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Woermann v RL LRSC 9; 2 LLR 251 (1916)

A. WOERMANN, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. ARGUED OCTOBER 28, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   The act of a merchant in supplying his factories with liquor, is not a barter or sale within the meaning of the statutes...

Berrian v RL LRSC 16; 2 LLR 258 (1916)

JOSEPH N. BERRIAN, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. ARGUED MAY 3, 1916. DECIDED MAY 6, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J. Res gestae—Corpus delicti—Circumstantial evidence—Doubt.   1. Any circumstance or fact surrounding the main or principal fact,...

Boyah et al v Horace LRSC 12; 2 LLR 265 (1916)

JEDAH, BOYAR et al., Appellants, v. JEFFREY B. HORACE, Travelling Commissioner, Grand Bassa County, Appellee. HEARD MAY 4, 1916. DECIDED MAY 6, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. An executive officer can not exercise judicial functions.   2. No...

Garswar v RL LRSC 14; 2 LLR 278 (1916)

GARSWAR, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. HEARD OCTOBER 19, 1916. DECIDED NOVEMBER 1, 1916. Dossen, C. J., Johnson and Witherspoon, JJ.   1. The evidence of one witness, supported by the voluntary confession of a prisoner, is sufficient to find a...

Howard et al v Roberts LRSC 1; 2 LLR 217 (1916)

J. AZARIAH HOWARD and MATILDA A. HOWARD, his wife, Appellants, v. WENDALL P. ROBERTS, Appellee. SUBMITTED DECEMBER 22, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., Johnson and Witherspoon, JJ.   1. The probate division of the Monthly and Probate Court is the...

King et al v Wiechmann LRSC 4; 2 LLR 231 (1916)

THOMAS J. KING and MARIA A. KING, his wife, Appellants, v. P. WIECHMANN, Agent for Wiechers & Helm, Appellee. ARGUED DECEMBER 30, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., Johnson and Witherspoon, JJ.   1. Where defendants summoned before justices’...

King v Ledlow LRSC 15; 2 LLR 283 (1916)

ALFRED D. J. KING, Petitioner in Certiorari, v. M. C. H. LEDLOW, Respondent in Certiorari. ARGUED OCTOBER 24, 1916. DECIDED NOVEMBER 1, 1916. Dossen, C. J., Johnson and Witherspoon, JJ.   1. Writs of certiorari are granted to parties upon a petition setting forth...

King v Williams LRSC 2; 2 LLR 219 (1916)

ALFRED D. J. KING, Appellant, v. SHAD N. WILLIAMS, legal guardian of Roderick A. Deputie, Appellee. ARGUED DECEMBER 16, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. There is no legal inconsistency in joining in the same complaint distinct...

Roberts v Howard et al LRSC 3; 2 LLR 226 (1916)

WENDALL P. ROBERTS, Appellant, v. J. AZARIAH HOWARD and MATILDA A. HOWARD, his wife, Appellees. ARGUED DECEMBER 21, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. Where in a case, the facts are admitted leaving only issues of law to be...

Spiller v Roberts LRSC 5; 2 LLR 235 (1916)

ANGELINA SPILLER, Appellant, v. JANE ROBERTS, Appellee. ARGUED DECEMBER 13, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. It is the privilege of a defendant, in a criminal case tried by a justice of the peace or city magistrate, to appeal...

Steinberg v Greywood LRSC 6; 2 LLR 237 (1916)

R. STEINBERG, Agent for J. W. West, River Cess, Appellant. W. G. GREYWOOD, Appellee. ARGUED DECEMBER 16, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. The court will not entertain a motion, unless notice of same, with a copy thereof, has...

Steinberg v Greywood LRSC 7; 2 LLR 238 (1916)

R. STEINBERG, Agent for J. W. West, River Cess, Appellant. v. W. G. GREYWOOD, Appellee. ARGUED DECEMBER 16, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. There is a material difference between the relations of a merchant and his customers...

Tisdall v Howard LRSC 8; 2 LLR 246 (1916)

JOHN J. TISDALL, Petitioner, v. J. AZARIAH HOWARD, Respondent. ARGUED DECEMBER 22, 1915. DECIDED JANUARY 10, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. A petition in certiorari should embody every point on which it is contended the trial judge erred.   2....

Williams v Williams LRSC 11; 2 LLR 255 (1916)

N. W. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. C. E. WILLIAMS, Appellee. ARGUED MAY 2, 1916. DECIDED MAY 6, 1916. Dossen, C. J., and Johnson, J.   1. The wife can not institute a suit against her husband or give evidence against him except in cases of particular necessity, as...