West Virginia Code 58-4-11 – Issuance of summons and supersedeas; order of publication; service and return of certified copy of order
The clerk of the circuit court shall thereupon issue a summons against the parties interested, other than the petitioners, that they may be heard, and also issue any supersedeas which may be awarded, which summons or supersedeas may be made returnable to any day of the next term of the circuit court and may be served upon the party in person or his attorneys in the court of limited jurisdiction from which the appeal or writ of error is taken, or, in a proper case, by the execution of an order of publication as provided in sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight, article three, chapter fifty-six of this code relating to causes pending in the Supreme Court of Appeals, and all the provisions of section twenty-nine of said article three shall apply in the case of an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas prosecuted under the provisions of this article. In lieu of the summons and supersedeas aforesaid, a certified copy of the order allowing the appeal or writ of error and supersedeas, if a supersedeas is granted, may be served and returned in the same manner, and with the same effect, as such summons, or such summons and supersedeas, as the case may be, is to be served and returned. The clerk of the circuit court shall indorse on such certified copy the date when it is returnable.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 58-4-11
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.