{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-4-29","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 56-4-29","heading":"Plea in abatement -- Misnomer; amendment inserting correct name.","body":"No plea in abatement for a misnomer shall be allowed in any action; but in a case wherein, but for this section, a misnomer would have been pleadable in abatement, the declaration and summons may, on the motion of either party, and on affidavit of the correct name, be amended by inserting the correct name.","path":["CHAPTER 56. PLEADING AND PRACTICE.","ARTICLE 4. RULES AND PLEADING."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/56-4-29/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:04Z","sha256":"9a82abe775bc6cebae83ecb0a0fa405d54ce9e82949fb03ec8bd56cf13d4fb6b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-4-28","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-4-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}