Constitution · West Virginia

W. Va. Const. art. III, § 13

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Constitution of West Virginia
Text as of
October 2026

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Right of jury trial. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars exclusive of interest and costs, the right of trial by jury, if required by either party, shall be preserved; and in such suit in a court of limited jurisdiction a jury shall consist of six persons. No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any case than according to the rule of court or law.

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