§56-4-64. Form of Verification of Pleading
The verification of any pleading may be by the pleader or some other credible person. The verification, when by the plaintiff or defendant, may be in form or effect as follows: State of West Virginia, ………………………………….. county, to wit: A……………………………………… B……………………………………., the plaintiff (or defendant, as the case may be,) named in the foregoing bill […]
§56-4-65. Exceptions to Answers for Insufficiency Abolished; Test by Demurrer; Amended Answer; Procedure if Amended Answer Is Insufficient
Exceptions to answers for insufficiency are abolished. The test of sufficiency shall be made by a demurrer; if found insufficient, but amendable, the court may allow amendment on terms. If the amended or second answer is adjudged insufficient, the defendant may be examined upon interrogatories and committed until he answers them, or on motion of […]
§56-4-66. Attachment or Order to Answer Interrogatories
Although a bill be taken for confessed as to any defendant, the plaintiff may have an attachment against him or an order for him to be brought in to answer interrogatories. No plea or demurrer shall be received after such attachment, unless by order of court, upon motion.
§56-4-67. Insufficient Answer After Rule
If a defendant, after process of contempt, put in an answer which is adjudged insufficient, the plaintiff may proceed with the process of contempt, as if no answer had been filed, or, at the option of the plaintiff, if the bill be verified, the court may thereupon render such decree in the case as may […]
§56-4-68. Setting Cause in Equity for Hearing
Whenever a suit in equity is matured at rules as to all of the defendants, it shall be the ex officio duty of the clerk, as soon as the same is matured, to set the case for hearing as to them. If the suit be matured as to only a part of the defendants, the […]
§56-4-69. Hearing as to One Defendant; Rule to Mature Cause
If a suit in equity be set for hearing as to any defendant, it shall be heard as to him unless his interests be so connected with those of other defendants in the suit that it would be improper to decide upon their interests separately. And though there be such connection, a defendant as to […]
§56-4-70. Control by Court Over Proceedings in Office During Vacation
The court shall have control over all proceedings in the office during any preceding vacation. It may reinstate any cause discontinued during such vacation, set aside any of the proceedings or correct any mistake therein, and make such order concerning the same as may be just.
§56-4-71. Pleadings and Proof in Actions on Bonds, Notes or Other Evidences of Debt Subject to Taxation
In every action at law, proceeding or suit in equity, instituted on and after July 2, 1934, in a court of record in this state, for the collection of any bonds, notes, or other evidences of debt, the plaintiff or claimant shall be required to allege in his pleadings, or to prove by affidavit or […]
§56-4-63. Appearance of Corporation by Attorney; Verification of Pleading of Corporation
Any corporation may appear, plead or answer by attorney in any action, suit or proceeding for the same purposes, in the same manner and form and to the same extent and effect as if it were a natural person. Any answer or pleading of a corporation shall be verified in any case in which it […]
§56-4-54. Form of Bill of Complaint
The plaintiff's bill may be in form or in substance as follows: The bill of complaint of A …………………………………… B ……………………………………………….. (state the names of all the plaintiffs) against C …………………………………………………………. D ……………………………. State the names of all the defendants, if known, and if not, designate them as the "unknown parties," or "unknown heirs," etc., […]