{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 55-3-5","heading":"Judgment not a bar to action of ejectment; verdict not conclusive of facts in future action; allowance for improvements not precluded.","body":"No such judgment shall bar any action of ejectment between the same parties nor shall any such verdict be conclusive, in any such future action, of the facts therein found; nor shall anything herein prevent a defendant from claiming and having allowed, in a proper case, allowance for improvements as provided in article five of this chapter.","path":["CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE.","ARTICLE 3. UNLAWFUL ENTRY OR DETAINER."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-3-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:54Z","sha256":"6b738a84ba266d1b557e436eb4ef185251f70462a69a0752facf1932b13e0100","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-3-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}