Whenever title to any minerals in land and the rights appurtenant thereto have been, or shall hereafter be, severed from title to the surface, the continuity of the possession of such minerals and the rights appurtenant thereto shall not be deemed to have been broken by such severance; and ownership or possession of the surface after severance shall not be adverse to the interests of the owner or owners of such minerals and appurtenant rights.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 55. Actions, Suits and Arbitration; Judicial Sale
Article 2. Limitation of Actions and Suits
§55-2-1. Entry Upon or Recovery of Lands
§55-2-2. Claim Not to Preserve Right as to Lands
§55-2-3. Entry Upon or Recovery of Lands by Persons Under Disability
§55-2-4. Limitations Upon §55-2-3
§55-2-6. Actions to Recover on Award or Contract Other Than Judgment or Recognizance
§55-2-7. Actions on Bonds of Personal Representatives and Fiduciaries
§55-2-8. Acknowledgment by New Promise
§55-2-9. Effect of Acknowledgment by Personal Representative or Joint Contractor
§55-2-10. Effect of Devise for Payment of Debts
§55-2-11. Action or Scire Facias on Recognizance
§55-2-12. Personal Actions Not Otherwise Provided For
§55-2-13. Foreign Judgments and Decrees
§55-2-14. Suit to Repeal Land Grant
§55-2-15. Special and General Savings as to Persons Under Disability
§55-2-16. Death Before Right to Sue
§55-2-17. When Suit Prevented by Defendant; Actions on Foreign Contracts
§55-2-19. Application of Statute of Limitation to State
§55-2-19a. Collection of Taxes Due State or Any Subdivision Thereof
§55-2-21. Statutes of Limitation Tolled on Claims Assertible in Civil Actions When Actions Commence