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Document Category 1937
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| Arnold et al v Logan LRSC 15; 6 LLR 18 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, acknowledgment of debt, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil law, conditional promise, debt, documentary evidence, Evidence, Grand Bassa County, Limitation of Actions, new promise, remand, Reversal, revival of action, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia | arnold-et-al-v-logan-lrsc-15-6-llr-18-1937 | 1937-opinions acknowledgment-of-debt appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-law conditional-promise debt documentary-evidence evidence grand-bassa-county limitation-of-actions new-promise remand reversal revival-of-action statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Barnes et al v RL LRSC 8; 5 LLR 395 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, affirmation and reversal, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Criminal Law, Due Process, judicial compliance, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, premature judgment, publication of opinions, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, right to be heard, Stare Decisis, Supreme Court of Liberia, timing of judgment, trial procedure | barnes-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-8-5-llr-395-1937 | 1937-opinions affirmation-and-reversal appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions criminal-law due-process judicial-compliance montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial premature-judgment publication-of-opinions remand-for-new-trial reversible-error right-to-be-heard stare-decisis supreme-court-of-liberia timing-of-judgment trial-procedure | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Bryant et al v RL LRSC 27; 6 LLR 128 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, accessory after the fact, change of venue, computation of time, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, constitutional law, constitutionality of statutes, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, fair trial, infamous crime, jury of the vicinity, jury session, Montserrado County, motion for continuance, peremptory challenges, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of jury rights | bryant-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-27-6-llr-128-1937 | 1937-opinions accessory-after-the-fact change-of-venue computation-of-time conspiracy conspiracy-to-commit-murder constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statutes criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial infamous-crime jury-of-the-vicinity jury-session montserrado-county motion-for-continuance peremptory-challenges severance supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-jury-rights | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Bryant v African Produce Co LRSC 17; 6 LLR 27 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, agency law, Appellate Review, civil law, Contract Enforcement, debt, foreign corporation, Grand Bassa County, mercantile dispute, power of attorney, probate and registration, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia | bryant-v-african-produce-co-lrsc-17-6-llr-27-1937 | 1937-opinions agency-law appellate-review civil-law contract-enforcement debt foreign-corporation grand-bassa-county mercantile-dispute power-of-attorney probate-and-registration statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Dennis v RL LRSC 21; 6 LLR 56 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, appellate procedure, certified records, circuit court procedure, clerk of court, documentary evidence, interlocutory order, Judicial Administration, mandate, Montserrado County, original documents, Supreme Court of Liberia, transmission of records | dennis-v-rl-lrsc-21-6-llr-56-1937 | 1937-opinions appellate-procedure certified-records circuit-court-procedure clerk-of-court documentary-evidence interlocutory-order judicial-administration mandate montserrado-county original-documents supreme-court-of-liberia transmission-of-records | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Gray v Ware LRSC 22; 6 LLR 61 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, Appellate Review, attorney misconduct, Bar Committee, disbarment proceedings, disciplinary proceedings, embezzlement, Grand Cape Mount County, Jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, mandate, original jurisdiction, Professional Responsibility, sua sponte action, Supreme Court of Liberia | gray-v-ware-lrsc-22-6-llr-61-1937 | 1937-opinions appellate-review attorney-misconduct bar-committee disbarment-proceedings disciplinary-proceedings embezzlement grand-cape-mount-county jurisdiction legal-ethics mandate original-jurisdiction professional-responsibility sua-sponte-action supreme-court-of-liberia | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Howard et al v Dennis LRSC 5; 5 LLR 375 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, Conflict of Interest, disqualification of judge, Due Process, equity, fair trial, judicial impartiality, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, prior representation, recusal, remand, Reversal, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia | howard-et-al-v-dennis-lrsc-5-5-llr-375-1937 | 1937-opinions appellate-review civil-law conflict-of-interest disqualification-of-judge due-process equity fair-trial judicial-impartiality land-dispute montserrado-county prior-representation recusal remand reversal specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| In re James E. Jonhson LRSC 19; 6 LLR 47 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, abuse of discretion, administration of justice, Appellate Review, contempt of court, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, improper conduct, judicial authority, Jurisdiction, Marshall Territory, Reversal, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-james-e-jonhson-lrsc-19-6-llr-47-1937 | 1937-opinions abuse-of-discretion administration-of-justice appellate-review contempt-of-court criminal-procedure due-process improper-conduct judicial-authority jurisdiction marshall-territory reversal supreme-court-of-liberia | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Jones v Jones LRSC 18; 6 LLR 38 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, affirmation, Appellate Review, burden of proof, defective complaint, demurrer, departure in pleadings, divorce, family law, incompatibility of temper, matrimonial causes, Montserrado County, pleadings, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia | jones-v-jones-lrsc-18-6-llr-38-1937 | 1937-opinions affirmation appellate-review burden-of-proof defective-complaint demurrer departure-in-pleadings divorce family-law incompatibility-of-temper matrimonial-causes montserrado-county pleadings statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Karnga v Coleman LRSC 10; 5 LLR 405 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, Abayomi W. Karnga, access to justice, action of debt, adequate remedy at law, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Practice, appellate procedure, approval of bill of exceptions, Bill of Exceptions, Challenge to Execution, Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, Civil Procedure, common law remedies, debt, denial of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, Ex Debito Justitiae, execution of judgment, extraordinary remedies, extraordinary writs, granting of appeal, J. A. Gittens, Judicial Administration, judicial duty, Judicial Review, jurisdictional requirements, King's Bench, legal procedure, Legal Remedies, Legal Right, Liberian Appellate Jurisprudence, mandamus, Mandamus Practice, mandate, Markwei v. Mohammed Amine, ministerial duty, Montserrado County, motion to quash, Municipal Court of Monrovia, official duty, Plain, police magistrate, prerogative writs, Preservation of Appellate Rights, Procedural Law, Quashing of Writ, Refusal to Grant Appeal, refusal to sign bill of exceptions, resumption of jurisdiction, Review and Error Proceedings., Review by Writ of Error, Review of Lower Court Decisions, right of appeal, Role of Appellate Courts, Role of Trial Courts, S. David Coleman, Samuel J. Grigsby, Speedy and Adequate Remedy, Spelling on Extraordinary Remedies, Statutory Remedies, Supreme Court of Liberia, Trial Judge's Duties, Wodawodey v. Kartiehn, Writ of Error, writ of mandamus, writ practice, writ quashed | 1937-opinions abayomi-w-karnga access-to-justice action-of-debt adequate-remedy-at-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-practice appellate-procedure approval-of-bill-of-exceptions bill-of-exceptions challenge-to-execution circuit-court-of-the-first-judicial-circuit civil-procedure common-law-remedies debt denial-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment ex-debito-justitiae execution-of-judgment extraordinary-remedies extraordinary-writs granting-of-appeal j-a-gittens judicial-administration judicial-duty judicial-review jurisdictional-requirements kings-bench legal-procedure legal-remedies legal-right liberian-appellate-jurisprudence mandamus mandamus-practice mandate markwei-v-mohammed-amine ministerial-duty montserrado-county motion-to-quash municipal-court-of-monrovia official-duty plain police-magistrate prerogative-writs preservation-of-appellate-rights procedural-law quashing-of-writ refusal-to-grant-appeal refusal-to-sign-bill-of-exceptions resumption-of-jurisdiction review-and-error-proceedings review-by-writ-of-error review-of-lower-court-decisions right-of-appeal role-of-appellate-courts role-of-trial-courts s-david-coleman samuel-j-grigsby speedy-and-adequate-remedy spelling-on-extraordinary-remedies statutory-remedies supreme-court-of-liberia trial-judges-duties wodawodey-v-kartiehn writ-of-error writ-of-mandamus writ-practice writ-quashed | 1937-1 supreme-court | ||
| Kent v RL LRSC 20; 6 LLR 50 (1937) | 1937 | Abandonment as Intentional Act, Abandonment Based on Lack of Defense, Abandonment of Appeal, Abandonment of Cause by Counsel, Abandonment of Criminal Defense, Allegations of Professional Misconduct, Alleged Attorney Misconduct, Alleged Betrayal of Client's Interests, Alleged Collusion Between Defense Counsel and Prosecution, Alleged Conflict of Interest, Alleged Government Interference with Defense Counsel, Alleged Inducement to Commit Arson, Alleged Misrepresentation by Defense Counsel, Appeal Dismissed Upon Counsel's Abandonment, appeal from criminal conviction, Appellant's Request for Additional Opportunity to Secure Counsel, Appellate Advocacy, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Appellate Review of Criminal Judgment, Application for Continuance, Argued April 26 1937, arraignment, Arson, Attorney Accountability, Attorney General Monroe Phelps, attorney-client relationship, August Term 1935, Authority of Counsel to Abandon Appeal, Bar Committee Investigation, Bill of Exceptions, Black's Law Dictionary Definition of Abandonment, Chief Justice Grimes, Chief Justice Grimes' Dissent, Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, Client Consent to Withdrawal, Client's Objection to Abandonment, Conflict of Interest, Consequences of Abandonment of Appeal, constitutional law, Continuance to Secure Legal Representation, Counsel's Admission of Weak Appeal, Counsel's Assessment of Merits of Appeal, Counsel's Authority to Relinquish Appeal, Counsel's Refusal to Argue Appeal, Counsellor E. W. Williams, Counsellor M. Dukuly, court-appointed counsel, Crime of Arson, Criminal Appeal, criminal conviction, Criminal Defense Ethics, Criminal Judgment, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, Defendant's Absence from Appellate Hearing, Defendant's Reliance on Counsel's Assurance, Defense to Criminal Charge, Department of Justice, Disciplinary Investigation of Lawyers, dismissal of appeal, Disputed Authority to Withdraw Defense, Dissent Concerning Attorney Misconduct Allegations, Dissent Concerning Failure to Investigate Allegations, Dissent Concerning Protection of Appellant's Rights, Dissenting Opinion, Distinction Between Proven Misconduct and Alleged Misconduct, due process of law, Duties of Defense Counsel, Duty of Competent Representation, duty of diligence, Duty of Loyalty to Client, Duty to Communicate with Client, Duty to Protect Client's Interests, Duty to Pursue Meritorious Appeal, Enforcement of Criminal Sentence, Exceptions to Trial Court Rulings, Execution of Trial Court Judgment, External Act of Abandonment, fair trial, filing of bill of exceptions, Finality of Criminal Judgment, First Judicial Circuit Montserrado County, Government-Appointed Defense Counsel, Hope of Reward, in forma pauperis, Independence of Defense Counsel, Indigent Criminal Defense, intention to abandon, Investigation of Attorney Misconduct, Judge E. A. Monger, Judicial Conscience, Judicial Disagreement Over Dismissal of Appeal, judicial dissent, Judicial Duty to Ensure Fairness, Judicial Oversight of Legal Profession, Judicial Responsibility to Investigate Misconduct Allegations, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict of Guilty, Justice Dossen, Justice Dossen's Majority Opinion, Kent v. Republic of Liberia, Law Division, Legal Ethics, Majority Opinion, Majority's Acceptance of Counsel's Abandonment, Majority's Refusal to Order Investigation, May 14 1937, May Term 1936, Montserrado County, Motive for Commission of Crime, Notice to Appellant, November Term 1936, Opportunity to Obtain Substitute Counsel, plea of not guilty, procedural fairness, Professional Integrity of the Bar, Professional Responsibility, Proposed Referral to Bar Committee, Proposed Suspension of Proceedings Pending Investigation, Protection of Accused's Rights, public defender, Relinquishment of Legal Claim, representation of indigent defendants, Republic of Liberia, Resumption of Trial Court Jurisdiction, Revesting of Jurisdiction in Trial Court, right to be heard, right to counsel, Right to Effective Legal Representation, right to legal representation, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Abandonment of Appeal, Supreme Court Precedent on Alleged Attorney Misconduct, Supreme Court Precedent on Authority of Counsel to Abandon Appeal, Supreme Court Precedent on Bar Committee Investigation, Supreme Court Precedent on Client Consent to Abandonment, Supreme Court Precedent on Dismissal of Criminal Appeal, Supreme Court Precedent on Execution of Criminal Judgment, Supreme Court Precedent on Judicial Dissent, Supreme Court Precedent on Professional Responsibility of Defense Counsel, Supreme Court Precedent on Representation of Indigent Defendants, Supreme Court Precedent on Resumption of Trial Court Jurisdiction, Supreme Court Precedent on Withdrawal of Criminal Defense, Sworn Application by Appellant, Termination of Appellate Proceedings, Trial Court's Authority to Execute Judgment, Unauthorized Abandonment of Appeal, Unverified Allegations Against Counsel, Voluntary Abandonment of Appeal, Weak Grounds of Appeal, William A. Kent, William A. Kent v. Republic of Liberia, Withdrawal of Defense on Appeal | kent-v-rl-lrsc-20-6-llr-50-1937 | abandonment-as-intentional-act abandonment-based-on-lack-of-defense abandonment-of-appeal abandonment-of-cause-by-counsel abandonment-of-criminal-defense allegations-of-professional-misconduct alleged-attorney-misconduct alleged-betrayal-of-clients-interests alleged-collusion-between-defense-counsel-and-prosecution alleged-conflict-of-interest alleged-government-interference-with-defense-counsel alleged-inducement-to-commit-arson alleged-misrepresentation-by-defense-counsel appeal-dismissed-upon-counsels-abandonment appeal-from-criminal-conviction appellants-request-for-additional-opportunity-to-secure-counsel appellate-advocacy appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure appellate-review-of-criminal-judgment application-for-continuance argued-april-26-1937 arraignment arson attorney-accountability attorney-general-monroe-phelps attorney-client-relationship august-term-1935 authority-of-counsel-to-abandon-appeal bar-committee-investigation bill-of-exceptions blacks-law-dictionary-definition-of-abandonment chief-justice-grimes chief-justice-grimes-dissent circuit-court-of-the-first-judicial-circuit client-consent-to-withdrawal clients-objection-to-abandonment conflict-of-interest consequences-of-abandonment-of-appeal constitutional-law continuance-to-secure-legal-representation counsels-admission-of-weak-appeal counsels-assessment-of-merits-of-appeal counsels-authority-to-relinquish-appeal counsels-refusal-to-argue-appeal counsellor-e-w-williams counsellor-m-dukuly court-appointed-counsel crime-of-arson criminal-appeal criminal-conviction criminal-defense-ethics criminal-judgment criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution defendants-absence-from-appellate-hearing defendants-reliance-on-counsels-assurance defense-to-criminal-charge department-of-justice disciplinary-investigation-of-lawyers dismissal-of-appeal disputed-authority-to-withdraw-defense dissent-concerning-attorney-misconduct-allegations dissent-concerning-failure-to-investigate-allegations dissent-concerning-protection-of-appellants-rights dissenting-opinion distinction-between-proven-misconduct-and-alleged-misconduct due-process-of-law duties-of-defense-counsel duty-of-competent-representation duty-of-diligence duty-of-loyalty-to-client duty-to-communicate-with-client duty-to-protect-clients-interests duty-to-pursue-meritorious-appeal enforcement-of-criminal-sentence exceptions-to-trial-court-rulings execution-of-trial-court-judgment external-act-of-abandonment fair-trial filing-of-bill-of-exceptions finality-of-criminal-judgment first-judicial-circuit-montserrado-county government-appointed-defense-counsel hope-of-reward in-forma-pauperis independence-of-defense-counsel indigent-criminal-defense intention-to-abandon investigation-of-attorney-misconduct judge-e-a-monger judicial-conscience judicial-disagreement-over-dismissal-of-appeal judicial-dissent judicial-duty-to-ensure-fairness judicial-oversight-of-legal-profession judicial-responsibility-to-investigate-misconduct-allegations jury-trial jury-verdict-of-guilty justice-dossen justice-dossens-majority-opinion kent-v-republic-of-liberia law-division legal-ethics majority-opinion majoritys-acceptance-of-counsels-abandonment majoritys-refusal-to-order-investigation may-14-1937 may-term-1936 montserrado-county motive-for-commission-of-crime notice-to-appellant november-term-1936 opportunity-to-obtain-substitute-counsel plea-of-not-guilty procedural-fairness professional-integrity-of-the-bar professional-responsibility proposed-referral-to-bar-committee proposed-suspension-of-proceedings-pending-investigation protection-of-accuseds-rights public-defender relinquishment-of-legal-claim representation-of-indigent-defendants republic-of-liberia resumption-of-trial-court-jurisdiction revesting-of-jurisdiction-in-trial-court right-to-be-heard right-to-counsel right-to-effective-legal-representation right-to-legal-representation supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinion supreme-court-precedent-on-abandonment-of-appeal supreme-court-precedent-on-alleged-attorney-misconduct supreme-court-precedent-on-authority-of-counsel-to-abandon-appeal supreme-court-precedent-on-bar-committee-investigation supreme-court-precedent-on-client-consent-to-abandonment supreme-court-precedent-on-dismissal-of-criminal-appeal supreme-court-precedent-on-execution-of-criminal-judgment supreme-court-precedent-on-judicial-dissent supreme-court-precedent-on-professional-responsibility-of-defense-counsel supreme-court-precedent-on-representation-of-indigent-defendants supreme-court-precedent-on-resumption-of-trial-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent-on-withdrawal-of-criminal-defense sworn-application-by-appellant termination-of-appellate-proceedings trial-courts-authority-to-execute-judgment unauthorized-abandonment-of-appeal unverified-allegations-against-counsel voluntary-abandonment-of-appeal weak-grounds-of-appeal william-a-kent william-a-kent-v-republic-of-liberia withdrawal-of-defense-on-appeal | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| King v Cooper et al LRSC 14; 6 LLR 12 (1937) | 1937 | 1 LLR 157, 100-Acre Land Dispute, 1882 LRSC 1, 340-Acre Estate, Absence of Fraud in Execution of Deed, action of ejectment, Agreed Issues for Jury Trial, Agreement to Dispense with Survey, Alfred B. King, Alfred B. King Estate, appellate procedure, Appellate Review of Documentary Evidence, Appellate Review of Ejectment Judgment, Appellate Review of Jury Findings, Appellate Review of Property Title, April 30 1937, Argued April 20–22 1937, Assignment Dated June 4 1928, Assignment of Entire Interest in Estate, Assignment of Inherited Property Rights, Assignment of Property Interest, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, Binding Effect of Deed, Botee, Cargar, Chain of Title, Circuit Court, City of Monrovia, Civil Appeal, civil law, Civil Procedure, Clay-Ashland, Clay-Ashland Land Dispute, co-heirs, Competing Claims to Land, Competing Deeds for Estate Property, Conclusive Effect of Executed Deed, conflicting chains of title, Consideration for Land Conveyance, Construction of Deeds, Contract Law, conveyance of real property, Costs Assessed Against Appellees, Deed as Best Evidence of Its Terms, deed as evidence of title, Deed of Conveyance, deed registration, documentary evidence, Doughba Carmo Caranda, Effect of Prior Assignment on Subsequent Sale, Ejectment, Enforcement of Supreme Court Opinion, Estate Land Dispute, Estate of Alfred B. King, Estoppel Against Grantor, estoppel by deed, Evidence of Land Boundaries, Exception in Deed, Exclusivity of Express Reservation, Express Reservation in Deed, Express Terms of Deed, Expressed Intention in Written Instrument, Extent of Rights Conveyed, Four Hundred Dollar Assignment Consideration, Frank T. Grimes, fraud in procurement of deed, Grantor Bound by Terms of Deed, Grantor Precluded from Contradicting Prior Conveyance, Henry F. Cooper, Identification of Disputed Parcel, Inconsistent Subsequent Conveyance, inheritance law, Inherited Land, Intention of Parties to Conveyance, Interpretation of Conveyance Instruments, Interpretation of Express Exceptions, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Invalid Subsequent Conveyance, Issues Submitted to Jury, Janga, John W. Cooper, Judge Nete-Sie Brownell, judgment reversed, Judicial Construction of Deeds, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, Jury's Interpretation of Conveyance, Justice Russell, King v. Cooper et al., Lack of Remaining Transferable Interest, land law, land ownership dispute, land sale agreement, land survey, Land Title Dispute, Land Within Larger Estate, law of evidence, Legal Effect of Deed, legal title, Marutu, Marutu and Janga, Mary C. Davis, mixed questions of law and fact, Momorah Cooper, Montserrado County, Nemo Dat Quod Non Habet, No Implied Additional Reservations, Payment of Purchase Price, petit jury, Plain Meaning of Deed, Prior Conveyance Prevails Over Subsequent Conveyance, Priority of Property Transfers, Probate Law, Probate of Assignment June 11 1928, probate of deed, Probate of Subsequent Deed October 4 1928, Prohibition Against Denial of Executed Deed, proof of ownership, Proof of Prior Conveyance, Property Law, real property law, Receipt for Land Purchase, Recovery of Legal Costs, recovery of possession of real property, remand to trial court, remand with instructions, Republic of Liberia, Reservation of One Town Lot, Reservation of Property Rights, Resumption of Trial Court Jurisdiction, reversal of trial court judgment, right of possession, rights of heirs, Rights Transferred by Deed, S. David Coleman, Sale of 100 Acres, Sale of Inherited Land, Scope of Assignment, Smith v. Hill, Smith v. Hill (1882), Solemnity of Execution of Deed, Specific Exception in Conveyance, stipulation of parties, Subsequent Claim of Unexpressed Reservation, Subsequent Deed Dated October 2 1928, Subsequent Sale of Previously Conveyed Property, Subsequent Transfer to Susana A. King, succession law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Appellate Review of Jury Verdict, Supreme Court Precedent on Assignment of Inherited Property, Supreme Court Precedent on Binding Effect of Deeds, Supreme Court Precedent on Competing Land Titles, Supreme Court Precedent on Construction of Deeds, Supreme Court Precedent on Deed as Best Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Ejectment, Supreme Court Precedent on Estoppel by Deed, Supreme Court Precedent on Express Reservation in Deed, Supreme Court Precedent on Invalid Subsequent Conveyance, Supreme Court Precedent on Prior Conveyance, Supreme Court Precedent on Reversal and Remand, Supreme Court Precedent on Transfer of All Right Title and Interest, Survey of Disputed Property, Surveyor S. T. Nimmo, Surveyor's Certificate, Susana A. King, Susana A. King v. Momorah Cooper, Ten Pounds Sterling Payment, testamentary succession, Transfer of All Right Title and Interest, Transfer of Estate Interest to Henry F. Cooper, Transfer of Inherited Interest, Transfer of Land Ownership, Transferor Cannot Convey Rights Already Assigned, trial court judgment, Undivided Interests in Estate, validity of deed, Verdict Contrary to Documentary Evidence, Verdict for Defendants, William R. Davis, written instruments, Written Terms Prevail Over Subsequent Assertions of Intent, Wrongful Withholding of Land | king-v-cooper-et-al-lrsc-14-6-llr-12-1937 | 1-llr-157 100-acre-land-dispute 1882-lrsc-1 340-acre-estate absence-of-fraud-in-execution-of-deed action-of-ejectment agreed-issues-for-jury-trial agreement-to-dispense-with-survey alfred-b-king alfred-b-king-estate appellate-procedure appellate-review-of-documentary-evidence appellate-review-of-ejectment-judgment appellate-review-of-jury-findings appellate-review-of-property-title april-30-1937 argued-april-20-22-1937 assignment-dated-june-4-1928 assignment-of-entire-interest-in-estate assignment-of-inherited-property-rights assignment-of-property-interest best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions binding-effect-of-deed botee cargar chain-of-title circuit-court city-of-monrovia civil-appeal civil-law civil-procedure clay-ashland clay-ashland-land-dispute co-heirs competing-claims-to-land competing-deeds-for-estate-property conclusive-effect-of-executed-deed conflicting-chains-of-title consideration-for-land-conveyance construction-of-deeds contract-law conveyance-of-real-property costs-assessed-against-appellees deed-as-best-evidence-of-its-terms deed-as-evidence-of-title deed-of-conveyance deed-registration documentary-evidence doughba-carmo-caranda effect-of-prior-assignment-on-subsequent-sale ejectment enforcement-of-supreme-court-opinion estate-land-dispute estate-of-alfred-b-king estoppel-against-grantor estoppel-by-deed evidence-of-land-boundaries exception-in-deed exclusivity-of-express-reservation express-reservation-in-deed express-terms-of-deed expressed-intention-in-written-instrument extent-of-rights-conveyed four-hundred-dollar-assignment-consideration frank-t-grimes fraud-in-procurement-of-deed grantor-bound-by-terms-of-deed grantor-precluded-from-contradicting-prior-conveyance henry-f-cooper identification-of-disputed-parcel inconsistent-subsequent-conveyance inheritance-law inherited-land intention-of-parties-to-conveyance interpretation-of-conveyance-instruments interpretation-of-express-exceptions intestate-estate intestate-succession invalid-subsequent-conveyance issues-submitted-to-jury janga john-w-cooper judge-nete-sie-brownell judgment-reversed judicial-construction-of-deeds jury-trial jury-verdict jurys-interpretation-of-conveyance justice-russell king-v-cooper-et-al lack-of-remaining-transferable-interest land-law land-ownership-dispute land-sale-agreement land-survey land-title-dispute land-within-larger-estate law-of-evidence legal-effect-of-deed legal-title marutu marutu-and-janga mary-c-davis mixed-questions-of-law-and-fact momorah-cooper montserrado-county nemo-dat-quod-non-habet no-implied-additional-reservations payment-of-purchase-price petit-jury plain-meaning-of-deed prior-conveyance-prevails-over-subsequent-conveyance priority-of-property-transfers probate-law probate-of-assignment-june-11-1928 probate-of-deed probate-of-subsequent-deed-october-4-1928 prohibition-against-denial-of-executed-deed proof-of-ownership proof-of-prior-conveyance property-law real-property-law receipt-for-land-purchase recovery-of-legal-costs recovery-of-possession-of-real-property remand-to-trial-court remand-with-instructions republic-of-liberia reservation-of-one-town-lot reservation-of-property-rights resumption-of-trial-court-jurisdiction reversal-of-trial-court-judgment right-of-possession rights-of-heirs rights-transferred-by-deed s-david-coleman sale-of-100-acres sale-of-inherited-land scope-of-assignment smith-v-hill smith-v-hill-1882 solemnity-of-execution-of-deed specific-exception-in-conveyance stipulation-of-parties subsequent-claim-of-unexpressed-reservation subsequent-deed-dated-october-2-1928 subsequent-sale-of-previously-conveyed-property subsequent-transfer-to-susana-a-king succession-law supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinion supreme-court-precedent-on-appellate-review-of-jury-verdict supreme-court-precedent-on-assignment-of-inherited-property supreme-court-precedent-on-binding-effect-of-deeds supreme-court-precedent-on-competing-land-titles supreme-court-precedent-on-construction-of-deeds supreme-court-precedent-on-deed-as-best-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-ejectment supreme-court-precedent-on-estoppel-by-deed supreme-court-precedent-on-express-reservation-in-deed supreme-court-precedent-on-invalid-subsequent-conveyance supreme-court-precedent-on-prior-conveyance supreme-court-precedent-on-reversal-and-remand supreme-court-precedent-on-transfer-of-all-right-title-and-interest survey-of-disputed-property surveyor-s-t-nimmo surveyors-certificate susana-a-king susana-a-king-v-momorah-cooper ten-pounds-sterling-payment testamentary-succession transfer-of-all-right-title-and-interest transfer-of-estate-interest-to-henry-f-cooper transfer-of-inherited-interest transfer-of-land-ownership transferor-cannot-convey-rights-already-assigned trial-court-judgment undivided-interests-in-estate validity-of-deed verdict-contrary-to-documentary-evidence verdict-for-defendants william-r-davis written-instruments written-terms-prevail-over-subsequent-assertions-of-intent wrongful-withholding-of-land | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Lewis v RL LRSC 3; 5 LLR 358 (1937) | 1937 | 168 N.Y. 264, 42 Mo. 242, Accused's Character, Accused's Right to Introduce Good Character Evidence, admissibility of evidence, Admissibility of Evidence as Question for Judge, appellate review of criminal conviction, Appellate Review of Evidentiary Rulings, Appellate Review of Trial Court Error, Award of New Trial, Bad Character Evidence Admissible After Accused Opens the Door, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof in criminal cases, C. A. Lincoln, case remanded, chain of circumstantial evidence, character evidence, Character Evidence Not Admissible in Prosecution's Case in Chief to Prove Guilt, Chief Justice Grimes, Circuit Court Rule XX, circumstantial evidence, Collateral Criminal Acts, Collateral Inconvenience, Concealment of Property, Confusion of Issues, Consciousness of Guilt, Constitutional Protection of Accused, Counsellor L. G. Freeman, County Attorney R. F. D. Smallwood, Credibility of Witnesses as Question for Jury, Criminal Appeal, criminal conviction, criminal evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, Daniel Johnson, Defendant's Character, Definite and Certain Criminal Charge, direct examination, Distinction Between Admissibility and Credibility, Distinction Between Character Evidence and Evidence of Charged Offense, due process of law, Duty of Trial Judge to Exclude Illegal Evidence, Erroneous Admission of Evidence, Evidence of Access to Stolen Property, Evidence of Bad Character, Evidence of Flight, Evidence of Good Character, Evidence of Other Crimes, Evidence of Prior Misconduct, Evidence of Purchases Following Theft, Evidence of Separate and Distinct Crimes, Evidence of Suspicious Conduct, Evidence of Uncharged Offenses, Evidence of Unexplained Expenditure, Evidence Outside the Indictment, Exception to Trial Court Ruling, Exclusion of Collateral Misconduct Evidence, Exclusion of Prejudicial Evidence, Francis Lewis, Francis Lewis v. Republic of Liberia, Gartargar v. Republic of Liberia (1934), General Statement of Witness, Good Character as Evidence of Innocence, Good Character Evidence in Criminal Defense, grand larceny, Greenleaf on Evidence, Greenleaf on Evidence Section 14b, Greenleaf on Evidence Section 14s, Henry D. Hoff, Illegal Evidence, Improper Admission of Bad Character Evidence, Improper Propensity Evidence, Improper Testimony During General Statement, Inadmissibility of Bad Character Evidence to Prove Guilt, inadmissible evidence, irrelevant evidence, January 22 1937, Judge as Gatekeeper of Evidence, judgment reversed, Judicial Control of Witness Testimony, Judicial Determination of Admissibility, Judicial Duty to Examine Evidence, Judicial Responsibility for Administration of Justice, Judicial Screening of Evidence, juridical conviction, Jury as Sole Judge of Credibility of Oral Testimony, Justice Russell, Kate Johnson, law of evidence, legal evidence, Lewis v. Republic of Liberia, Limits of Jury's Role in Evaluating Evidence, Limits on Rebuttal Character Evidence, Malinda Johnson, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to Expunge Testimony, Motion to Strike Improper Testimony, new trial, Objection to Inadmissible Evidence, Pauline Ricks, People v. Molineux, possession of stolen property, Prejudicial Effect on Jury, Prejudicial Evidence, Prejudicial Trial Error, Preservation of Evidentiary Objection, Presumption of Innocence, Prior Acts of Larceny, Priority Hearing on Remand, private prosecutor, Probative Value of Evidence, Prohibition Against Bad Character Evidence, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, Proof of Guilt Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Prosecution Witness, Prosecution's Right to Rebut Good Character Evidence, Prosecution's Use of Bad Character Evidence, Protection Against Uncharged Allegations, Providence Baptist Church, Rebuttal of Good Character Evidence, Recovery of Stolen Property, Refusal to Expunge Inadmissible Testimony, Regina v. Butler, relevance of evidence, remand for new trial, Republic of Liberia, Requirements of Juridical Conviction, Reversal Despite Strong Evidence of Guilt, Reversal of Criminal Conviction, Reversible Evidentiary Error, Revised Statutes of Liberia Volume I Section 378, Right to Be Informed of Charges, right to fair trial, Right to Notice of Criminal Accusation, Risk of Wrongful Conviction, Snapp v. Commonwealth, Specificity of Criminal Charges, State v. Daubert, Statutes of Liberia Old Blue Book Chapter VII Sections 9–12, Stealing of Money, sufficiency of circumstantial evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Admissibility and Credibility, Supreme Court Precedent on Bad Character Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Character Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Evidence of Other Crimes, Supreme Court Precedent on Exclusion of Prejudicial Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Grand Larceny, Supreme Court Precedent on Judicial Duty to Screen Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Juridical Conviction, Supreme Court Precedent on Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Supreme Court Precedent on Reversal and Remand for New Trial, Supreme Court Precedent on Reversible Evidentiary Error, Theft, Tijerina v. State, Timely Objection to Evidence, Undue Prejudice, Unfair Prejudice Against Accused, Unfair Surprise, Unsolicited Inadmissible Testimony, Valid Indictment, validity of indictment, Wharton on Criminal Evidence Section 330, witness testimony, Yancy and Delaney v. Republic of Liberia (1933), Yancy v. Republic of Liberia (1935) | lewis-v-rl-lrsc-3-5-llr-358-1937 | 168-n-y-264 42-mo-242 accuseds-character accuseds-right-to-introduce-good-character-evidence admissibility-of-evidence admissibility-of-evidence-as-question-for-judge appellate-review-of-criminal-conviction appellate-review-of-evidentiary-rulings appellate-review-of-trial-court-error award-of-new-trial bad-character-evidence-admissible-after-accused-opens-the-door bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof-in-criminal-cases c-a-lincoln case-remanded chain-of-circumstantial-evidence character-evidence character-evidence-not-admissible-in-prosecutions-case-in-chief-to-prove-guilt chief-justice-grimes circuit-court-rule-xx circumstantial-evidence collateral-criminal-acts collateral-inconvenience concealment-of-property confusion-of-issues consciousness-of-guilt constitutional-protection-of-accused counsellor-l-g-freeman county-attorney-r-f-d-smallwood credibility-of-witnesses-as-question-for-jury criminal-appeal criminal-conviction criminal-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution daniel-johnson defendants-character definite-and-certain-criminal-charge direct-examination distinction-between-admissibility-and-credibility distinction-between-character-evidence-and-evidence-of-charged-offense due-process-of-law duty-of-trial-judge-to-exclude-illegal-evidence erroneous-admission-of-evidence evidence-of-access-to-stolen-property evidence-of-bad-character evidence-of-flight evidence-of-good-character evidence-of-other-crimes evidence-of-prior-misconduct evidence-of-purchases-following-theft evidence-of-separate-and-distinct-crimes evidence-of-suspicious-conduct evidence-of-uncharged-offenses evidence-of-unexplained-expenditure evidence-outside-the-indictment exception-to-trial-court-ruling exclusion-of-collateral-misconduct-evidence exclusion-of-prejudicial-evidence francis-lewis francis-lewis-v-republic-of-liberia gartargar-v-republic-of-liberia-1934 general-statement-of-witness good-character-as-evidence-of-innocence good-character-evidence-in-criminal-defense grand-larceny greenleaf-on-evidence greenleaf-on-evidence-section-14b greenleaf-on-evidence-section-14s henry-d-hoff illegal-evidence improper-admission-of-bad-character-evidence improper-propensity-evidence improper-testimony-during-general-statement inadmissibility-of-bad-character-evidence-to-prove-guilt inadmissible-evidence irrelevant-evidence january-22-1937 judge-as-gatekeeper-of-evidence judgment-reversed judicial-control-of-witness-testimony judicial-determination-of-admissibility judicial-duty-to-examine-evidence judicial-responsibility-for-administration-of-justice judicial-screening-of-evidence juridical-conviction jury-as-sole-judge-of-credibility-of-oral-testimony justice-russell kate-johnson law-of-evidence legal-evidence lewis-v-republic-of-liberia limits-of-jurys-role-in-evaluating-evidence limits-on-rebuttal-character-evidence malinda-johnson montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-expunge-testimony motion-to-strike-improper-testimony new-trial objection-to-inadmissible-evidence pauline-ricks people-v-molineux possession-of-stolen-property prejudicial-effect-on-jury prejudicial-evidence prejudicial-trial-error preservation-of-evidentiary-objection presumption-of-innocence prior-acts-of-larceny priority-hearing-on-remand private-prosecutor probative-value-of-evidence prohibition-against-bad-character-evidence proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt proof-of-guilt-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecution-witness prosecutions-right-to-rebut-good-character-evidence prosecutions-use-of-bad-character-evidence protection-against-uncharged-allegations providence-baptist-church rebuttal-of-good-character-evidence recovery-of-stolen-property refusal-to-expunge-inadmissible-testimony regina-v-butler relevance-of-evidence remand-for-new-trial republic-of-liberia requirements-of-juridical-conviction reversal-despite-strong-evidence-of-guilt reversal-of-criminal-conviction reversible-evidentiary-error revised-statutes-of-liberia-volume-i-section-378 right-to-be-informed-of-charges right-to-fair-trial right-to-notice-of-criminal-accusation risk-of-wrongful-conviction snapp-v-commonwealth specificity-of-criminal-charges state-v-daubert statutes-of-liberia-old-blue-book-chapter-vii-sections-9-12 stealing-of-money sufficiency-of-circumstantial-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinion supreme-court-precedent-on-admissibility-and-credibility supreme-court-precedent-on-bad-character-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-character-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-evidence-of-other-crimes supreme-court-precedent-on-exclusion-of-prejudicial-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-grand-larceny supreme-court-precedent-on-judicial-duty-to-screen-evidence supreme-court-precedent-on-juridical-conviction supreme-court-precedent-on-proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt supreme-court-precedent-on-reversal-and-remand-for-new-trial supreme-court-precedent-on-reversible-evidentiary-error theft tijerina-v-state timely-objection-to-evidence undue-prejudice unfair-prejudice-against-accused unfair-surprise unsolicited-inadmissible-testimony valid-indictment validity-of-indictment wharton-on-criminal-evidence-section-330 witness-testimony yancy-and-delaney-v-republic-of-liberia-1933 yancy-v-republic-of-liberia-1935 | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Marshall et al v Blaine et al LRSC 23; 6 LLR 70 (1937) | 1937 | Absence of Adequate Remedy by Appeal, Acquisition of Jurisdiction by Service of Process, administration of intestate estate, Albert D. Peabody, Alleged Lack of Probate Jurisdiction Over Contract Claims, Appointment of Curator, Argued November 25 1937, Availability of Adequate Appellate Remedy, Availability of Writ of Error, Bessie E. Marshall, Bessie E. Marshall et al. v. W. H. Blaine et al., Bessie E. Marshall v. W. H. Blaine, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Chambers Justice, City Corporation of Marshall, civil law, Civil Procedure, Claims Against Decedent's Estate, constitutional law, Constitutional Protection of Property Rights, Constitutional Right to Due Process, Contractual Claims Against Estate, Costs Assessed Against Defendants-in-Error, Creditor's Petition for Estate Administration, Curator of Intestate Estates, Curator's Letter to Heirs, Debt Owed by Decedent, December 10 1937, denial of day in court, denial of due process, Deprivation of Property Rights Without Hearing, Deprivation of Right to Appeal, Discretionary Issuance of Remedial Writ, Distinction Between Contract and Tort Claims, Distinction Between Writ of Error and Regular Appeal, Emmett L. Harmon, Estate Administration, estate assets, Estate Creditors, Estate Inventory Request, estate liabilities, Estate of I. Winslow Marshall, estate property, Ex Contractu Causes of Action, Ex Delictu Causes of Action, ex parte hearing, Ex Parte Probate Order, Ex Parte Proceedings, Exception to General Rule Against Writ of Error, Exceptional Circumstances Justifying Writ of Error, Extraordinary Judicial Review, extraordinary writs, F. L. James, Failure to Acquire Jurisdiction Over Heirs, Failure to Appeal Distinguished from Inability to Appeal, Failure to Determine Pending Motion, Failure to Issue Summons, Failure to Record Disposition of Motion, Failure to Rule on Motion to Dismiss, Failure to Serve Notice, Failure to Summon Estate Heirs, Firestone Plantations Company, General Disfavor of Extraordinary Writs, George H. Marshall, Granting of Writ of Error, Gross Judicial Error, Heirs as Necessary Parties, Henry C. Reeves, I. W. Marshall Jr., I. Winslow Marshall, Illegal Judicial Action, Illegal Probate Decree, Improper Ex Parte Proceedings, Improper Exercise of Probate Jurisdiction, In Re Intestate Estate of I. Winslow Marshall, inheritance law, Interested Parties in Probate Proceedings, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Invalid Probate Proceedings, inventory of estate property, Issuance of Letters of Administration, Issuance of Writ by Chambers Justice, J. B. Trinity, J. Monroe Marshall, J. S. Toomey, John C. Marshall, judgment reversed, Judicial Discretion in Granting Writ of Error, Judicial Duty to Determine Motions, judicial error, Judicial Order for Payment of Rent, Jurisdiction Over Contractual Disputes, jurisdiction over parties, jurisdictional challenge, jurisdictional defects, Justice Russell, Justice Samuel J. Grigsby, Lack of Notice to Interested Parties, lack of personal jurisdiction, lease agreement, Lease of Municipal Property, Lease of Public Street, Legal Standing of Heirs, Limitations on Writ of Error, Loss of Appellate Remedy Through Judicial Error, Lulu Marshall, Markwei v. Mohammed Amine, Markwei v. Mohammed Amine (1934), Marshall City, Marshall Heirs v. Blaine, Marshall Territory, Maurice v. Diggs, Maurice v. Diggs (1908), Mayor's Authority to Petition, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss for Want of Jurisdiction, Municipal Claim Against Estate, Municipal Creditor, Municipal Government Authority, Municipal Land Lease, Municipal Property Rights, Municipal Revenue Claims, Municipal Revenue Collection, Murdoch v. Tubman, Murdoch v. Tubman (1934), Notice After Final Judgment, Notice of Probate Proceedings, Notice to Heirs, notice to interested parties, Notice to Widow, Payment of Rent to Sheriff, personal jurisdiction, Petition by Municipal Corporation, Petition for Administration of Intestate Estate, Petition for Letters of Administration, Petition for Writ of Error, Petition to Dismiss Probate Proceedings, Possession of Leased Premises, Post-Judgment Notice Insufficient to Cure Lack of Prior Service, Preservation of Appellate Rights, probate court decree, probate court jurisdiction, probate court procedure, Probate Division of Provisional Monthly and Probate Court, Probate Division Versus Law Division, Probate Law, probate proceedings, Procedural Due Process, procedural irregularities, Proper Forum for Contractual Claims, Proper Service of Process, Protection of Beneficiaries of Estate, Provisional Monthly and Probate Court, Provisional Monthly and Probate Court of Marshall Territory, Public Street Occupancy, Real and Personal Property of Decedent, Recovery of Estate Debts, Recovery of Lease Payments, remedial writs, rent arrears, Republic of Liberia, Reversal of Probate Court Judgment, Reversible Judicial Error, Review of Trial Court Proceedings, Right to Appellate Review, right to be heard, Right to Day in Court, Right to Defend Legal Interests, Right to Notice, Rights of Estate Beneficiaries, Rights of Heirs and Heiresses, Rights of Surviving Spouse, S. David Coleman, Service of Process, Statutory Notice Requirements, succession law, Summoning of Nonparty Tenant, Supreme Court Chambers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Availability of Writ of Error, Supreme Court Precedent on Constitutional Due Process, Supreme Court Precedent on Denial of Day in Court, Supreme Court Precedent on Ex Parte Proceedings, Supreme Court Precedent on Extraordinary Remedial Writs, Supreme Court Precedent on Judicial Discretion in Granting Extraordinary Writs, Supreme Court Precedent on Loss of Right to Appeal, Supreme Court Precedent on Personal Jurisdiction, Supreme Court Precedent on Probate Proceedings, Supreme Court Precedent on Reversal of Probate Court Decree, Supreme Court Precedent on Right to Notice, Supreme Court Precedent on Rights of Heirs, Supreme Court Precedent on Service of Process, Supreme Court Precedent on Writ of Error, Supreme Court Supervisory Jurisdiction, Survival of Contractual Causes of Action, Tenant's Obligation to Pay Rent, Tenant's Occupation of Estate Property, Unpaid Lease Rent, W. H. Blaine, Water Street and Cross Street, Widow's Interest in Intestate Estate, Williametta Marshall-Trinity, Wodawodey v. Kartiehn, Wodawodey v. Kartiehn (1934), Writ of Error, Writ of Error as Remedy for Denial of Due Process, Writ of Error Where Regular Appeal Is Unavailable, Writ of Error Where Right of Appeal Is Denied, Writ of Summons to Tenant | absence-of-adequate-remedy-by-appeal acquisition-of-jurisdiction-by-service-of-process administration-of-intestate-estate albert-d-peabody alleged-lack-of-probate-jurisdiction-over-contract-claims appointment-of-curator argued-november-25-1937 availability-of-adequate-appellate-remedy availability-of-writ-of-error bessie-e-marshall bessie-e-marshall-et-al-v-w-h-blaine-et-al bessie-e-marshall-v-w-h-blaine bureau-of-internal-revenue chambers-justice city-corporation-of-marshall civil-law civil-procedure claims-against-decedents-estate constitutional-law constitutional-protection-of-property-rights constitutional-right-to-due-process contractual-claims-against-estate costs-assessed-against-defendants-in-error creditors-petition-for-estate-administration curator-of-intestate-estates curators-letter-to-heirs debt-owed-by-decedent december-10-1937 denial-of-day-in-court denial-of-due-process deprivation-of-property-rights-without-hearing deprivation-of-right-to-appeal discretionary-issuance-of-remedial-writ distinction-between-contract-and-tort-claims distinction-between-writ-of-error-and-regular-appeal emmett-l-harmon estate-administration estate-assets estate-creditors estate-inventory-request estate-liabilities estate-of-i-winslow-marshall estate-property ex-contractu-causes-of-action ex-delictu-causes-of-action ex-parte-hearing ex-parte-probate-order ex-parte-proceedings exception-to-general-rule-against-writ-of-error exceptional-circumstances-justifying-writ-of-error extraordinary-judicial-review extraordinary-writs f-l-james failure-to-acquire-jurisdiction-over-heirs failure-to-appeal-distinguished-from-inability-to-appeal failure-to-determine-pending-motion failure-to-issue-summons failure-to-record-disposition-of-motion failure-to-rule-on-motion-to-dismiss failure-to-serve-notice failure-to-summon-estate-heirs firestone-plantations-company general-disfavor-of-extraordinary-writs george-h-marshall granting-of-writ-of-error gross-judicial-error heirs-as-necessary-parties henry-c-reeves i-w-marshall-jr i-winslow-marshall illegal-judicial-action illegal-probate-decree improper-ex-parte-proceedings improper-exercise-of-probate-jurisdiction in-re-intestate-estate-of-i-winslow-marshall inheritance-law interested-parties-in-probate-proceedings intestate-estate intestate-succession invalid-probate-proceedings inventory-of-estate-property issuance-of-letters-of-administration issuance-of-writ-by-chambers-justice j-b-trinity j-monroe-marshall j-s-toomey john-c-marshall judgment-reversed judicial-discretion-in-granting-writ-of-error judicial-duty-to-determine-motions judicial-error judicial-order-for-payment-of-rent jurisdiction-over-contractual-disputes jurisdiction-over-parties jurisdictional-challenge jurisdictional-defects justice-russell justice-samuel-j-grigsby lack-of-notice-to-interested-parties lack-of-personal-jurisdiction lease-agreement lease-of-municipal-property lease-of-public-street legal-standing-of-heirs limitations-on-writ-of-error loss-of-appellate-remedy-through-judicial-error lulu-marshall markwei-v-mohammed-amine markwei-v-mohammed-amine-1934 marshall-city marshall-heirs-v-blaine marshall-territory maurice-v-diggs maurice-v-diggs-1908 mayors-authority-to-petition montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-for-want-of-jurisdiction municipal-claim-against-estate municipal-creditor municipal-government-authority municipal-land-lease municipal-property-rights municipal-revenue-claims municipal-revenue-collection murdoch-v-tubman murdoch-v-tubman-1934 notice-after-final-judgment notice-of-probate-proceedings notice-to-heirs notice-to-interested-parties notice-to-widow payment-of-rent-to-sheriff personal-jurisdiction petition-by-municipal-corporation petition-for-administration-of-intestate-estate petition-for-letters-of-administration petition-for-writ-of-error petition-to-dismiss-probate-proceedings possession-of-leased-premises post-judgment-notice-insufficient-to-cure-lack-of-prior-service preservation-of-appellate-rights probate-court-decree probate-court-jurisdiction probate-court-procedure probate-division-of-provisional-monthly-and-probate-court probate-division-versus-law-division probate-law probate-proceedings procedural-due-process procedural-irregularities proper-forum-for-contractual-claims proper-service-of-process protection-of-beneficiaries-of-estate provisional-monthly-and-probate-court provisional-monthly-and-probate-court-of-marshall-territory public-street-occupancy real-and-personal-property-of-decedent recovery-of-estate-debts recovery-of-lease-payments remedial-writs rent-arrears republic-of-liberia reversal-of-probate-court-judgment reversible-judicial-error review-of-trial-court-proceedings right-to-appellate-review right-to-be-heard right-to-day-in-court right-to-defend-legal-interests right-to-notice rights-of-estate-beneficiaries rights-of-heirs-and-heiresses rights-of-surviving-spouse s-david-coleman service-of-process statutory-notice-requirements succession-law summoning-of-nonparty-tenant supreme-court-chambers supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinion supreme-court-precedent-on-availability-of-writ-of-error supreme-court-precedent-on-constitutional-due-process supreme-court-precedent-on-denial-of-day-in-court supreme-court-precedent-on-ex-parte-proceedings supreme-court-precedent-on-extraordinary-remedial-writs supreme-court-precedent-on-judicial-discretion-in-granting-extraordinary-writs supreme-court-precedent-on-loss-of-right-to-appeal supreme-court-precedent-on-personal-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent-on-probate-proceedings supreme-court-precedent-on-reversal-of-probate-court-decree supreme-court-precedent-on-right-to-notice supreme-court-precedent-on-rights-of-heirs supreme-court-precedent-on-service-of-process supreme-court-precedent-on-writ-of-error supreme-court-supervisory-jurisdiction survival-of-contractual-causes-of-action tenants-obligation-to-pay-rent tenants-occupation-of-estate-property unpaid-lease-rent w-h-blaine water-street-and-cross-street widows-interest-in-intestate-estate williametta-marshall-trinity wodawodey-v-kartiehn wodawodey-v-kartiehn-1934 writ-of-error writ-of-error-as-remedy-for-denial-of-due-process writ-of-error-where-regular-appeal-is-unavailable writ-of-error-where-right-of-appeal-is-denied writ-of-summons-to-tenant | 1937-1 supreme-court | ||
| Neayou et al v RL LRSC 26; 6 LLR 126 (1937) | 1937 | Absence of Proof of Medical Expertise, Absence of Statutory Form for Indictment of Accessory, accessory before the fact, Appeal from Murder Conviction, appellate review of criminal conviction, Appellate Review of Indictment, Appellate Review of Medical Evidence, Appellate Review of Trial Court Record, autopsy, Autopsy Certificate, autopsy evidence, Autopsy Performed by Nonexpert, Bill of Exceptions, Capital Murder, capital offense, Capital or Infamous Crime, cause of death, Cause of Death Not Self-Evident, Certificate of Postmortem Examination, Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Constitution of Liberia Section 7, constitutional law, Constitutional Protection Against Invalid Indictment, Constitutional Protection in Capital Cases, Constitutional Requirements for Indictment, Constitutional Right to Grand Jury Presentment, Counsellor Momolu Dukuly, Criminal Accomplice Liability, Criminal Appeal, criminal homicide, criminal indictment, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Prosecution Based on Defective Indictment, Death of Accessory Before the Fact, Death of Co-Accused, Death of Nyaugbe During Proceedings, December 31 1937, defective indictment, Deficiency in Appellate Record, Definite Statement of Criminal Offense, Department of Justice, Discharge Following Reversal, Documentary Medical Evidence, Errors Apparent on Record, Essential Averments in Indictment, Essential Elements of Murder Charge, Evidentiary Requirements in Murder Cases, Examination of Certified Record, Exceptions to Trial Court Rulings, expert medical testimony, Failure to Allege Mortal Wounds, Failure to Include Autopsy Certificate in Record, Fatal Injuries, Forensic Evidence, forensic pathology, Fourth Judicial Circuit Court, Government Motion for New Trial, Government Representation in Criminal Appeal, grand jury indictment, Grand Jury Presentment, grand jury proceedings, homicide, Incomplete Trial Record, Indictment as Constitutional Prerequisite to Prosecution, Indictment of Accessory Before the Fact, Invalid Indictment, Judge Nete-Sie Brownell, Judge Presiding by Assignment, judgment reversed, Justice Grigsby, Justice Samuel J. Grigsby, law of evidence, M. Dukuly, Maryland County, Material Allegations in Murder Indictment, Material Defects in Criminal Proceedings, medical evidence, Medical Examination of Deceased, Medical Expert, Medical Expertise in Determining Cause of Death, Medical Proof of Homicide, Missing Autopsy Certificate, Mortal Wounds, Motion by Prosecution for Remand, Motion to Remand for New Trial, murder, Murder Indictment, Neayou, Neayou alias Pahman and Nyaugbe v. Republic of Liberia, Neayou v. Republic of Liberia, November 1937 Argument, Nyaugbe, Nyaugbe v. Republic of Liberia, Omission of Essential Averment, Pahman, Pahman v. Republic of Liberia, Postmortem Examination, Principal and Accessory, Principal Offender, Proof of Cause of Death, Proof of Death by Criminal Act, Prosecution's Admission of Defective Indictment, Prosecutorial Duty to Ensure Valid Indictment, Qualifications of Medical Examiner, Release from Imprisonment, Release of Prisoner, Republic of Liberia, Revenue Solicitor, Reversal Based on Defective Indictment, reversal of murder conviction, Reversible Error, Specificity of Criminal Charges, Statutory Requirements for Indictment, Sufficiency of Evidence in Murder Prosecution, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Opinion, Supreme Court Precedent on Autopsy Evidence, Supreme Court Precedent on Constitutional Requirements for Indictment, Supreme Court Precedent on Defective Indictment, Supreme Court Precedent on Essential Averments, Supreme Court Precedent on Grand Jury Presentment, Supreme Court Precedent on Incomplete Appellate Record, Supreme Court Precedent on Medical Expert Qualifications, Supreme Court Precedent on Mortal Wounds, Supreme Court Precedent on Murder Indictment, Supreme Court Precedent on Principal and Accessory Before the Fact, Supreme Court Precedent on Proof of Cause of Death, Supreme Court Precedent on Release of Prisoner, Supreme Court Precedent on Reversal of Criminal Conviction, Trial Before Judge Nete-Sie Brownell, Uncertain Cause of Death, Valid Criminal Charge, Validity of Grand Jury Presentment | neayou-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-26-6-llr-126-1937 | absence-of-proof-of-medical-expertise absence-of-statutory-form-for-indictment-of-accessory accessory-before-the-fact appeal-from-murder-conviction appellate-review-of-criminal-conviction appellate-review-of-indictment appellate-review-of-medical-evidence appellate-review-of-trial-court-record autopsy autopsy-certificate autopsy-evidence autopsy-performed-by-nonexpert bill-of-exceptions capital-murder capital-offense capital-or-infamous-crime cause-of-death cause-of-death-not-self-evident certificate-of-postmortem-examination circuit-court-of-the-fourth-judicial-circuit constitution-of-liberia-section-7 constitutional-law constitutional-protection-against-invalid-indictment constitutional-protection-in-capital-cases constitutional-requirements-for-indictment constitutional-right-to-grand-jury-presentment counsellor-momolu-dukuly criminal-accomplice-liability criminal-appeal criminal-homicide criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution-based-on-defective-indictment death-of-accessory-before-the-fact death-of-co-accused death-of-nyaugbe-during-proceedings december-31-1937 defective-indictment deficiency-in-appellate-record definite-statement-of-criminal-offense department-of-justice discharge-following-reversal documentary-medical-evidence errors-apparent-on-record essential-averments-in-indictment essential-elements-of-murder-charge evidentiary-requirements-in-murder-cases examination-of-certified-record exceptions-to-trial-court-rulings expert-medical-testimony failure-to-allege-mortal-wounds failure-to-include-autopsy-certificate-in-record fatal-injuries forensic-evidence forensic-pathology fourth-judicial-circuit-court government-motion-for-new-trial government-representation-in-criminal-appeal grand-jury-indictment grand-jury-presentment grand-jury-proceedings homicide incomplete-trial-record indictment-as-constitutional-prerequisite-to-prosecution indictment-of-accessory-before-the-fact invalid-indictment judge-nete-sie-brownell judge-presiding-by-assignment judgment-reversed justice-grigsby justice-samuel-j-grigsby law-of-evidence m-dukuly maryland-county material-allegations-in-murder-indictment material-defects-in-criminal-proceedings medical-evidence medical-examination-of-deceased medical-expert medical-expertise-in-determining-cause-of-death medical-proof-of-homicide missing-autopsy-certificate mortal-wounds motion-by-prosecution-for-remand motion-to-remand-for-new-trial 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supreme-court-precedent-on-defective-indictment supreme-court-precedent-on-essential-averments supreme-court-precedent-on-grand-jury-presentment supreme-court-precedent-on-incomplete-appellate-record supreme-court-precedent-on-medical-expert-qualifications supreme-court-precedent-on-mortal-wounds supreme-court-precedent-on-murder-indictment supreme-court-precedent-on-principal-and-accessory-before-the-fact supreme-court-precedent-on-proof-of-cause-of-death supreme-court-precedent-on-release-of-prisoner supreme-court-precedent-on-reversal-of-criminal-conviction trial-before-judge-nete-sie-brownell uncertain-cause-of-death valid-criminal-charge validity-of-grand-jury-presentment | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Prout v Cooper LRSC 11; 5 LLR 412 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, affirmation, Appellate Review, bastard child, consent of mother, constitutional law, homestead exemption, illegitimacy, inheritance, lease agreement, legitimacy, legitimation, Montserrado County, non-retroactivity, parental acknowledgment, petition for legitimation, Probate Law, Property Rights, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, vested rights, wills and estates | prout-v-cooper-lrsc-11-5-llr-412-1937 | 1937-opinions affirmation appellate-review bastard-child consent-of-mother constitutional-law homestead-exemption illegitimacy inheritance lease-agreement legitimacy legitimation montserrado-county non-retroactivity parental-acknowledgment petition-for-legitimation probate-law property-rights statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia vested-rights wills-and-estates | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Prout v Cooper LRSC 6; 5 LLR 379 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, absence of counsel, Appellate Review, Civil Procedure, Costs, denial of motion, disability of counsel, Montserrado County, motion for continuance, procedural discretion, record on appeal, review on the record, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of counsel, unpreparedness of counsel | prout-v-cooper-lrsc-6-5-llr-379-1937 | 1937-opinions absence-of-counsel appellate-review civil-procedure costs denial-of-motion disability-of-counsel montserrado-county motion-for-continuance procedural-discretion record-on-appeal review-on-the-record supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-counsel unpreparedness-of-counsel | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Richards v Mcgill et al LRSC 24; 6 LLR 81 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, Conflict of Interest, disqualification of judge, Due Process, Ejectment, fair trial, judicial ethics, judicial impartiality, Jury Trial, Montserrado County, prior representation, recusal, remand, Reversal, Supreme Court of Liberia | richards-v-mcgill-et-al-lrsc-24-6-llr-81-1937 | 1937-opinions appellate-review civil-law conflict-of-interest disqualification-of-judge due-process ejectment fair-trial judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality jury-trial montserrado-county prior-representation recusal remand reversal supreme-court-of-liberia | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Rottger v Williams et al [1937] LRSC 1; 5 LLR 348 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, administrators, appellate procedure, approval of bill of exceptions, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, creditor claims, Estate Administration, estate of J. N. Pratt, Grand Bassa County, inventory of estate, mandamus, Probate Law, probate proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, tender of bill of exceptions, trial judge’s duty, Writ of Error | rottger-v-williams-et-al-1937-lrsc-1-5-llr-348-1937 | 1937-opinions administrators appellate-procedure approval-of-bill-of-exceptions bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure creditor-claims estate-administration estate-of-j-n-pratt grand-bassa-county inventory-of-estate mandamus probate-law probate-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia tender-of-bill-of-exceptions trial-judges-duty writ-of-error | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Secretary of State of Lib v Gibson LRSC 13; 6 LLR 3 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, attorney misconduct, Bar Committee of Montserrado County, bar discipline, Client Funds, disciplinary proceedings, Legal Ethics, neglect of client matter, patent and trademark practice, Professional Responsibility, review of suspension, Secretary of State of Liberia, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from practice, Trademark Registration, unprofessional conduct | secretary-of-state-of-lib-v-gibson-lrsc-13-6-llr-3-1937 | 1937-opinions attorney-misconduct bar-committee-of-montserrado-county bar-discipline client-funds disciplinary-proceedings legal-ethics neglect-of-client-matter patent-and-trademark-practice professional-responsibility review-of-suspension secretary-of-state-of-liberia supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-practice trademark-registration unprofessional-conduct | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Smart et al v Daniels et al LRSC 4; 5 LLR 369 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, administrators, Appellate Review, Attorney General referral, Barnersville, civil law, deed cancellation, Default Judgment, descent and distribution, Estate Administration, Evidence, forged deed, forgery, fraudulent conveyance, inheritance dispute, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, next of kin, Probate Court, probate proceeding, probate property, Supreme Court of Liberia, testate and intestate estates, title to land | smart-et-al-v-daniels-et-al-lrsc-4-5-llr-369-1937 | 1937-opinions administrators appellate-review attorney-general-referral barnersville civil-law deed-cancellation default-judgment descent-and-distribution estate-administration evidence forged-deed forgery fraudulent-conveyance inheritance-dispute land-dispute montserrado-county next-of-kin probate-court probate-proceeding probate-property supreme-court-of-liberia testate-and-intestate-estates title-to-land | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Tisdell v Zeovonyon LRSC 16; 6 LLR 24 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, civil law, defective bond, dismissal of appeal, Evidence, failure to pay costs, Jurisdiction, Marshall Territory, payment of costs, prerequisites for appeal, procedural requirements, Provisional Monthly and Probate Court, revenue stamp, Stamp Act 1906, Stamp Act 1923, stamp duty, Supreme Court of Liberia, trespass, trespass to real property, vi et armis | tisdell-v-zeovonyon-lrsc-16-6-llr-24-1937 | 1937-opinions appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-law defective-bond dismissal-of-appeal evidence failure-to-pay-costs jurisdiction marshall-territory payment-of-costs prerequisites-for-appeal procedural-requirements provisional-monthly-and-probate-court revenue-stamp stamp-act-1906 stamp-act-1923 stamp-duty supreme-court-of-liberia trespass trespass-to-real-property vi-et-armis | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Torkor et al v RL LRSC 25; 6 LLR 88 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, acquittal of co-defendant, affirmation of conviction, animus furandi, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, circumstantial evidence, clue to ownership, conversion of property, Criminal Law, criminal liability, custody and control, Dissenting Opinion, evidentiary standard, finding of lost property, intent, joint defendants, judicial bias, jury instructions, Jury Trial, larceny, Possession, Stare Decisis, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, waiver of exceptions | torkor-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-25-6-llr-88-1937 | 1937-opinions acquittal-of-co-defendant affirmation-of-conviction animus-furandi appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions circumstantial-evidence clue-to-ownership conversion-of-property criminal-law criminal-liability custody-and-control dissenting-opinion evidentiary-standard finding-of-lost-property intent joint-defendants judicial-bias jury-instructions jury-trial larceny possession stare-decisis supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property waiver-of-exceptions | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Ware v RL LRSC 7; 5 LLR 381 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, documentary evidence, duplicity in indictment, embezzlement, Fiduciary Duty, fraudulent conversion, Grand Cape Mount County, impeaching evidence, indictment, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, motion in arrest of judgment, motion to quash, pleading to indictment, public funds, rebutting evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of defects | ware-v-rl-lrsc-7-5-llr-381-1937 | 1937-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review criminal-law documentary-evidence duplicity-in-indictment embezzlement fiduciary-duty fraudulent-conversion grand-cape-mount-county impeaching-evidence indictment jury-trial jury-verdict motion-in-arrest-of-judgment motion-to-quash pleading-to-indictment public-funds rebutting-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-defects | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Williams v RL LRSC 2; 5 LLR 353 (1937) | 1937 | 1937 opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Circuit Court, circumstantial evidence, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, Grand Bassa County, Jury Trial, modification of sentence, Municipal Court, petit larceny, possession of stolen property, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, unimpeached testimony | williams-v-rl-lrsc-2-5-llr-353-1937 | 1937-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-court circumstantial-evidence corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law grand-bassa-county jury-trial modification-of-sentence municipal-court petit-larceny possession-of-stolen-property supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property unimpeached-testimony | 1937-1 supreme-court | |
| Wolo v. Wolo LRSC 12; 5 LLR 423 (1937) | 1937, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law | 1937 opinions, alimony, Article I (Constitution), constitutional law, Due Process, Judicial Review, law of the land, legislative divorce, marriage dissolution, Montserrado County, notice and hearing, Reversal, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribunal competence, void legislative act | wolo-v-wolo-lrsc-12-5-llr-423-1937 | 1937-opinions alimony article-i-constitution constitutional-law due-process judicial-review law-of-the-land legislative-divorce marriage-dissolution montserrado-county notice-and-hearing reversal separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia tribunal-competence void-legislative-act | 1937-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court |