Maryland v. West Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EQUITY. The facts, which involve that portion of the boundary line between the two States lying between Garrett County, Maryland, and Preston County, West Virginia, are stated in the opinion. The charter of Maryland gave to the Lord Proprietary an absolute right of soil in and to all the territory comprehended within its specified boundaries.
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IN EQUITY. The facts, which involve that portion of the boundary line between the two States lying between Garrett County, Maryland, and Preston County, West Virginia, are stated in the opinion. The charter of Maryland gave to the Lord Proprietary an absolute right of soil in and to all the territory comprehended within its specified boundaries. Cunningham v. Browning, 1 Bland Ch. Rep. 305; Cassell v. Carroll, 2 Bland Ch. Rep. 127; Baltimore v. McKim, 3 Bland Ch. Rep. 455; Briscoe v. State, 68 Maryland, 294; Wharton v. Wise, 153 U. S.; 155; Morris v. United States, 174 U. S. 196; The State of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
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 act authorizing and directing its Attorney General to take such steps as might be necessary to obtain a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which would settle the controversy between the States of Maryland and West Virginia concerning the true…
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