Any person who shall have been entitled to the benefit of any lien and who shall have assigned such lien, or the benefit thereof, or any instrument secured by such lien, to any other person, shall be liable to any person injured by any release executed by such person first mentioned, after such assignment.
W. Va. Code § 38-12-6
Liability of lienor for release after assignment
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