The James McGee

(after stating the facts as above). In view of the confusion in the cases touching the liability for death on the high seas, it is important at the outset to note *94exactly what are the facts at bar. On the high seas a ship owned by a New Jersey corporation sinks a ship owned by the United States, and kills some of the latter’s crew, either on board that ship or in the adjacent waters, by drowning. The New Jersey Law (2 Comp St. 1910, p. 1907, § 7) provides a remedy for death by negligence; the United States has accepted no such liability for the negligence of its officers or agents. While the…