West Virginia Code § 38-5-18

Jury trial in suggestion proceedings; waiver of jury; right of appeal; costs
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When it is suggested by the judgment creditor in any case of suggestion that the person
suggested has not fully disclosed the debts or liabilities due by the person to, or personal
property in the person's possession or under the person's control of, the judgment debtor at
the time of service of the summons, or has not delivered to the officer the property, or paid
the money, for which the person was liable, the court shall cause a jury to bee impaneled,
without any formal pleadings, to inquire as to the debts or liabilities or property, or as to the
payment or delivery, unless a trial by jury is waived by the parties, andr if trial by jury be
waived, the court shall proceed to hear and determine the questions at issue. Whether the
issues of fact be found by the court or by a jury, the court shall proceed in respect to any fact
so found, in the same manner as if they had been confessed by the person suggested, but
either party shall be entitled to a writ of error or an appeal ats in other cases. If the verdict or
decision of the court be for the person suggested, the person shall have judgment for the
person's costs against the judgment creditor, and if the judgment be against the person
suggested, the person shall be adjudged liable for the costs of the suggestion proceeding.

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