Any court in which is pending any case wherein for more than one year there has been no order or proceeding but to continue it, or wherein the plaintiff is delinquent in the payment of accrued court costs, may, in its discretion, order such case to be struck from its docket; and it shall thereby be discontinued. A court making such order may direct it to be published in such newspaper as it may name.
W. Va. Code § 56-8-9
Discontinuance for failure to prosecute or pay court costs
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 173 W. Va. 36 - Brent v. Board of Trustees of Davis & Elkins College (1983)
Most recently applied in 185 W. Va. 564 - Belington Bank v. Masketeers Co. (July 1991)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.