Reefer Express Lines Pty., Ltd. v. Petmovar, S. A.

MEMORANDUM

BONSAL, District Judge.

Defendant in this admiralty action, a Panamanian corporation, moves for an order dismissing the complaint and vacating the maritime attachment dated March 12, 1976 attaching approximately $40,000 at the Marine Midland Bank held for defendant in an agency account in the name of All Seas Shipping Agency, Inc. (“All Seas”).

On November 13, 1974, plaintiff, as owner of the M.V. OVERSEAS FRUIT, entered into a charter party contract in New York with defendant, the charterer, for transport of fertilizer from Colombia to Venezuela. All Seas, doing business according to…