West Virginia Code

CHAPTER 56. PLEADING AND PRACTICE.

ARTICLE 4. RULES AND PLEADING.

§56-4-7. Dismissal for failure to file declaration or bill.

If three rules elapse after the rules at which the process is returned executed as to any one or more of the defendants, without the declaration or bill being filed, the clerk shall enter the suit dismissed, although none of the defendants have appeared.

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CHAPTER 56. PLEADING AND PRACTICE.

§56-4-7. Dismissal for failure to file declaration or bill.

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