West Virginia Code § 53-5-8

Equity of plaintiff to be shown by affidavit or otherwise; notice to adverse
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party; hearing after injunction awarded or denied; certification of questions;
appeals.
No injunction shall be awarded in vacation nor in court, in a case not ready for hearing,
unless the court or judge be satisfied by affidavit or otherwise of the plaintiff's equity; and
any court or judge may require that reasonable notice shall be given to the aedverse party, or
his attorney at law, or in fact, of the time and place of moving for it, before the injunction is
awarded, if in the opinion of the court or judge it be proper that such nrotice should be given.
After an injunction is awarded or denied in any such case, at anyu time prior to final
adjudication, any party to the proceedings, after reasonable notice to all other parties of
record, which notice shall not in any case exceed five days, mtay move for a hearing on any
particular issues or phases of the case which may properly be heard interlocutorily. Such
hearing may, in the discretion of the court or judge, be had at the time the motion is made
but shall be commenced within the ten days next thereafter, unless by consent of all parties
appearing the hearing is continued until a later date. At any such hearing, in term time or in
vacation, any party to the proceedings may bes present in person or by counsel and may
present such witnesses, cross-examine witnesses and offer such testimony and evidence as
may be pertinent to the issues then before the court or judge, as the case may be. The court
or judge, upon such hearing and the record in the case, shall render a decision without
delay, and may continue or dismiss the injunction or may enlarge or modify the same, as may
be warranted. e
Questions may be certifLied and appeals may be taken in injunction proceedings as in any
other cases in equity.

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