Virginia v. West Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EQUITY. The facts, which involve the final adjustment between Virginia and the State of West Virginia and the determination of the equitable proportion of the debt of Virginia which the State of West Virginia agreed to assume and the liability of the latter for interest thereon, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
Upon the hearing in 1911, it was determined that the public debt of Virginia, as of January T, 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 value of the property of the two States at the time of their separation, June 20, 1863; and that upon this basis the proportion of West Virginia was 23.5 per cent., making her share of the…
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