West Virginia § 7-5-8 Demand before suit

West Virginia Statutes

§ 7-5-8 — Demand before suit

West Virginia § 7-5-8

Ch. 7COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OFFICERS

Art. 5FISCAL AFFAIRS

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Bluebook

W. Va. Code § 7-5-8 (2026).

Text

No suit shall be brought against a county court for any demand for a specified sum of money founded on contract, except an order on the county treasury, until such demand has been presented to such court and been disallowed by it in whole or in part. But if the court neglect or refuse to act on such demand by the close of the first session after that at which it is so presented, or of the second session after it is filed with the clerk for presentation, it shall be deemed to have been duly presented and disallowed.

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No suit shall be brought against a county court for any demand for a specified sum of money founded on contract, except an order on the county treasury, until such demand has been presented to such court and been disallowed by it in whole or in part. But if the court neglect or refuse to act on such demand by the close of the first session after that at which it is so presented, or of the second session after it is filed with the clerk for presentation, it shall be deemed to have been duly presented and disallowed.