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Document Category 2012
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| COOPERS v. LAWRENCE LRSC 2 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, agency jurisdiction, alley dispute, Appeal, Article 11(b), Article 20(a), Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, constitutional law, Due Process, easement, enforcement of administrative order, Equitable Relief, ingress and egress, interim order, interlocutory order, Investigative Survey, judicial enforcement, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, Ministry of Public Works, Monrovia, Montserrado County, obstruction of access, petition for enforcement, Property Law, Public Policy, Real Property, resurvey, right of way, Section 82.9, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia | coopers-v-lawrence-lrsc-2-2012 | 2012-opinions administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-jurisdiction alley-dispute appeal article-11b article-20a capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court constitutional-law due-process easement enforcement-of-administrative-order equitable-relief ingress-and-egress interim-order interlocutory-order investigative-survey judicial-enforcement ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy ministry-of-public-works monrovia montserrado-county obstruction-of-access petition-for-enforcement property-law public-policy real-property resurvey right-of-way section-82-9 sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit standing supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Dean, Jr. et al v. Heirs of Dean ] LRSC 9 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, alleged adoption, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, burden of proof, Capacity to Sue, Civil Procedure Law, closure of estate, collateral heirs, compromise settlement, CPLR 26.2, decedent estates, deed execution, deed irregularity, distributees, distribution per stripes, Estate Administration, evidentiary insufficiency, family settlement agreement, fraud, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, judgment during trial, Kakata, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, lineal heirs, mandate of Supreme Court, Margibi County, misjoinder, misrepresentation, motion to drop misjoined party, motion to strike, petition for reopening of intestate estate, power of attorney, Probate Law, Property Dispute, reopening of estate, right to jury trial, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, waiver of jury trial | dean jr-et-al-v-heirs-of-dean-lrsc-9-2012 | 2012-opinions alleged-adoption appellate-review attorney-in-fact burden-of-proof capacity-to-sue civil-procedure-law closure-of-estate collateral-heirs compromise-settlement cplr-26-2 decedent-estates deed-execution deed-irregularity distributees distribution-per-stripes estate-administration evidentiary-insufficiency family-settlement-agreement fraud inheritance-rights intestate-estate intestate-succession judgment-during-trial kakata land-dispute letters-of-administration lineal-heirs mandate-of-supreme-court margibi-county misjoinder misrepresentation motion-to-drop-misjoined-party motion-to-strike petition-for-reopening-of-intestate-estate power-of-attorney probate-law property-dispute reopening-of-estate right-to-jury-trial standing supreme-court-of-liberia survey thirteenth-judicial-circuit waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Firestone Liberia, Inc. v Kollie LRSC 14 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, abuse of authority, Appellate Review, arrest and detention, business interruption, civil law, concession agreement, concession area security, conversion of property, Damages for Wrong, deprivation of property, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, excessive damages, Firestone Liberia concession, general damages, impoundment of vehicle, Jury Verdict, loss of income, mandate of Supreme Court, Margibi County, market value, modification of damages, motion for new trial, Plant Protection Department, police powers, preponderance of evidence, private security authority, proof of special damages, rental income, rubber theft allegation, seizure of vehicle, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tort Law, valuation of personal property, wrongful detention, wrongful seizure | firestone-liberia inc-v-kollie-lrsc-14-2012 | 2012-opinions abuse-of-authority appellate-review arrest-and-detention business-interruption civil-law concession-agreement concession-area-security conversion-of-property damages-for-wrong deprivation-of-property due-process enforcement-of-judgment excessive-damages firestone-liberia-concession general-damages impoundment-of-vehicle jury-verdict loss-of-income mandate-of-supreme-court margibi-county market-value modification-of-damages motion-for-new-trial plant-protection-department police-powers preponderance-of-evidence private-security-authority proof-of-special-damages rental-income rubber-theft-allegation seizure-of-vehicle special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia thirteenth-judicial-circuit tort-law valuation-of-personal-property wrongful-detention wrongful-seizure | |
| Greaves McCritty v Judge Holder LRSC 17 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, administratrix, Appellate Review, attesting witness, Civil Law Court, credibility of witnesses, decedent estates, denial of re-argument, Estate Administration, execution of will, executor, fraud allegation, hearsay evidence, impeachment of witness, Jury Verdict, last will and testament, letters of administration de bonis non cum testament annexo, mandate of Supreme Court, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, overlooked facts, overlooked point of law, palpable mistake, Petition for re-argument, Probate Law, re-argument standard, sound mind, Supreme Court of Liberia, testamentary capacity, Testate Estate, Undue Influence, weight of evidence, will contest | greaves-mccritty-v-judge-holder-lrsc-17-2012 | 2012-opinions administratrix appellate-review attesting-witness civil-law-court credibility-of-witnesses decedent-estates denial-of-re-argument estate-administration execution-of-will executor fraud-allegation hearsay-evidence impeachment-of-witness jury-verdict last-will-and-testament letters-of-administration-de-bonis-non-cum-testament-annexo mandate-of-supreme-court monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county overlooked-facts overlooked-point-of-law palpable-mistake petition-for-re-argument probate-law re-argument-standard sound-mind supreme-court-of-liberia testamentary-capacity testate-estate undue-influence weight-of-evidence will-contest | |
| Harris v Cavalla Rubber Corporation LRSC 13 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, 4th Judicial Circuit, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Cavalla Rubber Corporation, civil law, Civil Procedure, dismissal of appeal, employment and labor context, enlargement of time, excusable neglect, general damages, good cause, Harper, Jurisdiction, Maryland County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, perfection of appeal, Pleebo City, rubber concession, Service of Process, sheriff’s returns, special damages, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia | harris-v-cavalla-rubber-corporation-lrsc-13-2012 | 2012-opinions 4th-judicial-circuit action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions cavalla-rubber-corporation civil-law civil-procedure dismissal-of-appeal employment-and-labor-context enlargement-of-time excusable-neglect general-damages good-cause harper jurisdiction maryland-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc perfection-of-appeal pleebo-city rubber-concession service-of-process sheriffs-returns special-damages statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Henries v. Kollie LRSC 11 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, Service of Process, statutory requirements, Supreme Court of Liberia | henries-v-kollie-lrsc-11-2012 | 2012-opinions appeal-bond appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure dismissal-of-appeal due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default service-of-process statutory-requirements supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Houseini v Kaydea LRSC 4 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, announcement of appeal, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Clerk’s Certificate, completion of appeal, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, filing deadline, Jurisdiction, mandate, mandatory statutory requirements, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Notice of Completion of Appeal, procedural defect, service and filing, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness, trial court jurisdiction, waiver of jurisdiction | houseini-v-kaydea-lrsc-4-2012 | 2012-opinions announcement-of-appeal appeal appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law clerks-certificate completion-of-appeal dismissal-of-appeal due-process filing-deadline jurisdiction mandate mandatory-statutory-requirements monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-defect service-and-filing sixth-judicial-circuit summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness trial-court-jurisdiction waiver-of-jurisdiction | |
| Judge Ware et al v Republic of Liberia LRSC 10 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, appeal by the State, Appellate Review, Criminal Court C, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dismissal of indictment, dismissal without prejudice, double jeopardy, Due Process, First Judicial Circuit, forgery, indictment, judicial error, Jurisdiction, mandamus, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, petition for writ of prohibition, Prohibition, prosecutorial delay, separation of trials, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, waiver of jury trial | judge-ware-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-10-2012 | 2012-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion appeal-by-the-state appellate-review criminal-court-c criminal-facilitation criminal-law criminal-procedure dismissal-of-indictment dismissal-without-prejudice double-jeopardy due-process first-judicial-circuit forgery indictment judicial-error jurisdiction mandamus modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss petition-for-writ-of-prohibition prohibition prosecutorial-delay separation-of-trials statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Kamara et al v Heirs of Essel LRSC 6 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, arbitration, board of arbitration, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, disposition of law issues, Ejectment, encroachment, fraud allegation, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Monrovia, Montserrado County, objections to arbitration award, procedural error, Property Law, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, waiver of jury trial | kamara-et-al-v-heirs-of-essel-lrsc-6-2012 | 2012-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review arbitration board-of-arbitration burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court disposition-of-law-issues ejectment encroachment fraud-allegation intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute metes-and-bounds monrovia montserrado-county objections-to-arbitration-award procedural-error property-law real-property sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Korpoi v. Republic of Liberia [2012] LRSC 12 (16 August 2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, enhancement of sentence, evidentiary conflict, Gbarpolu County, indictment, Kungbor District, misapplication of entrusted property, misdemeanor of the first degree, modification of sentence, non-governmental organization, public trust, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial by judge, voluntary statement, waiver of jury trial, waybill evidence | korpoi-v-republic-of-liberia-2012-lrsc-12-2012 | 2012-opinions appeal appellate-review burden-of-proof credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law enhancement-of-sentence evidentiary-conflict gbarpolu-county indictment kungbor-district misapplication-of-entrusted-property misdemeanor-of-the-first-degree modification-of-sentence non-governmental-organization public-trust reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia trial-by-judge voluntary-statement waiver-of-jury-trial waybill-evidence | |
| Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) v Associated Development Company (ADC) LRSC 1 (2012) | 2012, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2012 Opinions, action of debt, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, agency law, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Associated Development Company (ADC), best evidence rule, Buchanan Port, burden of proof, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), civil law, commercial transactions, Debt Court of Montserrado County, documentary evidence, enforcement of judgment pending appeal, INA Decree No. 12, Jurisdiction, Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC), offset and set-off, reimbursement of expenses, renovation contract, statute of frauds, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, telegraphic transfer, warehouse lease | lac-v-adc-lrsc-1-2012 liberian-agricultural-company-lac-v-associated-development-company-adc-lrsc-1-2012 | 2012-opinions action-of-debt admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment agency-law appeal-bond appellate-review associated-development-company-adc best-evidence-rule buchanan-port burden-of-proof catholic-relief-services-crs civil-law commercial-transactions debt-court-of-montserrado-county documentary-evidence enforcement-of-judgment-pending-appeal ina-decree-no-12 jurisdiction liberian-agricultural-company-lac offset-and-set-off reimbursement-of-expenses renovation-contract statute-of-frauds subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia telegraphic-transfer warehouse-lease | |
| Mananaai v Momo LRSC 3 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, Appellate Review, arbitration, bench trial, Bong County, civil law, disposition of law issues, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, failure to except, Gboata, interference with intestate estate, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, jury waiver, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, probate jurisdiction, procedural error, public land law, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey board of arbitration, tribal certificate, waiver of exceptions, warranty deed, writ of possession | mananaai-v-momo-lrsc-3-2012 | 2012-opinions appellate-review arbitration bench-trial bong-county civil-law disposition-of-law-issues ejectment encroachment eviction failure-to-except gboata interference-with-intestate-estate intestate-estate investigative-survey jury-waiver land-dispute letters-of-administration probate-jurisdiction procedural-error public-land-law superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-board-of-arbitration tribal-certificate waiver-of-exceptions warranty-deed writ-of-possession | |
| Moore v Wilson LRSC 7 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, bench trial, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, Clerk’s Certificate, Damages for Wrong, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, general damages, Jurisdiction, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motor vehicle accident, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, service and filing, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, statutory requirements, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, Waiver | moore-v-wilson-lrsc-7-2012 | 2012-opinions appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure bench-trial bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court clerks-certificate damages-for-wrong dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment general-damages jurisdiction monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motor-vehicle-accident notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal service-and-filing sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages statutory-requirements supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law waiver | |
| Sarnor v. Leigh Sherman LRSC 8 ( 2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, civil law, co-tenant, Concurrent Jurisdiction, divorce and property rights, Ejectment, joint tenancy, judicial review of colleague's ruling, Montserrado County, partition, property conveyance, Real Property, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Survivorship, tenancy by the entirety, Tenancy in Common, transferred deed, wrongful occupancy | sarnor-v-leigh-sherman-lrsc-8-2012 | 2012-opinions civil-law co-tenant concurrent-jurisdiction divorce-and-property-rights ejectment joint-tenancy judicial-review-of-colleagues-ruling montserrado-county partition property-conveyance real-property summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia survivorship tenancy-by-the-entirety tenancy-in-common transferred-deed wrongful-occupancy | |
| Sirleaf v Republic of Liberia LRSC 15 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, amendment of indictment, Appellate Review, armed robbery, burden of proof, cell phone records, circumstantial evidence, credibility of witnesses, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Court “D”, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary inconsistency, imprisonment, indictment, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Nolle Prosequi, police clearance, police investigation, Presumption of Innocence, Prosecutorial Discretion, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia | sirleaf-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-15-2012 | 2012-opinions accomplice-testimony amendment-of-indictment appellate-review armed-robbery burden-of-proof cell-phone-records circumstantial-evidence credibility-of-witnesses criminal-conspiracy criminal-court-d criminal-law due-process evidentiary-inconsistency imprisonment indictment jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial nolle-prosequi police-clearance police-investigation presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-discretion reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| STEVENS v. NHS Bank et al LRSC 16 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, Appeal, Appeal bond, auction sale, Banking Law, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, collusion, completion of appeal, Default Judgment, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, foreclosure, Foreclosure of Mortgage, fraud, irregularities, judicial sale, Jurisdiction, loan agreement, mailing requirement, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Housing and Savings Bank, Notice of Completion of Appeal, petition for relief from judgment, purchaser at foreclosure sale, Real Property, Service by Publication, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Way of Grace Ministries | stevens-v-nhs-bank-et-al-lrsc-16-2012 | 2012-opinions appeal appeal-bond auction-sale banking-law bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court collusion completion-of-appeal default-judgment dismissal-of-appeal due-process foreclosure foreclosure-of-mortgage fraud irregularities judicial-sale jurisdiction loan-agreement mailing-requirement misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county mortgage motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-housing-and-savings-bank notice-of-completion-of-appeal petition-for-relief-from-judgment purchaser-at-foreclosure-sale real-property service-by-publication service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia way-of-grace-ministries | |
| Tyler et al v. Heirs of Cole LRSC 5 (2012) | 2012 | 2012 Opinions, administrators, Appellate Review, arbitration, Arbitration Award, authentication of deed, board of arbitration, certificate of non-discovery, certified records, civil law, Civil Law Court, Constructive Notice, Due Process, Ejectment, Estate Administration, eviction, evidentiary weight, Foreign Ministry archives, forged deed, fraud, inheritance, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, motion to rescind arbitration, notice of assignment, Paynesville, probate, Property Law, public land sale deed, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, writ of possession | tyler-et-al-v-heirs-of-cole-lrsc-5-2012 | 2012-opinions administrators appellate-review arbitration arbitration-award authentication-of-deed board-of-arbitration certificate-of-non-discovery certified-records civil-law civil-law-court constructive-notice due-process ejectment estate-administration eviction evidentiary-weight foreign-ministry-archives forged-deed fraud inheritance intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute montserrado-county motion-to-rescind-arbitration notice-of-assignment paynesville probate property-law public-land-sale-deed service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed vacating-arbitration-award waiver writ-of-possession |