Tabago S. A. v. Sprigg Carroll

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FULTON, Chief Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

On September 20, 1974, in the federal district court for the Southern District of Florida, Naviera Tabago S.A. and Compañía Naviera Malaguana S.A., charterer and owner of the vessel S/S PAPILLON, brought an action in rem and in personam for sale of the defendant vessel SPRIGG CARROLL, and judgment against the defendants for damages. According to the complaint, there was an agreement between plaintiffs and defendants that the SPRIGG CARROLL would tow the plaintiffs’ vessel, the PAPILLON from Jacmel, Haiti, to Las Minas Bay, Panama, beginning…