West Virginia Code
Article 8. Actions on Contracts
§55-8-10. Assignee Entitled to Recover From Assignor; Defenses Allowed

Any assignee mentioned in section nine of this article may recover from any assignor of such writing, whether joined as defendants under section seven of this article, or proceeded against separately, but a remote assignor shall have the benefit of the same defenses as if the suit had been instituted by his immediate assignee.