All judgments given and all acts done by any person, by authority or color of any office, or the deputation thereof, under the restored government of Virginia or of this state, before his removal therefrom, shall be valid, though it afterwards may have been or may be decided or adjudged that he was not lawfully elected or appointed, or was disqualified to hold the office, or that the same had been forfeited or vacated.
W. Va. Code § 6-5-3
Validity of acts of officers de facto
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State ex rel. Tenney v. Board of Education of Webster County (1989)
Most recently applied in State ex rel. Tenney v. Board of Education of Webster County (December 1989)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.