WHARTON v. WISE

No. 1054.

153 U.S. 155 (1894)

WHARTON v. WISE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Prentiss Poe, Attorney General of Maryland, Mr. Bradley T. Johnson, and Mr. Thomas S. Hodson for appellant.

Mr. R. Taylor Scott, Attorney General of the State of Virginia, Mr. James H. Fletcher, Jr., Mr. William A. Jones, and Mr. Waller R. Staples for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, in delivering the opinion of the court, stated the case as above reported, and continued:

The disposition of the appeal will require an examination of certain provisions of the compact between the States of Maryland and Virginia of 1785, as upon their interpretation and effect the controversy which has given rise to the present proceeding, and similar controversies between citizens of those States, and...

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