| Flowers et al v RL LRSC 2; 1 LLR 334 (1899) | 1899, Common Law, Criminal Law | 1899 Opinions, administration of justice, adoption of common law, American common law, appellate modification, Appellate Review, assault and battery, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, authority of courts, Blackstone Commentaries, common law, common law offenses, constitutional law, constitutional limits on punishment, constitutional protections, constitutional safeguards, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, criminal appeals, criminal code, criminal jurisdiction, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, criminal sentencing, cruel and excessive punishment, Due Process, English common law, excessive fines, excessive punishment, fines and imprisonment, grievous bodily harm, guilty plea, hard labor, implied judicial powers, judicial authority, judicial discretion, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Kent’s Commentaries, legal authority, legal history, legality of punishment, misdemeanor, misdemeanors, modification of sentence, Montserrado County, power to sentence, precedent, proportionality in sentencing, punishment of crimes, reduction of sentence, Republic of Liberia, sentencing, sources of law, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | | 1899-1 common-law criminal-law-cases supreme-court | 1899-opinions administration-of-justice adoption-of-common-law american-common-law appellate-modification appellate-review assault-and-battery assault-with-intent-to-do-grievous-bodily-harm authority-of-courts blackstone-commentaries common-law common-law-offenses constitutional-law constitutional-limits-on-punishment constitutional-protections constitutional-safeguards court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas criminal-appeals criminal-code criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution criminal-sentencing cruel-and-excessive-punishment due-process english-common-law excessive-fines excessive-punishment fines-and-imprisonment grievous-bodily-harm guilty-plea hard-labor implied-judicial-powers judicial-authority judicial-discretion judicial-review jurisdiction kents-commentaries legal-authority legal-history legality-of-punishment misdemeanor misdemeanors modification-of-sentence montserrado-county power-to-sentence precedent proportionality-in-sentencing punishment-of-crimes reduction-of-sentence republic-of-liberia sentencing sources-of-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error |
| Jackson & Co. v Summerville LRSC 3; 1 LLR 339 (1899) | 1899 | 1899 Opinions, administration of justice, Amended Statute of 1894, Appeal, appeal dismissed, appeal statutes, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Practice, appellate procedure, appellate record, appellate remedies, certificate of clerk, Civil Procedure, clerk of court, compliance with appeal statutes, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, delayed filing, dismissal for noncompliance, dismissal of appeal, entry of appeal, filing deadlines, filing of records, Frederick J. Jackson & Company v. Joseph D. Summerville, Grand Bassa County, issuance of mandate, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, jurisdictional defects, jurisdictional time bar., lack of jurisdiction, legal prerequisites for appeal, litigation procedure, mandate, mandatory appeal requirements, Motion to dismiss appeal, nineteenth century Liberian jurisprudence, ninety-day rule, non-payment of costs, notice of appeal, notification of appellee, payment of court costs, perfection of appeal, Procedural Default, Procedural Law, record on appeal, Statutory interpretation, statutory time limits, strict compliance doctrine, summons on appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court precedent., time for entering appeal, timeliness of appeal, transmission of records, want of jurisdiction | | 1899-1 supreme-court | 1899-opinions administration-of-justice amended-statute-of-1894 appeal appeal-dismissed appeal-statutes appellate-jurisdiction appellate-practice appellate-procedure appellate-record appellate-remedies certificate-of-clerk civil-procedure clerk-of-court compliance-with-appeal-statutes court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas delayed-filing dismissal-for-noncompliance dismissal-of-appeal entry-of-appeal filing-deadlines filing-of-records frederick-j-jackson-company-v-joseph-d-summerville grand-bassa-county issuance-of-mandate judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-defects jurisdictional-time-bar lack-of-jurisdiction legal-prerequisites-for-appeal litigation-procedure mandate mandatory-appeal-requirements motion-to-dismiss-appeal nineteenth-century-liberian-jurisprudence ninety-day-rule non-payment-of-costs notice-of-appeal notification-of-appellee payment-of-court-costs perfection-of-appeal procedural-default procedural-law record-on-appeal statutory-interpretation statutory-time-limits strict-compliance-doctrine summons-on-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-precedent time-for-entering-appeal timeliness-of-appeal transmission-of-records want-of-jurisdiction |
| Kissa v Stublefield et al LRSC 5; 1 LLR 342 (1899) | 1899, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Property Law | absence of contemptuous intent, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, assent of court officer, attorney conduct, Civil Procedure, contempt of court, costs of suit, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, equity jurisdiction, execution, improper joinder of contempt and main action, independent contempt proceeding, Injunction, interference with property in custodia legis, ministerial officer, Montserrado County, property under levy, reversal of contempt finding, right to due process in contempt proceedings, sheriff duties, writ of execution, writ of injunction | | 1899-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics property-law-cases supreme-court | absence-of-contemptuous-intent abuse-of-discretion appellate-review assent-of-court-officer attorney-conduct civil-procedure contempt-of-court costs-of-suit court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas equity-jurisdiction execution improper-joinder-of-contempt-and-main-action independent-contempt-proceeding injunction interference-with-property-in-custodia-legis ministerial-officer montserrado-county property-under-levy reversal-of-contempt-finding right-to-due-process-in-contempt-proceedings sheriff-duties writ-of-execution writ-of-injunction |
| Reeves v Payne LRSC 1; 1 LLR 333 (1899) | 1899 | 1899 Opinions, action for damages, administration of justice, Appeal, appearance of parties, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Practice, appellate procedure, appellate remedies, award of damages, C. B. Reeves v. J. A. Payne, Civil Procedure, clerk of court, costs of suit, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, court orders, damages, Default Judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to appear, failure to defend appeal, Final Judgment, Grand Bassa County, issuance of mandate, judgment by default, Judicial Review, legal costs, litigation procedure, mandate, nineteenth century Liberian jurisprudence, nonappearance of appellee, perfect judgment, Procedural Default, procedural rights, recovery of damages, recovery on appeal, reversal of judgment, right to judgment by default, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court precedent., Void Judgment | | 1899-1 supreme-court | 1899-opinions action-for-damages administration-of-justice appeal appearance-of-parties appellate-jurisdiction appellate-practice appellate-procedure appellate-remedies award-of-damages c-b-reeves-v-j-a-payne civil-procedure clerk-of-court costs-of-suit court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas court-orders damages default-judgment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-appear failure-to-defend-appeal final-judgment grand-bassa-county issuance-of-mandate judgment-by-default judicial-review legal-costs litigation-procedure mandate nineteenth-century-liberian-jurisprudence nonappearance-of-appellee perfect-judgment procedural-default procedural-rights recovery-of-damages recovery-on-appeal reversal-of-judgment right-to-judgment-by-default supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-precedent void-judgment |
| Wilson v Wilson LRSC 4; 1 LLR 340 (1899) | 1899 | 1899 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, civil law, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Default Judgment, divorce, family law, matrimonial dissolution, Montserrado County, Supreme Court of Liberia | | 1899-1 supreme-court | 1899-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure civil-law court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas default-judgment divorce family-law matrimonial-dissolution montserrado-county supreme-court-of-liberia |