West Virginia § 56-6-10 Stay of proceedings until other action, suit or proceeding decided

West Virginia Statutes

§ 56-6-10 — Stay of proceedings until other action, suit or proceeding decided

West Virginia § 56-6-10

Ch. 56PLEADING AND PRACTICE

Art. 6TRIAL

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W. Va. Code § 56-6-10 (2026).

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Whenever it shall be made to appear to any court, or to the judge thereof in vacation, that a stay of proceedings in a case therein pending should be had until the decision of some other action, suit or proceeding in the same or another court, such court or judge shall make an order staying proceedings therein, upon such terms as may be prescribed in the order. But no application for such stay shall be entertained in vacation until reasonable notice thereof has been served upon the opposite party.

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Whenever it shall be made to appear to any court, or to the judge thereof in vacation, that a stay of proceedings in a case therein pending should be had until the decision of some other action, suit or proceeding in the same or another court, such court or judge shall make an order staying proceedings therein, upon such terms as may be prescribed in the order. But no application for such stay shall be entertained in vacation until reasonable notice thereof has been served upon the opposite party.