The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
Virginia Counsel Con-
tends Amount of Inter-
est Is Only Question.
CAUSE ALREADY
FOUGHT TO FINISH
Asks Supreme Court to Deny Pc
tition and Allow Such Rate of
Payment as Will Meet Ends
of Justice-Argument Is
to Be Concluded
To-Day.
Especial 10 The Times-Dispa,ch.


Wonhinston. April l6.-Argunent in
IN 1oha standing virginia west Nir-
T,h,a u,nt case was made hcfor" tho
United states Supreme Court to-day.
from the time the case xas reached
shortly after noon Cntil O'Clock. when
q rece6B w;pa taken until Tomorrow.
Tho case VIII bc continued tomorrow
and concluded In about two hours
Former Attorney General Anderson.
Tor several years. opened the argument
Tor. virginia. iic urged ,hs court To
of interest due the Old Doinlnicn. which.
hc declared. was tho only question now
propcrly before the court, the court
having a long t;mo ago ruled that the
81, 900. 600 debt was due Virginia, and
leaving open for settlement only the
question or the amount OF interest
In referring 70 the new plea made
before the court by West Virginia that
"a number OF assets have been disco
cred which should he used as setoffs
IN favor Of West Virginia. Judge An
derAon denied that Virginia had re
statement filed by west Virginia as a
basis Cor completely reopening ia. care,
ana stated that while said credits are
IN fact nero estimates - OF January
!. lsbl. based upon unNarranted as
Cnu.c Fought to Finish.
NOW. after tho case has been MI
gated Tor more than eight years said
Judge Anderson. upon lines OF the de-
prepared with !nhni,. pains and labor.
wtth th. assistance OF trained and abls
linish and 4 d"cision rendered upon tho
main question involved, which decision
has been reiterated and affirmed by
THIS court the defendant comes into
this court ia tho ninth %.ar ana aBEs
to bc permitted 10 assert - now line OF
cct.nse. which has been all along open
TO her for adoption. and to i!tigatc the
case upon thcsa alleged new grounds.
We submit that the motion OF the de-
fcnd,tnt should be denied, and thc court
period Of time as iu its Judgment viii
meet the ends Of Justice"
Judge Anderson concluded at =
iunc6son. i6 l John il. iioit. assoclaie ia
counsel FOR Nest Virginia, took up the
proceeding upon the line that In View
OF ~" new evidence brought forth The
court should reopen the whole case and
INC debt down to about $1,000 900
II. weS followed by Attorney san;
FOR the bondholdinQ creditors. who
proceeded upon the line taken by the
Virginia counsel. AZ the end OF Mr.
Eoh!ngons argument the court ad-
jourred until Tomorrow.
Closing Argumcnt To-day.
The case VIII he taken w io-inor.
Virginia, who viii consume tie hour
Net remaining for his side. After Mr
LILY. Randolph Harrison. OF Lynch
.ina. Mr. Harrison has been assoc
ciated with the case for several years.
Attorney General Pollard and Judge
mission were present in court, but
took no part in the proceedings.
There is considerable inisuuderstand-
iuB In Virginia, despite the great mum
hor of stories printed about the case
ne to tile exact status OF the case since
the decree handed down In l9il by
the United States Supreme Court Civ
ing Virginia Judgment for the $1,000
geo. and leaving the question of in
,erest for amicable settlement between
tho States.
Randolph Harrison. OF Lynchburg,
who has been associated as counsel In
has prepared most OF tho papers cX-
plained the proceedings to-day as fol-
lows:
Tho Virginia and tho West vir.
Ginia commissioners having failed to
come to any agreement on the un-
settled question of interest referred TO
court in IT'S opiuion Of March 6, 1911
counsel for Virginia moved the court,
Gaze down. for final hearing Oh the
18Th day Of Anrii; ~
IIarrison, the West Virginia commits
sion on March !. 1918. submitted to the
tain credits. which they asserted had
been hut recently discovered by thel
anu WHICH. according 10 lneir COntCI-
ton. would reduce the principal as as
ccrtained by the court from s7.lS2.0oo
To s:,237 900. This sum, without inter
est. they proposed to recommend 70
West Virginia for settlement. This
proposition was promptly declined by
Virginia.
"'rhereupon counsel for West Vir-
Rinia fled u motion asking leave of tho
court 10 be allowed to hlc a supple
mental answer, setting up these al
legged credits. and TO reopen the case I'm
order that they should be Investigated
and passed upon; and this question as
well as the question Of interest. are tho
questions which were argued before
the court to-day" G.. IL. ~