The Hallmoor

• Jurisdicción: Cuba
• Fecha: 11 Febrero 1932
• Número de expediente: Case No. 62
• Emisor: Corte obsoleta (Cuba)

Cuba, Audencia de la Habana.

Case No. 62

The Hallmoor.

Treaties — Effect of — Treaty between Cuba and the United States concerning the Limits of Territorial Waters — Whether Binding upon Cuba in relation to Other States.

Territorial Waters — Breadth of Maritime Belt — The Law of Cuba — Collision with a British Vessel — Relevance of Treaty Concluded with the United States.

The Facts.—This was an action by the owners of a Cuban vessel against the owners of the Hallmoor, a British vessel, on account of damage suffered in a collision between the two vessels. The relevant Cuban statutes are referred to below. The trial Court held that it lacked jurisdiction, since the collision took place outside Cuban territorial waters. On appeal,

Held: that Cuban Courts had jurisdiction. The collision occurred within Cuban territorial waters. The only applicable legislation laying down limits of Cuban territorial waters was a Spanish law of May 7, 1880, which referred to “the littoral sea, or the maritime zone which girds the coasts or frontiers of the Spanish dominion...