Court Opinion

ID: 9613410
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:16:48.839813+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:28.761077
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*332Oxner, Justice
(dissenting).
I think the motion to vacate and set aside the judgment should be granted. While- a verified complaint may be used as an affidavit, I do not think the allegation “that upon the account thereof the defendant owes a balance remaining due and owing to plaintiff in the sum of Nine Hundred Seventy-six and no/100 ($976.00) Dollars”, complies with the requirement of the statute that the plaintiff shall state that the account “is true and correct, and no part of the sum sued for has been paid, by discount or otherwise.” In support of this conclusion, see Marstiller v. Ward, 52 W. Va. 74, 43 S. E. 178. The question presented is governed entirely by statute, from which we are not at liberty to depart.