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VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 3, Original.

220 U.S. 1 (1911)

VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel W. Williams, Attorney General of Virginia, Mr. William A. Anderson, Mr. Randolph Harrison and Mr. John B. Moon for Virginia.

Mr. Holmes Conrad, counsel for the bondholding creditors, appearing as amicus curiae:

Mr. Charles E. Hogg, Mr. George W. McClintic and Mr. John C. Spooner, with whom Mr. William G. Conley, Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, Mr. Wm. Mollohan, Mr. Wm. M.O. Dawson and Mr. W.G. Matthews were on the brief, for West Virginia.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill brought by the Commonwealth of Virginia to have the State of West Virginia's proportion of the public debt of Virginia as it stood before 1861 ascertained and satisfied. The bill was set forth when the case was before this court on demurrer. 206 U.S. 290. Nothing turns on the form...

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