THE "ARRAIZ."

(1938) 61 Ll.L.Rep. 39

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bucknill.

International law - Ship - Arrest of Spanish steamship Arraiz (port of registry: Bilbao) by Spanish National Government - Decree requisitioning vessel dated March, 1938-Writ issued against ship and against master- Motion by Spanish Republican Government that writ be set aside-Ship in possession of Spanish Republican Government under decree of June, 1937, requisitioning ships "registered at the port of Bilbao"-Previous arrest by owners of Arraiz raised following decision of House of Lords in the Cristina, 60 Ll.L.Rep. 147, upon a motion by the Spanish Republican Government that vessel had been requisitioned under the decree of June, 1937, and that they were impleaded by the owners' writ - Evidence that Spanish National Government exercised de facto administrative control over territory in which Bilbao was situated.