ESSO International Inc. v. SS Captain John

MEMORANDUM

GARZA, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Esso International, Inc., originally brought this suit in Baltimore in rem and in personam to recover $37,398.46 from Bright Star Steamship Company, Inc., for fuel and lubricants furnished the SS CAPTAIN JOHN.

Since the CAPTAIN JOHN was found in Baltimore, the vessel was seized and the Defendant, Bright Star Steamship Company, Inc., posted its bond to secure release to it of the vessel. The suit was later transferred to the Houston Division of this Court, where the Defendant, Bright Star Steamship Company, Inc., a Panamanian corporation, had an office…