Alberto Licea v. Curacao Drydock Company, I

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

These are appeals from a garnishment action. Appellees — Alberto Justo Rodriguez Licea, Fernando Alonso Hernandez, and Luis Alberto Casanova (together “Plaintiffs”) — were successful plaintiffs in an underlying action against the Curacao Drydock Company (“Curacao”). The garnishees’ appeals raise numerous questions. We hold that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over two garnishees, improperly exercised quasi in rem jurisdiction over a debt owed by one of them, and erroneously failed to follow Texas procedure as to the third garnishee.

BACKGROUND

The underlying…