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Document Category Agency Law
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| Bea Mountain Mining Corporation v. Kamara et.al (2023) | 2023, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, absence of agency, absence of privity, agency law, Appellate Review, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, burden of proof, Commercial Code, contractor liability, contractual interpretation, contractual relationship, Decent Work Act (2015), Ebola epidemic, emergency response, employee claims, employer-employee relationship, employment benefits, Employment Law, entitlement to severance, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary standard, Grand Cape Mount County, gratuity payment, hardship allowance, hearing officer, humanitarian assistance, ICE, independent contractor, International Construction and Engineering Inc, Judicial Review, Labor Dispute, Labour Law, meeting of minds, memoranda of understanding, Ministry of Labor, misapplication of law, mitigation of unrest, Monrovia, Montserrado County, MOU interpretation, National Labor Court, New Liberty Gold Mine, oral representation, parol evidence rule, payroll evidence, Petition for Judicial Review, principal-agent relationship, privity of contract, receipt evidence, Reversal, severance pay, statute of frauds principle, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination for economic reasons, third-party employment, trial court error, unenforceable oral agreement, Unfair Labor Practice, workplace disruption, written agreement rule, Wrongful Dismissal | bea-mountain-mining-corporation-v-kamara-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions absence-of-agency absence-of-privity agency-law appellate-review bea-mountain-mining-corporation burden-of-proof commercial-code contractor-liability contractual-interpretation contractual-relationship decent-work-act-2015 ebola-epidemic emergency-response employee-claims employer-employee-relationship employment-benefits employment-law entitlement-to-severance evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-standard grand-cape-mount-county gratuity-payment hardship-allowance hearing-officer humanitarian-assistance ice independent-contractor international-construction-and-engineering-inc judicial-review labor-dispute labour-law meeting-of-minds memoranda-of-understanding ministry-of-labor misapplication-of-law mitigation-of-unrest monrovia montserrado-county mou-interpretation national-labor-court new-liberty-gold-mine oral-representation parol-evidence-rule payroll-evidence petition-for-judicial-review principal-agent-relationship privity-of-contract receipt-evidence reversal severance-pay statute-of-frauds-principle supreme-court-of-liberia termination-for-economic-reasons third-party-employment trial-court-error unenforceable-oral-agreement unfair-labor-practice workplace-disruption written-agreement-rule wrongful-dismissal | |
| Benson v Sawyer LRSC 42 (2015) | 2015, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, administrative deed, affirmation of judgment, agency law, Appeal, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Bill of Exceptions, cancellation of deed, civil law, damages for wrongful withholding, Ejectment, exception to jury charge, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, power of attorney, principal-agent relationship, Procedural Default, refund of purchase price, repudiation of act, reversion of title, same grantor, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, unlawful withholding of land, Waiver, weight of evidence | benson-v-sawyer-lrsc-42-2015 | 2015-opinions administrative-deed affirmation-of-judgment agency-law appeal appellate-review attorney-in-fact bill-of-exceptions cancellation-of-deed civil-law damages-for-wrongful-withholding ejectment exception-to-jury-charge intestate-estate jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial power-of-attorney principal-agent-relationship procedural-default refund-of-purchase-price repudiation-of-act reversion-of-title same-grantor supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed unlawful-withholding-of-land waiver weight-of-evidence | |
| Beyan et al. v King Peter’s Orphanage LRSC 45 (2013) | Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Decisions by Index, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2013 Opinions, agency and fiduciary duty, Appeal, appointment of deputizing counsel, bench trial, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, Default Judgment, Equitable Relief, excusable neglect, immediate rendition of judgment, land sale contract, master–agent relationship, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, Paynesville, preponderance of the evidence, Real Property, receipt as contract, right to appeal, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | beyan-et-al-v-king-peters-orphanage-lrsc-45-2013 | 2013-opinions agency-and-fiduciary-duty appeal appointment-of-deputizing-counsel bench-trial burden-of-proof civil-law civil-procedure-law default-judgment equitable-relief excusable-neglect immediate-rendition-of-judgment land-sale-contract master-agent-relationship modification-of-judgment montserrado-county notice-of-assignment paynesville preponderance-of-the-evidence real-property receipt-as-contract right-to-appeal specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | |
| Chronicles Newspaper & Browne v RL LRSC 31 (2015) | 2015, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law | 2015 Opinions, agency, Article 13(a), Article 15(c), Article 21(b), Article 88, board resolution, Capacity to Sue, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, corporate authority, Due Process, Ebola outbreak, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, Judicial Review, Liberia National Police, media law, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mootness, National Chronicles Newspaper, national security, press freedom, Press Union of Liberia, Prohibition, real party in interest, representative capacity, right to information, search and seizure, separation of powers, Standing, state of emergency, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | chronicles-newspaper-browne-v-rl-lrsc-31-2015 | 2015-opinions agency article-13a article-15c article-21b article-88 board-resolution capacity-to-sue civil-procedure constitutional-law corporate-authority due-process ebola-outbreak freedom-of-movement freedom-of-speech freedom-of-the-press judicial-review liberia-national-police media-law ministry-of-information ministry-of-justice monrovia montserrado-county mootness national-chronicles-newspaper national-security press-freedom press-union-of-liberia prohibition real-party-in-interest representative-capacity right-to-information search-and-seizure separation-of-powers standing state-of-emergency supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | |
| Jalloh v Intestate Estate of Thomas N. Miller (2026) | 2026, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, admissibility of expert testimony, affirmation of lower court, agency relationship, answer and reply, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 42.1, competing titles, Congo Town, credibility of witnesses, damages, Default Judgment, denial of agency, denial of motion, denial of new trial, discretion of trial court, Ejectment, eviction, evidentiary tools, expert witness, failure to produce deed, Forestry Development Authority v Walters, fraud, Freeman v Webster, general damages, grantor and grantee, harmless error doctrine, illegal entry, imperfect judgment, inconsistent pleadings, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for investigative survey, motion for new trial, pleadings, possession vs title, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Law, proof of title, property ownership, punitive damages, qualification of expert, Real Property, requirement of proof, restitution of possession, Salala Rubber Corporation v Garlawolu, Sixth Judicial Circuit, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, warranty deed, weakness of defendant’s title, wrongful occupation | jalloh-v-intestate-estate-of-thomas-n-miller-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment admissibility-of-expert-testimony affirmation-of-lower-court agency-relationship answer-and-reply appellate-review attorney-in-fact burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-42-1 competing-titles congo-town credibility-of-witnesses damages default-judgment denial-of-agency denial-of-motion denial-of-new-trial discretion-of-trial-court ejectment eviction evidentiary-tools expert-witness failure-to-produce-deed forestry-development-authority-v-walters fraud freeman-v-webster general-damages grantor-and-grantee harmless-error-doctrine illegal-entry imperfect-judgment inconsistent-pleadings investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-investigative-survey motion-for-new-trial pleadings possession-vs-title pratt-v-phillips-summerville preponderance-of-evidence procedural-law proof-of-title property-ownership punitive-damages qualification-of-expert real-property requirement-of-proof restitution-of-possession salala-rubber-corporation-v-garlawolu sixth-judicial-circuit strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed warranty-deed weakness-of-defendants-title wrongful-occupation | |
| Kruger v Johns LRSC 2; 2 LLR 89 (1913) | 1913, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Maritime Law | 1913 Opinions, admiralty law, agency law, appellate procedure, civil law, intervention by ship agent, Johnson J., maritime employment, McCants-Stewart J., misnomer, Motion to Dismiss, Procedural Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety authority, Toliver C. J., waiver of misnomer, Writ of Error | kruger-v-johns-lrsc-2-2-llr-89-1913 | 1913-opinions admiralty-law agency-law appellate-procedure civil-law intervention-by-ship-agent johnson-j maritime-employment mccants-stewart-j misnomer motion-to-dismiss procedural-law supreme-court-of-liberia surety-authority toliver-c-j waiver-of-misnomer writ-of-error | |
| 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 | |
| Payne v. Mckenzie LRSC 1; 1 LLR 36 (1866) | 1866, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 1866 Opinions, agency liability, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, assessment of damages, breach of contract, Contract Law, Court of Quarter Sessions, damages, Default Judgment, early Liberian jurisprudence., failure to answer, foreign principal, imperfect judgment, Montserrado County, principal and agent, Procedural Default, remand, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia | payne-v-mckenzie-lrsc-1-1-llr-36-1866 | 1866-opinions agency-liability appeal-bond appeal-procedure assessment-of-damages breach-of-contract contract-law court-of-quarter-sessions damages default-judgment early-liberian-jurisprudence failure-to-answer foreign-principal imperfect-judgment montserrado-county principal-and-agent procedural-default remand reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Sneh v RL LRSC 44; 35 LLR 136 (1988) | 1988, Agency Law, Anti-Corruption, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, agency law, audit shortage, burden of proof, conversion, Criminal Law, embezzlement, Fiduciary Duty, fraud, Liberia Trading Corporation, misappropriation, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, storekeeper, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance | sneh-v-rl-lrsc-44-35-llr-136-1988 | 1988-opinions agency-law audit-shortage burden-of-proof conversion criminal-law embezzlement fiduciary-duty fraud liberia-trading-corporation misappropriation motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment storekeeper supreme-court-of-liberia variance | |
| The Central Bank of the Republic of Liberia (CBL) v Doe LRSC 2 (2015) | 2015, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law | 2015 Opinions, abandoned property, action of debt, appeal bond requirement, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, Citibank Liberia, civil law, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, constitutional challenge, costs disallowed, Deposit Contract, depositor rights, dormant account, escrow pending appeal, Fiduciary Duty, fifteen-year rule, financial institutions law, general agent, Judicial Notice, liquidation plan, mandate, Meridian Bank Liberia Limited, Montserrado County, mootness, National Bank of Liberia, passbook evidence, paying agent agreement, preponderance of evidence, proof of payment, reversal of judgment, savings account, Statute of Limitations, statutory presumption of abandonment, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust account, unclaimed deposits, voluntary liquidation, winding up | cbl-v-doe-lrsc-2-2015 the-central-bank-of-the-republic-of-liberia-cbl-v-doe-lrsc-2-2015 | 2015-opinions abandoned-property action-of-debt appeal-bond-requirement appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia citibank-liberia civil-law commercial-court commercial-law constitutional-challenge costs-disallowed deposit-contract depositor-rights dormant-account escrow-pending-appeal fiduciary-duty fifteen-year-rule financial-institutions-law general-agent judicial-notice liquidation-plan mandate meridian-bank-liberia-limited montserrado-county mootness national-bank-of-liberia passbook-evidence paying-agent-agreement preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-payment reversal-of-judgment savings-account statute-of-limitations statutory-presumption-of-abandonment supreme-court-of-liberia trust-account unclaimed-deposits voluntary-liquidation winding-up | |
| Toe et al. v Free (2022) | Agency Law, Property Law | affirmation of circuit court ruling, agency law, Appellate Review, authority to sell real property, caretaker authority, civil law, Civil Law Court, constructive title, Costs, Ejectment, landlord and tenant, metes and bounds, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, notice to vacate, possessory rights, power of attorney, receipts as evidence, reversal of magistrate ruling, sale of real property, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, title dispute, writing requirement, wrongful withholding | toe-et-al-v-free-2022 | affirmation-of-circuit-court-ruling agency-law appellate-review authority-to-sell-real-property caretaker-authority civil-law civil-law-court constructive-title costs ejectment landlord-and-tenant metes-and-bounds monrovia-city-court montserrado-county notice-to-vacate possessory-rights power-of-attorney receipts-as-evidence reversal-of-magistrate-ruling sale-of-real-property summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed title-dispute writing-requirement wrongful-withholding | |
| Yengbeh Jr. v. Kiazolu et al (2023) | 2023, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, agency, alternative writ affirmed, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Certiorari, Chambers Justice ruling, civil law, Civil Law Court, complete relief, compulsory joinder, conveyance of land, court’s decree of sale, David M. Morris, deed validity, Due Process, Ejectment, fee simple title, Frank Jallah, intervention, Jennie B. Morris, joinder of necessary parties, joint ownership, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Kai Ballah Family, landlord-tenant dispute, Letters of Administration, Marital Property, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiplicity of suits, occupancy rights, party defendant, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, possession of real property, power of attorney, Probate Court Rules, Real Property, remand, right to possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, striking pleadings, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title in dispute, title instruments, trial court error | yengbeh-jr-v-kiazolu-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-deed agency alternative-writ-affirmed appellate-review attorney-in-fact certiorari chambers-justice-ruling civil-law civil-law-court complete-relief compulsory-joinder conveyance-of-land courts-decree-of-sale david-m-morris deed-validity due-process ejectment fee-simple-title frank-jallah intervention jennie-b-morris joinder-of-necessary-parties joint-ownership judicial-notice jury-trial kai-ballah-family landlord-tenant-dispute letters-of-administration marital-property mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county multiplicity-of-suits occupancy-rights party-defendant peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari possession-of-real-property power-of-attorney probate-court-rules real-property remand right-to-possession sixth-judicial-circuit striking-pleadings summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-in-dispute title-instruments trial-court-error | |
| Yuones et al vs. His Honor James E. Jones et al (2024) | 2024, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2024 Opinions, action of debt, admissions, alter ego doctrine, assignment, attachment, bill of costs, Black’s Law Dictionary, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, consideration, contract, corporate officer, corporate veil, Debt Court, Default Judgment, domestic corporation, Enforcement of Judgment, extraordinary writs, imperfect judgment, Jurisdiction, managing agent, mandate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as statutory agent, negotiable instrument, Personal Service, prohibition proceeding, registered agent, Resummons, Service by Publication, Service of Process, sole shareholder corporation, Supreme Court of Liberia, WACCO, Writ of Prohibition | joseph-yuones-and-wacco-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-judge-debt-and-houssini-2024 yuones-et-al-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-debt admissions alter-ego-doctrine assignment attachment bill-of-costs blacks-law-dictionary civil-procedure commercial-code consideration contract corporate-officer corporate-veil debt-court default-judgment domestic-corporation enforcement-of-judgment extraordinary-writs imperfect-judgment jurisdiction managing-agent mandate ministry-of-foreign-affairs-as-statutory-agent negotiable-instrument personal-service prohibition-proceeding registered-agent resummons service-by-publication service-of-process sole-shareholder-corporation supreme-court-of-liberia wacco writ-of-prohibition |