Owens v. Moore

OPINION

Relator, George W. Owens, executor of the estate of Polly D. Owens, asks this Court to order respondent to dismiss the underlying litigation for want of jurisdiction.

Relator filed a plea to the jurisdiction contending that the 281st District Court of Harris County has no subject matter jurisdiction over claims asserted in the underlying litigation, which was filed in 1987, by the real party in interest, Sally D. Dobbins. He based his plea to the jurisdiction on the assertion that an “ancillary probate matter” is pending in the constitutional County Court of Val Verde County, which…