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238 U.S. 202 35 S.Ct. 795 59 L.Ed. 1272 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Complainant, v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, Defendant.  No. 2, Original.  Argued April 27, 28, and 29, 1915.  Decided June 14, 1915. [Syllabus from pages 202-204 intentionally omitted] Messrs. Randolph Harrison and William A. Anderson, and Mr. John Garland Pollard, Attorney General of Virginia, for complainant. Mr. A. A. Lilly, Attorney General of West Virginia, and Messrs. John H. Holt and Charles E. Hogg for defendant. Messrs. Holmes Conrad and Sanford Robinson for the bondholding creditors. Mr. Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the court: 1 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, i n 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 principal of the debt $7,182,507.46. While the fundamental issues were thus decided, the controversy was not completely determined. In view of the consideration due to the character of the  parties, and of the fact that the cause was 'a quasi international difference referred to this court in reliance upon the honor and constitutional obligations of the states concerned,' it was deemed advisable to go no farther at that stage,

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