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MARYLAND v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 1, Original.

217 U.S. 1 (1910)

STATE OF MARYLAND v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Isaac Lobe Straus, Attorney General of the State of Maryland, and Mr. Edward H. Sincell, with whom Mr. William L. Rawls was on the brief, for the plaintiff.

Mr. George E. Price, with whom Mr. Wm. G. Conley, Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, was on the brief, for the defendant.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case originates in a bill filed by the State of Maryland October 12, 1891, against the State of West Virginia, invoking the original jurisdiction of this court conferred by the Constitution for the settlement of controversies between States. At its January session of 1890 the General Assembly of the State of Maryland passed an...

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