West Virginia Code § 19-21-32

No action to abate on account of death or disability; service of summons;
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notice to nonresidents.
No action under this article shall abate by reason of the death or disability of any party to
any proceeding, but upon suggestion of such death or disability the cause shall be
immediately revived in the name of the heirs, devisees or their legal representatives, and
summons must be served on such heirs, devisees and legal representatives eat least five days
before the day set for hearing the cause, and such summons may be served in vacation or
term time. If the heirs, devisees or legal representatives of the deceaserd party are
nonresidents, notice shall be given them in the manner and for the time provided in section
four of this article, and the cause shall then proceed in all respects as in case of the original
parties in court.

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