If the justice in the proper precinct is not qualified to try the suit, suit may be brought before the nearest qualified justice in the county.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 15.100
DISQUALIFIED JUSTICE
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
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