Silver Line Ltd. v. United States

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

On October 24, 1933, the cruiser Chicago, of the United States Navy, and the British motorship Silverpalm, owned and operated by a British corporation, were in collision off the coast of California, in the vicinity of Point Sur, and outside the territorial waters of the United States. Three officers of the cruiser Chicago were killed when the bow of the Silverpalm entered the hull of the Chicago, crushing them in their quarters between decks. Their administrators, appellees, claim that the law of Great Britain gives a right of action to administrators of decedents…