West Virginia Code § 44-8-7a

Jurisdiction of court in suits to subject real estate of decedents to
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payment of their debts.
In every suit under the preceding section, whether brought by the personal representative or
by any creditor, or whether a general creditors' suit is pending at the time of the death of
the decedent, the court shall have general jurisdiction with all the powers of a court of
equity, and shall have authority to construe any deed, will or other writing, eor dispose of any
other matter pertaining to the real estate, or any part thereof, of the said decedent, the same
as though a separate suit had been brought for that purpose. r

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