MARE SCHIFFAHRTSKONTOR v. M/V OCEANHAVEN

No. 84-1305.

763 F.2d 633 (1985)

MARE SCHIFFAHRTSKONTOR GmbH & CO., KG, Appellant, v. M/V OCEANHAVEN, its engines, boilers, tackle, etc.; M/V Franco Express (formerly M/V Namrata), its engines, boilers, tackle, etc.; M/V Sherbo, its engines, boilers, tackle, etc.; Societe Navale Chargeurs Delmasvieljeux; Guinea Gulf Line, Ltd.; Franco Express Lines, S.A.; Franco Compania Naviera, S.A. and American International Shipping Lines, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. O'Brien, Baltimore, Md. (Paul B. Lang, Niles, Barton & Wilmer, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Robert A. Henley, Glen Burnie, Md. (Lechowicz, Loney & Davis, Glen Burnie, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and SPROUSE and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

This is an action of maritime attachment and garnishment by Mare Schiffahrtskontor GmbH & Co., K.G. (Mare) against Trees Company (Trees), in which Mare seeks to garnish freight charges allegedly owed by Trees to Franco Express Lines, S.A. (Franco), the owner/operator of the oceangoing vessel M/V Ocean Haven. The complaints to which this garnishment is ancillary were filed by Mare against a variety of defendants, including Franco, in an...

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