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VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 2, Original.

238 U.S. 202 (1915)

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Holmes Conrad and Mr. Sanford Robinson for the bondholding creditors.

Mr. Randolph Harrison, with whom Mr. John Garland Pollard, Attorney-General for the State of Virginia, and Mr. Wm. A. Anderson was on the brief, for complainant.

Mr. A.A. Lilly, Attorney-General of the State of West Virginia, and Mr. John H. Holt, with whom Mr. Chas. E. Hogg was on the brief, for defendant.

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon the hearing in 1911, it was determined that the public debt of Virginia, as of January 1, 1861, — of which West Virginia agreed to assume `an equitable proportion' — amounted to $33,897,073.82; that, in view of a reduction secured by Virginia and with the consent of her creditors, the amount to be apportioned was $30,563,861.56; that the apportionment should be made according to the estimated...

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