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§55-4-5. How action commenced.

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WV Code › Chapter 55 › Article 4 › Section 5

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The action shall be commenced by the service of a declaration in which the name of the real claimant shall be inserted as plaintiff; and all the provisions of law concerning a lessor of a plaintiff shall apply to such plaintiff.

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