Virginia v. West Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EQUITY. This .is a bill filed, on leave, February 26,1906, by the Commonwealth of Virginia against the State of West Virginia: The bill averred that— “On the first day of January, 1861, complainant was indebted in about the sum of $33,000,000 -upon obligations and contracts made in connection with the construction of works of internal improvement throughout her thén territory.
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IN EQUITY. This .is a bill filed, on leave, February 26,1906, by the Commonwealth of Virginia against the State of West Virginia: The bill averred that— “On the first day of January, 1861, complainant was indebted in about the sum of $33,000,000 -upon obligations and contracts made in connection with the construction of works of internal improvement throughout her thén territory. By far the greater part of this indebtedness was shown by her bonds and other evidences of debt, given for the large sums of money which she from-time, to time had borrowed and used for the above purpose; but a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
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 in acts passed by the General Assembly of the “ Restored Government of the Commonwealth,” giving her consent to the formation of a new State out of her territory, with a constitution adopted for the new State by the people thereof. The ninth section of the ordinance…
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