West Virginia Code § 58-4-2

Certification to appellate courts as to sufficiency of summons, return of
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service, pleading, motion for summary judgment, etc.
Any question arising in such court of limited jurisdiction upon the sufficiency of a summons
or return of service, upon a challenge of the sufficiency of a pleading or the venue of such
court of limited jurisdiction, upon the sufficiency of a motion for summary judgment where
such motion is denied, or a motion for judgment on the pleadings, upon the ejurisdiction of
such court of limited jurisdiction of a person or subject matter, or upon failure to join an
indispensable party, may, in the discretion of the court, and shall, on thre joint application of
the parties to the suit, in beneficial interest, be certified by it to the circuit court of the
county for its decision, and further proceedings in the case stayed until such question shall
have been decided and the decision thereof certified back: Provided, That no such question
shall be so certified except in a case in which, if it were in thte circuit court, it might be
certified from the circuit court to the Supreme Court of Appeals under the provisions of
section two of article five of this chapter. The manner and form of such certification, and the
procedure thereupon, shall be governed by the provisions of said section two. After the
question shall have been decided by the circuit court, and an order in pursuance thereof
entered, it may, in the discretion of the circuit court, and shall, on the joint application of the
parties to the suit, in beneficial interest, be certified by the circuit court to the Supreme
Court of Appeals for its decision, in the manner and with the effect provided in section two
of article five of this chapter.

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