05/14/92 Txo Production Corp. V. Alliance Resources

1. "The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to the principles of the constitution of this state, shall continue in force within the same, except in those respects wherein it was altered by the general assembly of Virginia before the twentieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or has been, or shall be, altered by the Legislature of this state." W.Va. Code, 2-1-1 1923.