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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 7, Original.

206 U.S. 290 (1907)

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Anderson, Attorney General of the State of Virginia, and Mr. Holmes Conrad, for complainant.

Mr. John G. Carlisle and Mr. Charles E. Hogg, with whom Mr. C.W. May, Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, Mr. W. Mollohan, Mr. George W. McClintic and Mr. W.G. Mathews were on the brief, for defendant.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The State of West Virginia was admitted into the Union June 20, 1863, under the proclamation of the President of the United States of April 20, 1863, in pursuance of the act of Congress approved December 31, 1862, upon the terms and conditions prescribed by the Commonwealth of Virginia in ordinances adopted in convention and...

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