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W. Va. Code § 44-1-27

Not chargeable beyond assets; pleas allowed

West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 44 — Administration of Estates and Trusts · Status: effective

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W. Va. Code § 44-1-27, Not chargeable beyond assets; pleas allowed, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2386396
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No personal representative or any surety of his shall be chargeable beyond the assets of the decedent by reason of any omission or mistake in pleading or false pleading of such representative. And in the action allowed by the preceding section the defendants may plead any pleas and offer any evidence which would be admissible in an action against a personal representative suggesting a devastavit.