121 W. Va. 537 - Moore v. Pyles’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Where a statute provides a remedy, a party litigant is not at liberty to proceed in any other way. The orderly conduct of litigation will not permit a departure from this rule, [citations omitted]. Whatever remedy plaintiff had was pro vided by Code, 56-8-12. Having failed to petition for the reinstatement of the case as provided by this section of the Code, they cannot transform this case into such a petition.... Having let three terms of court lapse without sufficient explanation, the elements of fraud or other sufficient grounds not being 'present in the record, surely plaintiffs are not entitled to reinstatement here-” Id. at 541-42 , 5 S.E.2d at 447 (1939) (emphasis added).”

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