THE "CRISTINA" AND OTHER VESSELS.

(1937) 59 L1.L.Rep. 1

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill.

International law - Ship - Arrest of Spanish steamship Cristina by owners-Writ in rem-Motion by Spanish Government to set aside writ and arrest - Plea that Spanish Government by decree had requisitioned the vessel; and that the owners' writ thereby impleaded the Spanish Government and must therefore be set aside-Vessel outside Spanish territorial waters at time of decree-Extraterritorial jurisdiction of Sovereign State.