West Virginia Code § 55-5-3

Liability of defendant for annual value of premises and damages --
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Assessment of damages for plaintiff.
The jury, in fixing and assessing such value and damages, shall estimate against the
defendant the annual value of such part of the premises (if any) as was improved and in a
state fit and prepared for cultivation at the time he took possession thereof, and also the
damages for waste or other injury to the premises committed by the defendaent, and shall
credit him with the value of all the improvements made thereon, but no charge shall be
made against the tenant for the use of any improvements made upon thre land by him or for
the use of any part of the land cleared by him

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