| Lee v. R.L. LRSC 6; 1 LLR 522 | 1885 | 1884 Opinions, administration of justice, admiralty jurisdiction, admiralty law, admissibility of evidence, Alexander Lee v. Republic of Liberia, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, boat tax, coasting vessels, commercial regulation, constitutional law, Court of Admiralty, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, courts of limited jurisdiction, courts of special jurisdiction, Criminal Law, criminal prosecution, customs and duties, Due Process, duties and imposts, evidentiary issues, exclusive jurisdiction, government finance, government income, government revenue, government taxation, grand jury indictment, indictment, judicial authority, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, jurisdictional challenge, lack of jurisdiction, legal definitions, legal precedent, legality of proceedings, mandate of the Supreme Court, maritime commerce, maritime jurisdiction, maritime regulation, maritime taxation, navigation law, nineteenth century Liberian jurisprudence, nullity of judgment, official receipts, plea to jurisdiction, Procedural Law, public revenue, remand instructions, Republic of Liberia, revenue collection, revenue defined, revenue laws, revenue offenses, revenue offenses prosecution, reversal of judgment, Rule of Law, Sinoe County, statutory construction, Statutory interpretation, sub-treasurer, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax evasion, taxation, taxation law, undecked boats, violation of revenue laws, Void Judgment | | 1885-1 supreme-court | 1884-opinions administration-of-justice admiralty-jurisdiction admiralty-law admissibility-of-evidence alexander-lee-v-republic-of-liberia appellate-procedure appellate-review boat-tax coasting-vessels commercial-regulation constitutional-law court-of-admiralty court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas courts-of-limited-jurisdiction courts-of-special-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-prosecution customs-and-duties due-process duties-and-imposts evidentiary-issues exclusive-jurisdiction government-finance government-income government-revenue government-taxation grand-jury-indictment indictment judicial-authority judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lack-of-jurisdiction legal-definitions legal-precedent legality-of-proceedings mandate-of-the-supreme-court maritime-commerce maritime-jurisdiction maritime-regulation maritime-taxation navigation-law nineteenth-century-liberian-jurisprudence nullity-of-judgment official-receipts plea-to-jurisdiction procedural-law public-revenue remand-instructions republic-of-liberia revenue-collection revenue-defined revenue-laws revenue-offenses revenue-offenses-prosecution reversal-of-judgment rule-of-law sinoe-county statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sub-treasurer subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia tax-evasion taxation taxation-law undecked-boats violation-of-revenue-laws void-judgment |
| Muller & Co v. Overton LRSC 2; 1 LLR 188 | 1885 | 1885 Opinions, administration of justice, Appeal, Appearance, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, assignment of errors, Civil Procedure, commercial litigation, competent jurisdiction, costs and damages, counsel appearance, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, court orders, court practice, default in appellate proceedings, Default Judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, execution proceedings, F. A. Overton, failure to answer, failure to appear, failure to defend, failure to prosecute, failure to respond, Grand Bassa County, hearing date, indictment proceedings, judgment by default, judgment on default, judicial discretion, judicial proceedings, judicial process, Legal Remedies, litigation procedure, litigation strategy, Muller & Co., nineteenth century Liberian jurisprudence, nonappearance of party, party appearance, Procedural Law, procedural rights, recovery on default, Rule of Law, Sheriff, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court precedent., Writ of Error | | 1885-1 supreme-court | 1885-opinions administration-of-justice appeal appearance appellate-procedure appellate-review assignment-of-errors civil-procedure commercial-litigation competent-jurisdiction costs-and-damages counsel-appearance court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas court-orders court-practice default-in-appellate-proceedings default-judgment enforcement-of-judgment execution-proceedings f-a-overton failure-to-answer failure-to-appear failure-to-defend failure-to-prosecute failure-to-respond grand-bassa-county hearing-date indictment-proceedings judgment-by-default judgment-on-default judicial-discretion judicial-proceedings judicial-process legal-remedies litigation-procedure litigation-strategy muller-co nineteenth-century-liberian-jurisprudence nonappearance-of-party party-appearance procedural-law procedural-rights recovery-on-default rule-of-law sheriff supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-precedent writ-of-error |
| Muller & Co. v. Overton LRSC 3; 1 LLR 189 | 1885 | 1885 Opinions, administration of justice, Appeal, Appearance, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Civil Procedure, clerk of court, commercial litigation, costs of action, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, court orders, decree of injunction, Default Judgment, defendant in error, enforcement of mandate, Equitable Relief, equitable remedies, equity jurisdiction, equity practice, execution proceedings, F. A. Overton, failure to answer, failure to appear, Grand Bassa County, High Sheriff, Injunction, injunction proceedings, issuance of mandate, judgment by default, judicial decree, Judicial Review, Legal Remedies, litigation procedure, mandate of the Supreme Court, Muller & Co., nineteenth century Liberian jurisprudence, nonappearance of party, notice of judgment, perpetual injunction, plaintiff in error, Procedural Default, recovery of costs, reversal of decree, reversal of judgment, Sheriff, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court precedent., taxation of costs, Writ of Error | | 1885-1 supreme-court | 1885-opinions administration-of-justice appeal appearance appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure clerk-of-court commercial-litigation costs-of-action court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas court-orders decree-of-injunction default-judgment defendant-in-error enforcement-of-mandate equitable-relief equitable-remedies equity-jurisdiction equity-practice execution-proceedings f-a-overton failure-to-answer failure-to-appear grand-bassa-county high-sheriff injunction injunction-proceedings issuance-of-mandate judgment-by-default judicial-decree judicial-review legal-remedies litigation-procedure mandate-of-the-supreme-court muller-co nineteenth-century-liberian-jurisprudence nonappearance-of-party notice-of-judgment perpetual-injunction plaintiff-in-error procedural-default recovery-of-costs reversal-of-decree reversal-of-judgment sheriff supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-precedent taxation-of-costs writ-of-error |
| Van der Werf v. Logan LRSC 5; 1 LLR 521 | 1885 | 1885 Opinions, adherence to precedent, administration of justice, affidavit, affidavit requirements, Appellate Practice, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, assignment of errors, authentication of documents, Civil Procedure, commercial litigation, compliance with procedural rules, costs on appeal, Court of Quarter Sessions, court records, damages, defective affidavit, deponent, dismissal for procedural noncompliance, dismissal of appeal, errors assigned, form of affidavit, Grand Bassa County, Hendrick Muller & Co., Henry W. Grimes, Horace v. Johnson, insufficiency of affidavit, John H. Logan, judicial precedent, jurat, jurisdictional requirements, legal documentation, legal formalities, legal procedure, legal sufficiency, litigation practice, matters outside the record, motion practice, Motion to dismiss appeal, nineteenth century Liberian jurisprudence, notarization, oath and affirmation, officiating justice, pleadings, procedural defects, Procedural Law, procedural regularity, record on appeal, recovery of costs, review on writ of error, signature requirements, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court precedent., validity of affidavit, Van der Werf, Writ of Error | | 1885-1 supreme-court | 1885-opinions adherence-to-precedent administration-of-justice affidavit affidavit-requirements appellate-practice appellate-procedure appellate-review assignment-of-errors authentication-of-documents civil-procedure commercial-litigation compliance-with-procedural-rules costs-on-appeal court-of-quarter-sessions court-records damages defective-affidavit deponent dismissal-for-procedural-noncompliance dismissal-of-appeal errors-assigned form-of-affidavit grand-bassa-county hendrick-muller-co henry-w-grimes horace-v-johnson insufficiency-of-affidavit john-h-logan judicial-precedent jurat jurisdictional-requirements legal-documentation legal-formalities legal-procedure legal-sufficiency litigation-practice matters-outside-the-record motion-practice motion-to-dismiss-appeal nineteenth-century-liberian-jurisprudence notarization oath-and-affirmation officiating-justice pleadings procedural-defects procedural-law procedural-regularity record-on-appeal recovery-of-costs review-on-writ-of-error signature-requirements supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-precedent validity-of-affidavit van-der-werf writ-of-error |
| Walker v. RL LRSC1; 1LLR186 | 1885 | 1859 Act, 1880s Opinions., Appellate Review, arrest of judgment, assault and battery, assault with intent to commit felony, assault with intent to maim, bodily injury, bodily mutilation, burden of persuasion, burden of proof, castration, common law adoption, common law crimes, common law definition of mayhem, common law offenses, criminal appeals, criminal defenses, criminal intent, criminal jurisprudence, criminal justice, Criminal Law, criminal liability, criminal pleadings, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, criminal responsibility, dangerous weapon, defects in indictment, Evidence, evidentiary sufficiency, excusable conduct, felonious assault, felonious intent, felony, grievous bodily harm, inconsistent verdict, indictment, injury to person, intent to castrate, intent to maim, Jack Smart, Judicial Review, jury findings, jury instructions, Jury Verdict, legal presumptions, maiming, malicious injury, mayhem, misdemeanor, motion in arrest of judgment, new trial, nineteenth century Liberian jurisprudence, physical injury, presumption of bad intent, presumptions of law, presumptive evidence, proof of criminal design, proof of intent, prosecution, reception of common law, Republic of Liberia, reversal and remand, rights of the accused, Statutory interpretation, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court precedent., technical pleading requirements, trial court error, unlawful violence, variance between indictment and verdict | | 1885-1 supreme-court | 1859-act 1880s-opinions appellate-review arrest-of-judgment assault-and-battery assault-with-intent-to-commit-felony assault-with-intent-to-maim bodily-injury bodily-mutilation burden-of-persuasion burden-of-proof castration common-law-adoption common-law-crimes common-law-definition-of-mayhem common-law-offenses criminal-appeals criminal-defenses criminal-intent criminal-jurisprudence criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-liability criminal-pleadings criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution criminal-responsibility dangerous-weapon defects-in-indictment evidence evidentiary-sufficiency excusable-conduct felonious-assault felonious-intent felony grievous-bodily-harm inconsistent-verdict indictment injury-to-person intent-to-castrate intent-to-maim jack-smart judicial-review jury-findings jury-instructions jury-verdict legal-presumptions maiming malicious-injury mayhem misdemeanor motion-in-arrest-of-judgment new-trial nineteenth-century-liberian-jurisprudence physical-injury presumption-of-bad-intent presumptions-of-law presumptive-evidence proof-of-criminal-design proof-of-intent prosecution reception-of-common-law republic-of-liberia reversal-and-remand rights-of-the-accused statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-precedent technical-pleading-requirements trial-court-error unlawful-violence variance-between-indictment-and-verdict |
| Writ of Habeas Corpus LRSC4; 1LLR 190 | 1885 | 1885 Opinions, administration of justice, appellate jurisdiction, attorney general, authority of judicial officers, C. L. Parsons, Chief Justice, civil liberties, common law, compulsory writ, constitutional governance, constitutional law, constitutional remedies, constitutional rights, constitutional safeguards, constructive contempt, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, contempt/sanctions, court costs, court in chambers, custodian of prisoner, Due Process, enforcement of judicial orders, executive branch, failure to obey court orders, fines, freedom from arbitrary detention, government accountability, habeas corpus, Henry W. Grimes, illegal restraint, imprisonment for contempt, indigenous rights, inherent powers of the court, interference with judicial proceedings, judicial authority, judicial discretion, judicial enforcement, judicial independence, judicial power, judicial process, Judicial Remedies, Judicial Review, judiciary, judiciary expenses, legal advice to government officials, legal history of Liberia, legal precedent, legal procedure, legal questions, Montserrado County, native persons, obstruction of justice, original jurisdiction, payment of court costs, personal liberty, posse comitatus, powers of Attorney General, powers of the court, prisoners' rights, production of prisoner, protection of liberty, public administration, public expenditures, public offenses, public welfare, refusal to obey summons, remedial writs, Republic of Liberia, review of habeas corpus proceedings, Rule of Law, Secretary of the Treasury, separation of powers, Sheriff, Statutory interpretation, statutory law, Supreme Court of Liberia, taxation of costs, unlawful detention, unlawful imprisonment, writ of habeas corpus | | 1885-1 supreme-court | 1885-opinions administration-of-justice appellate-jurisdiction attorney-general authority-of-judicial-officers c-l-parsons chief-justice civil-liberties common-law compulsory-writ constitutional-governance constitutional-law constitutional-remedies constitutional-rights constitutional-safeguards constructive-contempt contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings contempt-sanctions court-costs court-in-chambers custodian-of-prisoner due-process enforcement-of-judicial-orders executive-branch failure-to-obey-court-orders fines freedom-from-arbitrary-detention government-accountability habeas-corpus henry-w-grimes illegal-restraint imprisonment-for-contempt indigenous-rights inherent-powers-of-the-court interference-with-judicial-proceedings judicial-authority judicial-discretion judicial-enforcement judicial-independence judicial-power judicial-process judicial-remedies judicial-review judiciary judiciary-expenses legal-advice-to-government-officials legal-history-of-liberia legal-precedent legal-procedure legal-questions montserrado-county native-persons obstruction-of-justice original-jurisdiction payment-of-court-costs personal-liberty posse-comitatus powers-of-attorney-general powers-of-the-court prisoners-rights production-of-prisoner protection-of-liberty public-administration public-expenditures public-offenses public-welfare refusal-to-obey-summons remedial-writs republic-of-liberia review-of-habeas-corpus-proceedings rule-of-law secretary-of-the-treasury separation-of-powers sheriff statutory-interpretation statutory-law supreme-court-of-liberia taxation-of-costs unlawful-detention unlawful-imprisonment writ-of-habeas-corpus |