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Document Category 1894
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| Barclay v. Freeman (1894) LRSC 4; 1 LLR 263 | 1894 | Acquisition of Property at Execution Sale, action of ejectment, affirmation of trial court judgment, affirmative defenses, Alleged Unlawful Perpetuity, appellate procedure, Appellate Review of Ejectment Judgment, Appellate Review of Land Title, Appellate Review of Will Construction, Arthur Barclay v. William H. Freeman, Barclay v. Freeman, Bill of Exceptions, City of Monrovia, Civil Appeal, civil law, Competing Claims to Land, Competing Title Under Will and Sheriff's Deed, Conditional Devise, Conditional Remainder to Sister and Her Heirs, Conditional Vesting of Title, Conformity of Legal Issues to Pleadings, construction of wills, Contingency of Death Without Issue, Contingent Devise, contingent remainder, conveyance of real property, Cornelius McKrae, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions Montserrado County, Creation of Life Estate by Will, Death of Remainder Beneficiary Before Life Tenant, Death Without Heirs of the Body, Debt Enforcement Against Real Property, Deed in Fee Simple, Defendant's Answer, Descent of Property from Parent to Child, devise of real property, Distinction Between Possession and Ownership, Distinction Between Possession and Seisin, documentary evidence, Ejectment, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Freeman, equitable interest, Estate of Hull and Cheny Anderson, Evidence of Ownership, Evidence of Testator's Intent, Execution on Judgment Debt, execution sale, Failure to Plead Perpetuity Defense, Failure to Prove Objections, family property, Fee Simple Absolute, Fee Simple Estate, fee simple ownership, Future Estate, Future Interest in Property, Half of Lot Number 105, Heirs of the Body, Henry Anderson, Inability of Life Tenant to Transfer Greater Interest Than Held, Inheritance by Children, Inheritance by Descendants, inheritance law, Intention of Testators Governs Construction of Will, interpretation of wills, Issues Not Raised in Pleadings, J. W. Good, January Term 1894, judgment affirmed, Judicial Sale of Real Property, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, land law, Land Title Dispute, legal title, Liberia Statutes Book 1 Page 137 Section 5, life estate, Life Estate Followed by Contingent Remainder, life tenant, Life Tenant's Inability to Convey Fee Simple Title, Limitations on Life Tenant's Interest, Limits of Judgment Debtor's Transferable Interest, lineal descendants, Martha A. H. McKrae, Martha Anderson, Martha Ann Hull Anderson, Martha Hull Anderson, Monrovia Land Dispute, Monrovia Lot Number 105, Montserrado County, ownership of land, Perpetuity, pleadings, Possession Does Not Establish Ownership, Possession of a Term, Possession Without Title, Possessory Interest, Preservation of Property Within Family, Probate Law, proof of title, Property Law, Property Rights of Judgment Debtor, real property law, recovery of possession of real property, remainder interest, Republic of Liberia, Restraint on Alienation, Right of Entry, right of possession, Right to Direct Disposition of Property After Death, Rights of Children to Inherit, Rights of Heirs of Predeceased Beneficiary, Rights of Life Tenant, Rights of Purchaser at Judicial Sale, Rule Against Perpetuities, Sale of Property to Satisfy Debt Judgment, Seisin, September Term 1893, Sheriff of Montserrado County, Sheriff’s Deed, sheriff’s sale, Statutory Rights of Descendants, succession law, Succession Upon Failure of Issue, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Construction of Wills, Supreme Court Precedent on Contingent Remainders, Supreme Court Precedent on Death Without Issue, Supreme Court Precedent on Distinction Between Possession and Ownership, Supreme Court Precedent on Ejectment, Supreme Court Precedent on Inheritance by Descendants, Supreme Court Precedent on Life Estates, Supreme Court Precedent on Limits of Life Tenant's Interest, Supreme Court Precedent on Rights of Heirs of Predeceased Beneficiary, Supreme Court Precedent on Sheriff's Sale, Supreme Court Precedent on Testamentary Intent, Supreme Court Precedent on Vesting of Fee Simple Title, Supreme Court Precedent on Waiver of Unpleaded Defenses, Survival of Beneficiary's Heirs, Termination of Life Estate Upon Death, Testamentary Disposition of Property, Testamentary Freedom, Testamentary Gift, testamentary intent, Testamentary Prohibition Against Sale, Testamentary Restriction on Sale of Property, testamentary succession, Testator's Intention, trial court judgment, Validity of Testamentary Dispositions, Validity of Title Acquired Through Sheriff's Sale, Vesting of Fee Simple Title, Vesting of Future Estate, Vesting of Remainder in Surviving Descendant, Waiver of Perpetuity Defense, Waiver of Unpleaded Defenses, Will of Hull and Cheny Anderson, William H. Freeman, wills and estates, writ of execution | barclay-v-freeman-1894-lrsc-4-1-llr-263 | acquisition-of-property-at-execution-sale action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-trial-court-judgment affirmative-defenses alleged-unlawful-perpetuity appellate-procedure appellate-review-of-ejectment-judgment appellate-review-of-land-title appellate-review-of-will-construction arthur-barclay-v-william-h-freeman barclay-v-freeman bill-of-exceptions city-of-monrovia civil-appeal civil-law competing-claims-to-land competing-title-under-will-and-sheriffs-deed conditional-devise conditional-remainder-to-sister-and-her-heirs conditional-vesting-of-title conformity-of-legal-issues-to-pleadings construction-of-wills contingency-of-death-without-issue contingent-devise contingent-remainder conveyance-of-real-property cornelius-mckrae court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas court-of-quarter-sessions-montserrado-county creation-of-life-estate-by-will death-of-remainder-beneficiary-before-life-tenant death-without-heirs-of-the-body debt-enforcement-against-real-property deed-in-fee-simple defendants-answer descent-of-property-from-parent-to-child devise-of-real-property distinction-between-possession-and-ownership distinction-between-possession-and-seisin documentary-evidence ejectment elizabeth-anderson elizabeth-freeman equitable-interest estate-of-hull-and-cheny-anderson evidence-of-ownership evidence-of-testators-intent execution-on-judgment-debt execution-sale failure-to-plead-perpetuity-defense failure-to-prove-objections family-property fee-simple-absolute fee-simple-estate fee-simple-ownership future-estate future-interest-in-property half-of-lot-number-105 heirs-of-the-body henry-anderson inability-of-life-tenant-to-transfer-greater-interest-than-held inheritance-by-children inheritance-by-descendants inheritance-law intention-of-testators-governs-construction-of-will interpretation-of-wills issues-not-raised-in-pleadings j-w-good january-term-1894 judgment-affirmed judicial-sale-of-real-property jury-trial jury-verdict land-law land-title-dispute legal-title liberia-statutes-book-1-page-137-section-5 life-estate life-estate-followed-by-contingent-remainder life-tenant life-tenants-inability-to-convey-fee-simple-title limitations-on-life-tenants-interest limits-of-judgment-debtors-transferable-interest lineal-descendants martha-a-h-mckrae martha-anderson martha-ann-hull-anderson martha-hull-anderson monrovia-land-dispute monrovia-lot-number-105 montserrado-county ownership-of-land perpetuity pleadings possession-does-not-establish-ownership possession-of-a-term possession-without-title possessory-interest preservation-of-property-within-family probate-law proof-of-title property-law property-rights-of-judgment-debtor real-property-law recovery-of-possession-of-real-property remainder-interest republic-of-liberia restraint-on-alienation right-of-entry right-of-possession right-to-direct-disposition-of-property-after-death rights-of-children-to-inherit rights-of-heirs-of-predeceased-beneficiary rights-of-life-tenant rights-of-purchaser-at-judicial-sale rule-against-perpetuities sale-of-property-to-satisfy-debt-judgment seisin september-term-1893 sheriff-of-montserrado-county sheriffs-deed sheriffs-sale statutory-rights-of-descendants succession-law succession-upon-failure-of-issue sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinion supreme-court-precedent-on-construction-of-wills supreme-court-precedent-on-contingent-remainders supreme-court-precedent-on-death-without-issue supreme-court-precedent-on-distinction-between-possession-and-ownership supreme-court-precedent-on-ejectment supreme-court-precedent-on-inheritance-by-descendants supreme-court-precedent-on-life-estates supreme-court-precedent-on-limits-of-life-tenants-interest supreme-court-precedent-on-rights-of-heirs-of-predeceased-beneficiary supreme-court-precedent-on-sheriffs-sale supreme-court-precedent-on-testamentary-intent supreme-court-precedent-on-vesting-of-fee-simple-title supreme-court-precedent-on-waiver-of-unpleaded-defenses survival-of-beneficiarys-heirs termination-of-life-estate-upon-death testamentary-disposition-of-property testamentary-freedom testamentary-gift testamentary-intent testamentary-prohibition-against-sale testamentary-restriction-on-sale-of-property testamentary-succession testators-intention trial-court-judgment validity-of-testamentary-dispositions validity-of-title-acquired-through-sheriffs-sale vesting-of-fee-simple-title vesting-of-future-estate vesting-of-remainder-in-surviving-descendant waiver-of-perpetuity-defense waiver-of-unpleaded-defenses will-of-hull-and-cheny-anderson william-h-freeman wills-and-estates writ-of-execution | 1894-1 supreme-court | |
| Cooper v. RL (1894) LRSC 2; 1 LLR 256 | 1894 | Absence of Conspiracy Charge in Indictment, Absence of Threats or Inducements, Accomplice Testimony, Admissibility of Admissions from Different Suit, admissibility of evidence, admissibility of prior testimony, Admissibility of Unwarned Voluntary Admissions, Admissibility of Witness Testimony, admissions against interest, Admissions by Accused, Admissions Free from Fear or Coercion, Admissions in Proceedings Involving Other Defendants, Admissions Made in Prior Judicial Proceedings, Alleged Criminal Conspiracy, Alleged Duress of Witness, Appellate Review of Constitutional Violations, appellate review of criminal conviction, Appellate Review of Evidentiary Rulings, Appellate Review of Sufficiency of Evidence, Appellate Review of Witness Competency, Benjamin Lambert, Bill of Exceptions, Bouvier on Self-Incrimination, Bouvier on Witness Testimony, Bouvier's Law Dictionary, burden of proof in criminal cases, Certified Court Records, Certified Extract of Court Proceedings, Co-Conspirator Testimony, Competency of Alleged Co-Conspirator, Competency of Prosecution Witnesses, Compulsory Attendance of Witnesses, compulsory process, conspiracy, Constitution of Liberia Article I Section 7, constitutional law, Constitutional Rights of Criminal Defendants, Constitutional Safeguards in Criminal Proceedings, constitutional supremacy, contradictory evidence, Cooper v. Republic of Liberia, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions Montserrado County, Court Records Under Seal, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Appeal Procedure, Criminal Charges, criminal evidence, criminal homicide, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criminal trial, December Term 1892 Murder Proceedings, denial of compulsory process, Detention of Witnesses, Detention Pending Trial, Detention to Secure Witness Attendance, documentary evidence, due process of law, Evaluation of Witness Testimony, Evidence Allegedly Obtained Under Duress, Evidence from Separate Criminal Proceedings, evidentiary objections, Evidentiary Value of Voluntary Admissions, Exceptions to Trial Court Rulings, Extract from Judicial Records, Extrajudicial Admissions, Failure of Substantial Justice, Failure to Connect Accused to Crime, Failure to Enter Recognizance, Failure to Establish Criminal Participation, Failure to Warn Witness of Penal Consequences, Farmah, Fundamental Rights in Criminal Proceedings, Herbert E. Cooper, Herbert E. Cooper v. Republic of Liberia, Imprisonment of Witnesses, Inconsistent Witness Testimony, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, Irresponsible Witnesses, January Term 1894, judgment reversed, Judicial Review of Evidence, Judicial Warning Before Incriminating Testimony, June Term 1893, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, law of evidence, Lawful Detention of Material Witnesses, Liberia Statutes Chapter X Section 13, Liberia Statutes Chapter X Section 14, mandate to lower court, March Term 1893, Montserrado County, Motion to Set Aside Verdict, murder, Murder Prosecution, No Evidence of Compelled Testimony, Objection to Admission of Court Records, Objection to Prosecution Witness Testimony, Objection to Witness Competency, particeps criminis, Party Admissions, Prior Court Proceedings as Evidence, Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, prosecution witnesses, prosecution's burden of proof, Protection Against Arbitrary Judicial Power, Protection Against Compelled Self-Incrimination, Recognizance for Appearance at Trial, Republic of Liberia, Republic of Liberia v. Benjamin Lambert and Farmah, Reversal of Criminal Conviction, Reversible Error, right to compulsory process, right to fair trial, Right to Obtain Witnesses in Favor of Accused, Right to Present Defense Witnesses, rights of the accused, Securing Attendance of Witnesses, Setting Aside Criminal Verdict, State Witnesses, Statements Against Penal Interest, Statutory Admissibility of Party Admissions, substantial justice, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Admissibility of Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Admissions from Prior Proceedings, Supreme Court Precedent on Certified Court Records, Supreme Court Precedent on Compulsory Process, Supreme Court Precedent on Constitutional Rights of Accused, Supreme Court Precedent on Contradictory Witness Testimony, Supreme Court Precedent on Detention of Prosecution Witnesses, Supreme Court Precedent on Insufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Murder, Supreme Court Precedent on Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, Supreme Court Precedent on Reversal of Criminal Judgment, Supreme Court Precedent on Verdict Contrary to Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Voluntary Admissions, Supreme Court Precedent on Witness Competency, Supreme Court Precedent on Witness Recognizance, Suspicious Witnesses, Testimony in Prior Murder Case, trial court error, Trial Court Violation of Constitutional Rights, Unreliable Prosecution Evidence, Unsupported Criminal Conviction, Verdict Contrary to Law and Evidence, verdict set aside, Violation of Constitutional Right to Compulsory Process, Voluntariness of Admissions, Voluntary Admissions, Voluntary Testimony in Previous Criminal Case, Voluntary Waiver of Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, weight of evidence, Witness Availability, Witness Bye, witness competency, Witness Imprisonment Does Not Establish Incompetency, Witness Privilege Against Incriminating Testimony, Witness Recognizance | cooper-v-rl-1894-lrsc-2-1-llr-256 | absence-of-conspiracy-charge-in-indictment absence-of-threats-or-inducements accomplice-testimony admissibility-of-admissions-from-different-suit admissibility-of-evidence admissibility-of-prior-testimony admissibility-of-unwarned-voluntary-admissions admissibility-of-witness-testimony admissions-against-interest admissions-by-accused admissions-free-from-fear-or-coercion admissions-in-proceedings-involving-other-defendants admissions-made-in-prior-judicial-proceedings alleged-criminal-conspiracy alleged-duress-of-witness appellate-review-of-constitutional-violations appellate-review-of-criminal-conviction appellate-review-of-evidentiary-rulings appellate-review-of-sufficiency-of-evidence appellate-review-of-witness-competency benjamin-lambert bill-of-exceptions bouvier-on-self-incrimination bouvier-on-witness-testimony bouviers-law-dictionary burden-of-proof-in-criminal-cases certified-court-records certified-extract-of-court-proceedings co-conspirator-testimony competency-of-alleged-co-conspirator competency-of-prosecution-witnesses compulsory-attendance-of-witnesses compulsory-process conspiracy constitution-of-liberia-article-i-section-7 constitutional-law constitutional-rights-of-criminal-defendants constitutional-safeguards-in-criminal-proceedings constitutional-supremacy contradictory-evidence cooper-v-republic-of-liberia court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas court-of-quarter-sessions-montserrado-county court-records-under-seal credibility-of-witnesses criminal-appeal criminal-appeal-procedure criminal-charges criminal-evidence criminal-homicide criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-trial december-term-1892-murder-proceedings denial-of-compulsory-process detention-of-witnesses detention-pending-trial detention-to-secure-witness-attendance documentary-evidence due-process-of-law evaluation-of-witness-testimony evidence-allegedly-obtained-under-duress evidence-from-separate-criminal-proceedings evidentiary-objections evidentiary-value-of-voluntary-admissions exceptions-to-trial-court-rulings extract-from-judicial-records extrajudicial-admissions failure-of-substantial-justice failure-to-connect-accused-to-crime failure-to-enter-recognizance failure-to-establish-criminal-participation failure-to-warn-witness-of-penal-consequences farmah fundamental-rights-in-criminal-proceedings herbert-e-cooper herbert-e-cooper-v-republic-of-liberia imprisonment-of-witnesses inconsistent-witness-testimony indictment insufficiency-of-evidence irresponsible-witnesses january-term-1894 judgment-reversed judicial-review-of-evidence judicial-warning-before-incriminating-testimony june-term-1893 jury-trial jury-verdict law-of-evidence lawful-detention-of-material-witnesses liberia-statutes-chapter-x-section-13 liberia-statutes-chapter-x-section-14 mandate-to-lower-court march-term-1893 montserrado-county motion-to-set-aside-verdict murder murder-prosecution no-evidence-of-compelled-testimony objection-to-admission-of-court-records objection-to-prosecution-witness-testimony objection-to-witness-competency particeps-criminis party-admissions prior-court-proceedings-as-evidence privilege-against-self-incrimination prosecution-witnesses prosecutions-burden-of-proof protection-against-arbitrary-judicial-power protection-against-compelled-self-incrimination recognizance-for-appearance-at-trial republic-of-liberia republic-of-liberia-v-benjamin-lambert-and-farmah reversal-of-criminal-conviction reversible-error right-to-compulsory-process right-to-fair-trial right-to-obtain-witnesses-in-favor-of-accused right-to-present-defense-witnesses rights-of-the-accused securing-attendance-of-witnesses setting-aside-criminal-verdict state-witnesses statements-against-penal-interest statutory-admissibility-of-party-admissions substantial-justice sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinion supreme-court-precedent-on-admissibility-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-admissions-from-prior-proceedings supreme-court-precedent-on-certified-court-records supreme-court-precedent-on-compulsory-process supreme-court-precedent-on-constitutional-rights-of-accused supreme-court-precedent-on-contradictory-witness-testimony supreme-court-precedent-on-detention-of-prosecution-witnesses supreme-court-precedent-on-insufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-murder supreme-court-precedent-on-privilege-against-self-incrimination supreme-court-precedent-on-reversal-of-criminal-judgment supreme-court-precedent-on-verdict-contrary-to-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-voluntary-admissions supreme-court-precedent-on-witness-competency supreme-court-precedent-on-witness-recognizance suspicious-witnesses testimony-in-prior-murder-case trial-court-error trial-court-violation-of-constitutional-rights unreliable-prosecution-evidence unsupported-criminal-conviction verdict-contrary-to-law-and-evidence verdict-set-aside violation-of-constitutional-right-to-compulsory-process voluntariness-of-admissions voluntary-admissions voluntary-testimony-in-previous-criminal-case voluntary-waiver-of-privilege-against-self-incrimination weight-of-evidence witness-availability witness-bye witness-competency witness-imprisonment-does-not-establish-incompetency witness-privilege-against-incriminating-testimony witness-recognizance | 1894-1 supreme-court | |
| McAuley v Laland LRSC 1; 1 LLR 254 (1894) | 1894 | Acquisition of Appellate Jurisdiction, Acts of Court Should Prejudice No Man, Adequate Specification of Legal Questions, Agent of Norwegian African Trading Company, appeal dismissed, Appeal Perfection, Appeal Within Sixty Days of Final Judgment, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Appellate Review Precluded by Jurisdictional Defect, Appellee Not Properly Before Court, Appellee's Motion to Dismiss, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Appeal, civil law, Civil Procedure, commercial litigation, completion of appeal, Computation of Appeal Period, Consequences of Failure to Perfect Appeal, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions Sinoe County, Court's Refusal to Exercise Jurisdiction, defective appeal, Dismissal for Failure to Serve Summons, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, Distinction Between Acts of Court and Negligence of Court Officers, E. A. L. McAuley, E. A. L. McAuley v. S. Laland, Failure of Jurisdiction Despite Sufficient Bill of Exceptions, Failure to Comply with Statutory Deadline, Failure to Notify Appellee Within Statutory Period, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Failure to Serve Appellee, Fatal Defect in Appeal, February Term 1893, Final Judgment, Finality of Procedural Waiver, grounds for dismissal of appeal, January Term 1894, Judicial Acts and Procedural Negligence, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, Jurisdictional Defect, Jurisdictional Prerequisites for Appeal, lack of appellate jurisdiction, Legal Grounds Supporting Appeal, mandatory appeal requirements, Mandatory Nature of Appeal Statute, Mandatory Service Within Appeal Period, McAuley v. Laland, Motion Sustained, Motion to dismiss appeal, Neglect in Perfecting Appeal, Negligence of Litigants, Norwegian African Trading Company, notice of appeal, Notice to Appellee, Notification of Lower Court, Omission of Essential Procedural Act, perfection of appeal, Personal Jurisdiction Over Appellee, Procedural Default, proof of service, Protection of Opposing Party's Procedural Rights, Questions of Law in Bill of Exceptions, Republic of Liberia, Responsibility for Timely Service, return of service, S. Laland, Service of Notice on Appellee, Service of Process, service of summons, Sheriff’s Return, Sinoe County, sixty-day appeal period, Specific Assignment of Legal Errors, Standing Rules of Supreme Court, statutory compliance, statutory requirements for appeal, Statutory Time Limit for Appeal, strict compliance with appeal requirements, sufficiency of bill of exceptions, Summons as Essential Element of Appeal, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Appeal Perfection, Supreme Court Precedent on Appellate Jurisdiction, Supreme Court Precedent on Bill of Exceptions, Supreme Court Precedent on Dismissal for Untimely Service, Supreme Court Precedent on Mandatory Appeal Requirements, Supreme Court Precedent on Motion to Dismiss Appeal, Supreme Court Precedent on Negligence in Perfecting Appeal, Supreme Court Precedent on Notice to Appellee, Supreme Court Precedent on Personal Jurisdiction, Supreme Court Precedent on Procedural Waiver, Supreme Court Precedent on Service of Appellate Summons, Supreme Court Precedent on Sixty-Day Appeal Deadline, Supreme Court Rules of Practice, Threshold Jurisdictional Determination, Timely Completion of Appeal, Timely Service of Appellate Summons, Trading Company Dispute, Unauthorized Acts of Court Officers, Untimely Service of Summons, Valid Legal Exceptions, Waiver by Procedural Neglect, Waiver of Appellate Rights, writ of summons | mcauley-v-laland-lrsc-1-1-llr-254-1894 | acquisition-of-appellate-jurisdiction acts-of-court-should-prejudice-no-man adequate-specification-of-legal-questions agent-of-norwegian-african-trading-company appeal-dismissed appeal-perfection appeal-within-sixty-days-of-final-judgment appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure appellate-review-precluded-by-jurisdictional-defect appellee-not-properly-before-court appellees-motion-to-dismiss bill-of-exceptions civil-appeal civil-law civil-procedure commercial-litigation completion-of-appeal computation-of-appeal-period consequences-of-failure-to-perfect-appeal court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas court-of-quarter-sessions-sinoe-county courts-refusal-to-exercise-jurisdiction defective-appeal dismissal-for-failure-to-serve-summons dismissal-for-lack-of-jurisdiction distinction-between-acts-of-court-and-negligence-of-court-officers e-a-l-mcauley e-a-l-mcauley-v-s-laland failure-of-jurisdiction-despite-sufficient-bill-of-exceptions failure-to-comply-with-statutory-deadline failure-to-notify-appellee-within-statutory-period failure-to-perfect-appeal failure-to-serve-appellee fatal-defect-in-appeal february-term-1893 final-judgment finality-of-procedural-waiver grounds-for-dismissal-of-appeal january-term-1894 judicial-acts-and-procedural-negligence jurisdiction-of-supreme-court jurisdictional-defect jurisdictional-prerequisites-for-appeal lack-of-appellate-jurisdiction legal-grounds-supporting-appeal mandatory-appeal-requirements mandatory-nature-of-appeal-statute mandatory-service-within-appeal-period mcauley-v-laland motion-sustained motion-to-dismiss-appeal neglect-in-perfecting-appeal negligence-of-litigants norwegian-african-trading-company notice-of-appeal notice-to-appellee notification-of-lower-court omission-of-essential-procedural-act perfection-of-appeal personal-jurisdiction-over-appellee procedural-default proof-of-service protection-of-opposing-partys-procedural-rights questions-of-law-in-bill-of-exceptions republic-of-liberia responsibility-for-timely-service return-of-service s-laland service-of-notice-on-appellee service-of-process service-of-summons sheriffs-return sinoe-county sixty-day-appeal-period specific-assignment-of-legal-errors standing-rules-of-supreme-court statutory-compliance statutory-requirements-for-appeal statutory-time-limit-for-appeal strict-compliance-with-appeal-requirements sufficiency-of-bill-of-exceptions summons-as-essential-element-of-appeal supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinion supreme-court-precedent-on-appeal-perfection supreme-court-precedent-on-appellate-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent-on-bill-of-exceptions supreme-court-precedent-on-dismissal-for-untimely-service supreme-court-precedent-on-mandatory-appeal-requirements supreme-court-precedent-on-motion-to-dismiss-appeal supreme-court-precedent-on-negligence-in-perfecting-appeal supreme-court-precedent-on-notice-to-appellee supreme-court-precedent-on-personal-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent-on-procedural-waiver supreme-court-precedent-on-service-of-appellate-summons supreme-court-precedent-on-sixty-day-appeal-deadline supreme-court-rules-of-practice threshold-jurisdictional-determination timely-completion-of-appeal timely-service-of-appellate-summons trading-company-dispute unauthorized-acts-of-court-officers untimely-service-of-summons valid-legal-exceptions waiver-by-procedural-neglect waiver-of-appellate-rights writ-of-summons | 1894-1 supreme-court | |
| Williams v. John et al (1894) LRSC 3; 1 LLR 259 | 1894 | action of ejectment, Administration of Deceased Wife's Estate, Administrator's Bond, Administrator’s Deed, Alienation of Married Woman's Property, appellate procedure, appellate review of evidence, Appellate Review of Pleadings, Appellate Review of Property Title, Authority of Administrators to Sell Estate Property, Bill of Exceptions, Binding Effect of Administrator's Deed, Binding Effect of Conveyance, burden of proof, Civil Appeal, civil law, Civil Procedure, Co-Administrators of Estate, complaint, Conformity of Legal Issues to Pleadings, Consent to Posthumous Sale of Property, Constitution of Liberia Article V Section 10, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, Constitutional Protection of Married Women's Property, conveyance of real property, Costs Awarded to Appellant, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions Grand Bassa County, Courts Limited to Issues Raised in Pleadings, Deed of Conveyance, Defendant's Answer, Determination of Legal Issues Before Factual Issues, Devise of Wife's Property, Distinction Between Husband's Personal Acts and Fiduciary Acts, Distinction Between Personal Debts and Estate Obligations, Distinction Between Questions of Law and Fact, documentary evidence, Edina Land Dispute, Ejectment, Ellenorah J. Allen, Erroneous Admission of Evidence, Estate Administration, estate mismanagement, Estate of Ellenorah J. Allen, Estoppel, Estoppel Against Administrators, Estoppel Against Denial of Own Acts, Estoppel Against Parties to Conveyance, Estoppel Arising from Estate Sale, Estoppel by Conduct, estoppel by deed, Evidence of Estate Debts, Evidence of Family Poverty, Evidence of Husband's Financial Condition, Factual Foundation for Constitutional Claims, failure of proof, Failure to Appeal Probate Court Decision, Failure to Plead Legal Issues, Failure to Protest Probate Court Proceedings, Failure to Prove Source of Wife's Property, Failure to Prove Wife's Consent, family law, fiduciary capacity, Fiduciary Duties of Estate Administrators, Finality of Unappealed Judicial Acts, Free and Voluntary Consent, general answer, general denial, Grand Bassa County, H. A. Williams, H. A. Williams v. M. J. John and Laura Allen, hearsay evidence, Husband Acting as Co-Administrator, Husband's Acts as Administrator, Husband's Acts as Father, Improper Admission of Hearsay, Improper Consideration of Unpleaded Issues, Inadmissibility of Hearsay, Inadmissibility of Unpleaded Defenses, inheritance law, innocent purchaser, Interpretation of Constitutional Phrase Free and Voluntary Consent, Interpretation of Constitutional Phrase Otherwise Than by Her Husband, Interpretation of Constitutional Term Otherwise, Intestate Estate administration, irrelevant evidence, Issues Not Raised in Answer, J. W. Worrell, January Term 1894, judgment reversed, Judicial Approval of Estate Sale, June Term 1893, land law, land ownership dispute, Land Title Dispute, Laura Allen, law of evidence, Legal Arguments Outside Pleadings, Legal Effect of Deed, Legal Separation of Fiduciary and Family Obligations, legal title, Liability for Mismanagement of Estate, Liability Under Administrator's Bond, Liberia Statutes Book 1 Page 45 Section 8, M. J. John, Married Women's Separate Property, married women’s property rights, Marshall Allen, Monthly and Probate Court, Notice of Adverse Claims, Notice of Material Facts, notice pleading, Objection to Hearsay Testimony, Objections to Irrelevant Questions, Personal Capacity, pleadings, Powers of Estate Administrators, Presumption of Innocence of Purchaser, Presumption of Validity of Unchallenged Court Orders, Probate Court Authorization of Estate Sale, Probate Court Proceedings, Probate Court Records, Probate Law, Prohibition Against Repudiating Own Conveyance, Proof of Consent to Property Transfer, Proof of Constitutional Preconditions, Proof of Land Ownership, Proof of Property Transfer, Proper Framing of Issues, Property Acquired Otherwise Than by Husband, Property Law, Property Rights of Married Women, Protection of Heirs and Creditors, Protection of Innocent Purchaser, Purchaser Without Notice, real property law, Recovery of Land, Recovery of Legal Costs, recovery of possession of real property, relevance of evidence, Republic of Liberia, Requirement to Give Notice of New Facts, Requirement to Prove Wife's Consent, Requirement to Raise Questions of Law in Pleadings, reversal of trial court judgment, Right of Entry, right of possession, Rights of Purchaser, sale of estate property, Sale of Wife's Property, Separate Legal Capacities of Husband and Estate Administrator, Specific Pleading of Legal Defenses, succession law, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Administrator's Authority to Sell Property, Supreme Court Precedent on Ejectment, Supreme Court Precedent on Estate Administration, Supreme Court Precedent on Estoppel by Deed, Supreme Court Precedent on Fiduciary Capacity, Supreme Court Precedent on Finality of Unchallenged Probate Court Orders, Supreme Court Precedent on Free and Voluntary Consent, Supreme Court Precedent on General Denial, Supreme Court Precedent on Hearsay Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Innocent Purchaser, Supreme Court Precedent on Married Women's Property Rights, Supreme Court Precedent on Specific Pleading Requirements, Supreme Court Precedent on Waiver of Unpleaded Defenses, Testimony of J. W. Worrell, Town of Edina, transfer deed, Transfer of Land Ownership, trial court error, validity of deed, Waiver of Unpleaded Defenses, Wife's Right to Alienate Property, Wife's Right to Own Property, Williams v. 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