Acelor Mittal v Gbanlon [2013] LRSC 46 (1 August 2013)
Acelor Mittal v Gbanlon [2013] LRSC 50 (1 August 2013)
IN RE: The Management of Acelor Mittal of Yekepa, Nimba County by and thru its General Manager, APPELLANT VERSUS Emmanuel Gbanlon of Nimba County, Liberia, APPELLEE
APPEAL
JUDGMENT WITHOUT OPINION
When this case was called for hearing, Counsellor Charles Walker Brumskine of Brumskine & Associates Law Firm appeared for the appellant/defendant. Counsellor Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay of Tiala Law Offices Inc., appeared for the appellee/plaintiff.
We observed from the records in the case that on July 12, 2013, counsels for the respective parties filed with the Clerk of this Court a Joint Notice for Voluntary Discontinuance which reads:
NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISCONTINUANCE JOINT STIPULATION
Ms. Martha Bryant Henries, Esq.
Chief Clerk
Supreme Court, R.L.
Temple of Justice Monrovia, Liberia
Madam Clerk:
Kindly take note of, and spread on the records of the Honorable Supreme Court that pursuant to an agreement between the above named Appellant and Appellee, the Appellant and Appellee by joint stipulation hereby voluntarily discontinue without reservation the Appeal proceeding in the above entitled cause of action currently pending before the Honorable Supreme Court. ·
As agreed by the parties, this Voluntary Discontinuance is with prejudice and terminates the adjudication of this matter with satisfaction to the Appellee. The Cost of Court is waived and, the Appellee shall pay to the Clerk of Court whatever fee may be due her and the ministerial officers. Hence, this Notice of Voluntary Discontinuance: Joint Stipulation
.
AND FOR SO DOING, THIS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR SUFFICIENT AUTHORITY.
Respectfully Submitted, Appellant,
by and thru its Legal Counsels,
BRUMSKINE & ASSOCIATES
Tubman Boulevard, Congo Town
COUNSELLORS-AT-LAW
Respectfully Submitted, the Appellee
by and thru his Legal Counsels,
TIALA LAW ASSOC., INC.
UN Drive (Center Street Junction)
COUNSELLORS-AT-LAW
Approved: “
This Court having ascertained from the counsels representing the parties as to whether their respective clients had fully acquiesced to the notice of withdrawal of the appeal and they having answered in the affirmative, and this Court being satisfied with the said Joint Notice of Voluntary Discontinuance, it is hereby
ADJUDGED:
That the said Voluntary Notice of Discontinuance is hereby granted and the appeal accordingly ordered withdrawn. The Clerk of this Court is ordered to have the appeal withdrawn and issue to either party requesting it a Certificate of Withdrawal. Costs are disallowed. AND IT IS HEREBY SO ORDERED.
GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND THE SEAL OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA, THIS 1ST DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 2013.
[Please see pdf file for signatures]