Case Name: HAROLD E. WILEY vs. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1982-12-06
Citations: 14 Ct. Cl. 298
Docket Number: CC-80-331
Parties: HAROLD E. WILEY vs. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 14
Pages: 298–298

Head Matter:
Opinion issued December 6, 1982
HAROLD E. WILEY vs. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
(CC-80-331)
Claimant appeared in person.
Henry C. Bias, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
GARDEN, JUDGE:
In 1977, claimant licensed his 1977 GMC Truck with respondent. Respondent erroneously titled the vehicle as a station wagon. Claimant annually paid a license fee which was $6.00 higher than it would have been had the truck been titled correctly. The error persisted for three years, and claimant spent $2.00 to have the vehicle properly titled. He sues respondent for $20.00.
The Court finds that respondent was negligent in erroneously titling claimant's vehicle. However, the statute of limitations has run on the first year of Mr. Wiley's claim. W.Va. Code §14-2-21 provides that "the court shall not take jurisdiction of any claim . . . unless notice of such claim be filed with the clerk within such period of limitation as would be applicable under the pertinent provisions of the Code of W.Va. . . . and such period of limitation may not be waived or extended." The Court makes an award in the amount of $14.00.
Award of $14.00.