In Re General Electric Capital Corp.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

General Electric seeks mandamus ordering the trial court to vacate its orders setting aside judgment and transferring the lawsuit, as the orders were signed after the court’s plenary jurisdiction had expired. We conditionally grant the writ.

Facts

On June 12, 1999, the Honorable Jack N. Ferguson, a retired county court at law judge, was assigned to preside in Cause No. 97-4273 of El Paso, Texas, General Electric Capital Corporation v. Trade Miller-Bunch v. Texas Office Machines. In a letter dated July 7,1999, Judge Philip Martinez, for whom Judge Ferguson was to preside,…