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Clarke et al v RL LRSC 5; 2 LLR 498 (1925)

STANLEY C. CLARKE, H. E. SNETTER, E. J. WATTS, E. B. BURPHY SR., and NORWOOD THEODORE DENNIS, Appellants, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. Argued December 11, 1924. Decided January 6, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   1. A principal is one...

Dennis v RL LRSC 4; 2 LLR 494 (1925)

NORWOOD THEODORE DENNIS, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. Argued December 8, 1924. Decided January 6, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bep-Solow, JJ.   1. The time when the animus furandi attaches to the unlawful appropriation of goods and...

Dennis v RL LRSC 11; 2 LLR 534 (1925)

In re ROBERT H. DENNIS, Clerk of the Supreme Court, demanding cost for docketing the case M. C. H. Ledlow et al., Appellants, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. Argued April 6, 1925. Decided April 17, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   1. The...

Hill v RL LRSC 7; 2 LLR 517 (1925)

FRANCIS C. W. HILL, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. Argued December 18, 1924. Decided January 6, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   1. The general rule is that a witness who has an interest in the subject of the suit is not...

Hill v Tetteh LRSC 3; 2 LLR 492 (1925)

SOLOMON HILL, Appellant, v. JACOB C. TETTEH, Appellee. Heard December 10, 1924. Decided January 6, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   1. Any demurrer or plea a party may desire to raise in a case should be plead in the answer.   2. It is...

Hodge et al v Williams LRSC 1; 2 LLR 487 (1925)

NELLIE HODGE et al., Petitioners, v. HIS HONOR E. W. WILLIAMS, Judge, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Respondent. Heard December 3, 1924. Decided January’ 6, 1925 Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   1. In matters of probate where...

King v Williams et al LRSC 8; 2 LLR 523 (1925)

ALFRED D. J. KING, Plaintiff in Error, v. HIS HONOR H. B. WILLIAMS, Judge of the Monthly and Probate Court, Grand Bassa County, Eddie G. W. King and Clavender V. King, his wife, Defendants in Error. Argued December 23, 1924. Decided January 6, 1925. Johnson, C. J.,...

Ledlow et al v RL LRSC 10; 2 LLR 529 (1925)

MATTHEW C. H. LEDLOW, ABRAHAM B. MALONEY and GARKPAH, Appellants, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. Argued April 14, 15, 16, 1925. Decided April 18, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Soloso, JJ.   1. In criminal cases, especially capital cases, the...

Ledlow et al v RL LRSC 12; 2 LLR 569 (1925)

MATTHEW C. H. LEDLOW, and ABRAHAM B. MALONEY, Appellants, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee. Argued April Term, 1925. Decided April Term, 1925. Johnson, C. J., TVitherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   1. A plea may not for the first time be raised in the Supreme Court....

North v Clarke LRSC 2; 2 LLR 491 (1925)

PERNELLA NORTH, Appellant, v. R. J. CLARKE, Appellee Argued December 2, 1924. Decided January 6, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   It is the notice of appeal duly issued and served upon appellee which confers jurisdiction upon the appellate...

Parker v Worrell LRSC 9; 2 LLR 525 (1925)

MANSFIELD F. PARKER, Petitioner, v. HIS HONOR E. J. S. WORRELL, Judge of the second judicial circuit Grand Bassa County, Respondent. Heard December 29, 1924. Decided January 6, 1925. Johnson, C. J., Witherspoon and Bey-Solow, JJ.   1. A writ of prohibition is the...

Strong v Williams LRSC 6; 2 LLR 515 (1925)

MARY E. STRONG, widow of the late William H. Strong, plaintiff in error, v. HENRY D. WILLIAMS, Judge of the Monthly and Probate Court, Grand Bassa County, and H. Lafayette Harmon, legal guardian for Hilary Strong, legal heir of the late William H. Strong, Defendant in...