General Arbitration Act 1 and the Federal Arbitration Act, 2 he must pursue parallel proceedings: an interlocutory appeal of the order denying arbitration under the Texas act, and a writ of mandamus from…