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| The Management of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) v. Mr. Nathaniel S. Dickerson et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, 22.1–22.2, affirmation of liability but modification of damages from 24 to 15 months’ salary, appeal/petition for judicial review, application of Decent Work Act 2015 §§ 14.4, distinction between presidential appointee and regular employee, LPRC Employee Handbook §§ 8.1(a) & 8.2(b) declared partly void for conflict with statute (10-year vs 15-year pension rule), Management of Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) v. Dickerson & Elizabeth Matu Tubman White, Ministry of Labor & National Labor Court subject-matter jurisdiction, NASSCORP retirement scheme, progressive discipline and termination procedures, severance vs pension, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful dismissal vs alleged presidential directive | the-management-of-the-liberia-petroleum-refining-company-lprc-v-mr-nathaniel-s-dickerson-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions 22-1-22-2 affirmation-of-liability-but-modification-of-damages-from-24-to-15-months-salary appeal-petition-for-judicial-review application-of-decent-work-act-2015-%c2%a7%c2%a7-14-4 distinction-between-presidential-appointee-and-regular-employee lprc-employee-handbook-%c2%a7%c2%a7-8-1a-8-2b-declared-partly-void-for-conflict-with-statute-10-year-vs-15-year-pension-rule management-of-liberia-petroleum-refining-company-lprc-v-dickerson-elizabeth-matu-tubman-white ministry-of-labor-national-labor-court-subject-matter-jurisdiction nasscorp-retirement-scheme progressive-discipline-and-termination-procedures severance-vs-pension supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-dismissal-vs-alleged-presidential-directive | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| A.D.C Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 39 LLR 431 (1999) (22 January 1999) | 1999, Aviation Law, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1999 Opinions, announcement of appeal, Appeal bond, Appellate Practice, aviation law, Bare Denial, Bill of Exceptions, breach of contract, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, completion of appeal, contempt of court, damages for breach of contract, Default Judgment, dismissal of appeal, excessive verdict, general damages, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, refusal to accept court process, remittitur, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of appeal | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11l-39-llr-431-1999-22-january-1999 | 1999-opinions announcement-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-practice aviation-law bare-denial bill-of-exceptions breach-of-contract civil-law-court civil-procedure completion-of-appeal contempt-of-court damages-for-breach-of-contract default-judgment dismissal-of-appeal excessive-verdict general-damages jurisdiction jury-verdict modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal refusal-to-accept-court-process remittitur sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-appeal | 1999-1 aviation-law civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| A.D.C. Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 38 LLR 615 (1998) | Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1998 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, breach of contract, Civil Procedure, damages, Default Judgment, discretionary dismissal, imperfect judgment, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, procedural technicality, Service of Process, Supreme Court of Liberia | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11-38-llr-615-1998 | 1998-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure breach-of-contract civil-procedure damages default-judgment discretionary-dismissal imperfect-judgment jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-technicality service-of-process supreme-court-of-liberia | civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| A.D.C. Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 38 LLR 615 (1998) | 1998, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1998 Opinions, accrual of cause of action, Appellate Review, Banking Law, breach of deposit contract, civil law, Commercial Law, conversion, correspondence, costs assessed, currency denomination, Damages for Wrong, deposit account, disposition of law issues, last transaction rule, Liberian dollar account, mandate, Montserrado County, mutual open and current account, notice, reciprocal demands, remand, retrial ordered, Reversal, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, time bar, United States dollar account, written demand, wrongful withholding | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11-38-llr-615-1998 knuckles-v-tradevco | 1998-opinions accrual-of-cause-of-action appellate-review banking-law breach-of-deposit-contract civil-law commercial-law conversion correspondence costs-assessed currency-denomination damages-for-wrong deposit-account disposition-of-law-issues last-transaction-rule liberian-dollar-account mandate montserrado-county mutual-open-and-current-account notice reciprocal-demands remand retrial-ordered reversal sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia time-bar united-states-dollar-account written-demand wrongful-withholding | 1998-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Abi Jaoudi Supermarket et al. v. His Honor Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Sr. et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Abi Jaoudi Supermarket, Azar Trading Corporation, Madam Chief Justice Yuoh, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Randall Street, Real Property, Res Judicata, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate of Etmonia L. King, Testate Estate of John H. Richards, Testate Estate of Joseph G. Richards, Testate Estate of Nancy E. Cooper, writ of certiorari | abi-jaoudi-supermarket-et-al-v-his-honor-yamie-q-gbeisay sr-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions abi-jaoudi-supermarket azar-trading-corporation madam-chief-justice-yuoh monrovia montserrado-county randall-street real-property res-judicata sixth-judicial-circuit summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate-of-etmonia-l-king testate-estate-of-john-h-richards testate-estate-of-joseph-g-richards testate-estate-of-nancy-e-cooper writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Abi Rached v Gemayel et al LRSC 25; 17 LLR 14 (1965) | 1965, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 1965 Opinions, Chambers Justice, civil law, constructive service, equity procedure, Estoppel, Jurisdiction, Lease Cancellation, Montserrado County, Service by Publication, sublease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | 1965-opinions chambers-justice civil-law constructive-service equity-procedure estoppel jurisdiction lease-cancellation montserrado-county service-by-publication sublease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 1965-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Access Bank Liberia (Limited) v. Wael Gharzerddine (2024) | 2024, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, Accessbank (Liberia) Limited, action of damages, Appellate Review, ArcelorMittal, Auto Elegance, Banking Law, breach of contract, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, corporate succession, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Cross-examination inconsistency, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, general damages, implied admission, legal capacity to sue, lost profits, mandate, mitigation, modification of judgment, Monrovia, Montserrado County, non-retroactivity, one-judge jurisdiction, preponderance of evidence, proof of special damages, punitive damages, shareholder rights, sole proprietorship, special damages, Standing, statutory threshold, subject matter jurisdiction, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Tort Law, Wael Gharzeddine | access-bank-liberia-limited-v-wael-gharzerddine-2024 | 2024-opinions accessbank-liberia-limited action-of-damages appellate-review arcelormittal auto-elegance banking-law breach-of-contract commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law corporate-succession costs credibility-of-witnesses cross-examination-inconsistency damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence general-damages implied-admission legal-capacity-to-sue lost-profits mandate mitigation modification-of-judgment monrovia montserrado-county non-retroactivity one-judge-jurisdiction preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-special-damages punitive-damages shareholder-rights sole-proprietorship special-damages standing statutory-threshold subject-matter-jurisdiction subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel tort-law wael-gharzeddine | 2024-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Acquillas Construction Company v. The Government of the Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, action of debt, allegations of fraud, arbitration, Article III, Article VII, bondholder claims, Certiorari, Chambers Justice, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, Commercial Dispute, commercial dispute resolution, Commercial Law, Debt Action, duplicated bonds, evidentiary dispute, expert determination, extortion allegations, factual disputes in commercial cases, financial instruments, fraud, Government of Liberia, inflated claim, interlocutory ruling, jurisdictional challenge, Jury Trial, Ministry of Finance, Montserrado County, National Bank of Liberia, national savings bonds, non-jury trial, peremptory writ denied, petition for writ of certiorari, prompt disposition of commercial cases, public debt, redemption of bonds, referees, remedial process, Reversal, savings bonds, Sixth Judicial Circuit, specialized courts, Statutory interpretation, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, unjust enrichment, verification process, writ quashed | acquillas-construction-company-v-the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-debt allegations-of-fraud arbitration article-iii article-vii bondholder-claims certiorari chambers-justice civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-court commercial-court-act commercial-dispute commercial-dispute-resolution commercial-law debt-action duplicated-bonds evidentiary-dispute expert-determination extortion-allegations factual-disputes-in-commercial-cases financial-instruments fraud government-of-liberia inflated-claim interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-challenge jury-trial ministry-of-finance montserrado-county national-bank-of-liberia national-savings-bonds non-jury-trial peremptory-writ-denied petition-for-writ-of-certiorari prompt-disposition-of-commercial-cases public-debt redemption-of-bonds referees remedial-process reversal savings-bonds sixth-judicial-circuit specialized-courts statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error unjust-enrichment verification-process writ-quashed | 2023-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| ACTIVA International Insurance v His Honor James E. Jones et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 2026 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, appellate supremacy, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, collateral attack, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Debt Court, denial of day in court, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, functus officio doctrine, interference with appellate court, Intestate Estate of Sarah Sirleaf v. El-Bim, Jawalry v. Ja’neh, Jurisdiction, jurisdictional conflict, legal nullity, Liberia Petroleum Refining Company v. Tulay, loss of jurisdiction, ministerial acts, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to vacate stay order, New Judiciary Law Section 4.2, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, procedural irregularity, reversal of lower court ruling, status quo ante, statutory compliance, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court authority, unauthorized practice of law, unlicensed lawyer, usurpation of Supreme Court authority, validity of pleadings, Void ab initio, Void Judgment | activa-international-insurance-v-his-honor-james-e-jones-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review appellate-supremacy bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information collateral-attack concurrent-jurisdiction debt-court denial-of-day-in-court due-process enforcement-of-judgment functus-officio-doctrine interference-with-appellate-court intestate-estate-of-sarah-sirleaf-v-el-bim jawalry-v-janeh jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-nullity liberia-petroleum-refining-company-v-tulay loss-of-jurisdiction ministerial-acts montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-vacate-stay-order new-judiciary-law-section-4-2 notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-irregularity reversal-of-lower-court-ruling status-quo-ante statutory-compliance stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-authority unauthorized-practice-of-law unlicensed-lawyer usurpation-of-supreme-court-authority validity-of-pleadings void-ab-initio void-judgment | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Adai et al v Jackson et al LRSC 7; 2 LLR 171 (1914) | 1914, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Civil Procedure, clerk of court, completion of appeal, damages, dismissal of appeal, Jurisdiction, mandatory procedure, ministerial officer, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of appeal, service of notice, Sheriff, Sinoe County, statutory compliance, violation of contract | adai-et-al-v-jackson-et-al-lrsc-7-2-llr-171-1914 | appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure clerk-of-court completion-of-appeal damages dismissal-of-appeal jurisdiction mandatory-procedure ministerial-officer motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-appeal service-of-notice sheriff sinoe-county statutory-compliance violation-of-contract | 1914-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (AIC) v Morris et al (2005) | 2005, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2005 Opinions, Abdullah Faraj, accountability, African International Corporation (AIC), Ali K. Ajami, Assigned Circuit Judge, Boye v. Nelson, chambers justice review, Civil Procedure, Commercial/Equity practice, corporate cause of action, Corporate Law, corporation as separate legal person, corporation must be named party, costs taxed, Deposit Contract, derivative action, Due Process, escrow order, Estate of John N. Lewis v. Metzger, extraordinary writ, failure to name corporation, fraud, indispensable party, interlocutory proceedings, Ismail K. Faraj, John N. Morris, judgment binds only parties, jurisdiction over parties, mandate, material defect, Montserrado County, motion to vacate or modify injunction, necessary party, no one bound without day in court, personal jurisdiction, preliminary injunction, proceeding by wrong rule, prohibition to restrain excess of jurisdiction, prohibition will lie, rents from corporate property, Service of Process, shareholders’ derivative suit, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summons requirements, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubman v. Murdoch, Writ of Prohibition, writ of summons | african-international-corporation-aic-v-morris-et-al-2005 aic-v-morris-et-al-2005 | 2005-opinions abdullah-faraj accountability african-international-corporation-aic ali-k-ajami assigned-circuit-judge boye-v-nelson chambers-justice-review civil-procedure commercial-equity-practice corporate-cause-of-action corporate-law corporation-as-separate-legal-person corporation-must-be-named-party costs-taxed deposit-contract derivative-action due-process escrow-order estate-of-john-n-lewis-v-metzger extraordinary-writ failure-to-name-corporation fraud indispensable-party interlocutory-proceedings ismail-k-faraj john-n-morris judgment-binds-only-parties jurisdiction-over-parties mandate material-defect montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-or-modify-injunction necessary-party no-one-bound-without-day-in-court personal-jurisdiction preliminary-injunction proceeding-by-wrong-rule prohibition-to-restrain-excess-of-jurisdiction prohibition-will-lie rents-from-corporate-property service-of-process shareholders-derivative-suit sixth-judicial-circuit summons-requirements supreme-court-of-liberia tubman-v-murdoch writ-of-prohibition writ-of-summons | 2005-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| African Merchants Ltd. v. Lewis LRSC 2; 1 LLR 43 (1867) | 1867, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | 1867 Opinions, action of debt, appellate procedure, Court of Quarter Sessions, disposition of funds, early Liberian jurisprudence., equity and fairness, evidentiary insufficiency, incomplete record, Judicial Review, mixed question of law and fact, Montserrado County, procedural justice, proof of agency, remand for retrial, Supreme Court of Liberia | african-merchants-ltd-v-lewis-lrsc-2-1-llr-43-1867 | 1867-opinions action-of-debt appellate-procedure court-of-quarter-sessions disposition-of-funds early-liberian-jurisprudence equity-and-fairness evidentiary-insufficiency incomplete-record judicial-review mixed-question-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county procedural-justice proof-of-agency remand-for-retrial supreme-court-of-liberia | 1867-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Afriland Bank Liberia Limited v The Management of Kailondo, Inc. (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, audit report, Banking Law, Commercial Law, counsel fees, court-appointed referee, Default, demand letter, Due Process, escrow deposit, Foreclosure of Mortgage, interest and penalties, loan restructuring, Montserrado County, mortgage deed, motion to rescind judgment, notice requirement, objection to referee report, overdraft facility, proper accounting, reversal and remand, scope of reference, secured transactions, Supreme Court of Liberia | afriland-bank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-kailondo | 2025-opinions appellate-review audit-report banking-law commercial-law counsel-fees court-appointed-referee default demand-letter due-process escrow-deposit foreclosure-of-mortgage interest-and-penalties loan-restructuring montserrado-county mortgage-deed motion-to-rescind-judgment notice-requirement objection-to-referee-report overdraft-facility proper-accounting reversal-and-remand scope-of-reference secured-transactions supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ahmed Sekou Kromah Vs Mohammed Barry (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Property law (case law) | 2025 Opinions, appellate procedure, Civil Procedure Law §41.7, Default Judgment, judicial ethics, landlord-tenant dispute, Lawyer Misconduct, Property Law, Relief from Judgment, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires | ahmed-sekou-kromah-vs-mohammed-barry-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-procedure civil-procedure-law-%c2%a741-7 default-judgment judicial-ethics landlord-tenant-dispute lawyer-misconduct property-law relief-from-judgment summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics property-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| Ammons et al. v. The Intestate Estate of William E. Browne (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Investigative Survey, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, Paynesville, procedural error, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey irregularities, title deed, wrongful withholding | ammons-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-william-e-browne-2025 | 2025-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court due-process ejectment investigative-survey jury-trial land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county paynesville procedural-error property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia survey-irregularities title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| APM Terminals Ltd. v TRH Trading Corporation and Fresh Frozen Food (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinion, apm terminals liberia, Commercial Court, concession agreement, contractual authority, declaratory judgment, freeport of monrovia, fresh frozen food, health and safety standards, Ministry of Commerce, Property Rights, reefer containers, regulatory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, tariff guide, trh trading corporation, unauthorized plugging | apm-terminals-ltd-v-trh-trading-corporation-and-fresh-frozen-food-2025 | 2025-opinion apm-terminals-liberia commercial-court concession-agreement contractual-authority declaratory-judgment freeport-of-monrovia fresh-frozen-food health-and-safety-standards ministry-of-commerce property-rights reefer-containers regulatory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia tariff-guide trh-trading-corporation unauthorized-plugging | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Armstrong v Activa International Insurance (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Insurance Law | 2025 Opinions, action of debt by attachment, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Civil Procedure, Debt Court, Enforcement of Judgment, indemnity bond, insurance law, jurisdictional timing, legal licensing requirement, Liberia National Bar Association, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to vacate payment order, perfection of appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety liability, unauthorized practice of law | armstrong-v-activa-international-insurance-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt-by-attachment appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information civil-procedure debt-court enforcement-of-judgment indemnity-bond insurance-law jurisdictional-timing legal-licensing-requirement liberia-national-bar-association monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-vacate-payment-order perfection-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia surety-liability unauthorized-practice-of-law | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Armstrong v Citadel Mining Services & Construction Liberia Ltd. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, automatic renewal clause, Bomi County, Citadel Mining Services & Construction Liberia Ltd, clause three demobilization, contractual obligation, debt by attachment, Debt Court, equipment possession, equipment rental agreement, Hans Armstrong, lis pendens, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, remand for trial, Res Judicata, Supreme Court of Liberia, Western Cluster Iron Ore Mining Company | armstrong-v-citadel-mining-services-construction-liberia-ltd-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review automatic-renewal-clause bomi-county citadel-mining-services-construction-liberia-ltd clause-three-demobilization contractual-obligation debt-by-attachment debt-court equipment-possession equipment-rental-agreement hans-armstrong lis-pendens montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss remand-for-trial res-judicata supreme-court-of-liberia western-cluster-iron-ore-mining-company | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Baaklini v Andrews et al LRSC 18; 40 LLR 531 (2001) | 2001, Civil Procedure Law, Corporate Law | 2001 Opinions, agency law, Appellate Review, Certiorari, Chambers Justice error, Civil Procedure Law, foreign corporation, interlocutory order, Liberian Business Corporation Act, long-arm statute, Montserrado County, non-domiciliary jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, petition denied, power of attorney, ruling reversed, Service of Process, service on attorney-in-fact, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special proceeding, Supreme Court of Liberia, transacting business in Liberia | baaklini-v-andrews-et-al-lrsc-18-40-llr-531-2001 | 2001-opinions agency-law appellate-review certiorari chambers-justice-error civil-procedure-law foreign-corporation interlocutory-order liberian-business-corporation-act long-arm-statute montserrado-county non-domiciliary-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction petition-denied power-of-attorney ruling-reversed service-of-process service-on-attorney-in-fact sixth-judicial-circuit special-proceeding supreme-court-of-liberia transacting-business-in-liberia | 2001-1 civil-procedure-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Bashir v RL LRSC 31 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law | 2016 Opinion, Appeal Withdrawal, Certificate of Withdrawal, Chambers Ruling, Civil Procedure, Costs, Court Administration, Full Bench, Judicial Practice, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Procedural Compliance, Rule 3(2), Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court Rules | bashir-v-rl-lrsc-31-2016 | 2016-opinion appeal-withdrawal certificate-of-withdrawal chambers-ruling civil-procedure costs court-administration full-bench judicial-practice jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court procedural-compliance rule-32 summary-proceedings supreme-court-rules | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bauchau v USA et al LRSC 7; 40 LLR 58 (2000) | 2000, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, International Law (Case), Property Law | 2000 Opinions, arbitration clause, Article 66, case dismissed without prejudice, constitutional interpretation, diplomatic immunity, Jurisdiction, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montserrado County, original jurisdiction, political question doctrine, sanctity of contract, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court of Liberia, tripartite lease agreement, UNCITRAL, United States Embassy, Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, waiver of immunity | bauchau-v-usa-et-al-lrsc-7-40-llr-58-2000 | 2000-opinions arbitration-clause article-66 case-dismissed-without-prejudice constitutional-interpretation diplomatic-immunity jurisdiction ministry-of-foreign-affairs montserrado-county original-jurisdiction political-question-doctrine sanctity-of-contract sovereign-immunity supreme-court-of-liberia tripartite-lease-agreement uncitral united-states-embassy vienna-convention-on-diplomatic-relations waiver-of-immunity | 2000-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases international-law-case property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2023-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2015-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bentley International Incorporation v RL LRSC 12 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Contract Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2014 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 10.7, Civil Procedure Law Section 41.7, compliance with mandate, concession agreement, contractual interpretation, declaratory judgment, Default Judgment, Due Process, Equitable Relief, ex parte proceeding, executive approval, Executive Law Section 33.2(a), expiration of concession, exploration license, Force Majeure, Freedom Gold Limited, Government of Liberia, Hummingbird Resources (Liberia) Inc., intervenor, judicial authority to rescind, Jurisdiction, legislative ratification, mandamus, mandate of Supreme Court, mineral development agreement, Mines and Energy, mining concession, Mining Law, ministerial authority, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Lands, Motion for Relief from Judgment, motion to rescind ruling, natural resources law, nunc pro tunc appeal, petition for writ of mandamus, Property Rights, renewal of concession, repossession, separation of powers, Service of Process, Statutory interpretation, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia, term of court, writ of possession | bentley-international-incorporation-v-rl-lrsc-12-2014 | 2014-opinions administrative-law appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-10-7 civil-procedure-law-section-41-7 compliance-with-mandate concession-agreement contractual-interpretation declaratory-judgment default-judgment due-process equitable-relief ex-parte-proceeding executive-approval executive-law-section-33-2a expiration-of-concession exploration-license force-majeure freedom-gold-limited government-of-liberia hummingbird-resources-liberia-inc intervenor judicial-authority-to-rescind jurisdiction legislative-ratification mandamus mandate-of-supreme-court mineral-development-agreement mines-and-energy mining-concession mining-law ministerial-authority ministry-of-finance ministry-of-justice ministry-of-lands motion-for-relief-from-judgment motion-to-rescind-ruling natural-resources-law nunc-pro-tunc-appeal petition-for-writ-of-mandamus property-rights renewal-of-concession repossession separation-of-powers service-of-process statutory-interpretation stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia term-of-court writ-of-possession | 2014-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases concession-law-supreme-court contract-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Better Way Word of Life Ministries International v Matthews (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinion, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, co-ownership, competing titles, conveyance, credibility of witnesses, Ejectment, Equitable Relief, Estate Administration, evidentiary inconsistency, family property dispute, grantor and grantee, inheritance law, Intestate Estate, intestate estate distribution, invalid conveyance, judicial scrutiny of title, Land Dispute, land registration, Montserrado County, motion for substitution, older deed doctrine, Paynesville City, probative value of deed, property ownership, real property law, reversal of judgment, S.D. Cooper Road Junction, Substitution of Parties, superior title rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, witness testimony | better-way-word-of-life-ministries-international-v-matthews-2026 | 2026-opinion appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law-court civil-procedure-law co-ownership competing-titles conveyance credibility-of-witnesses ejectment equitable-relief estate-administration evidentiary-inconsistency family-property-dispute grantor-and-grantee inheritance-law intestate-estate intestate-estate-distribution invalid-conveyance judicial-scrutiny-of-title land-dispute land-registration montserrado-county motion-for-substitution older-deed-doctrine paynesville-city probative-value-of-deed property-ownership real-property-law reversal-of-judgment s-d-cooper-road-junction substitution-of-parties superior-title-rule supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed witness-testimony | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases decisions-by-index evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bhatti v Henries et al. LRSC 1; 40 LLR 3 (2000) | 2000, Civil Procedure Law, Corporate Law | 2000 Opinions, arrest for debt, arrest of corporate officer, Association Law of Liberia, Banking Law, breach of contract, civil law, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, contempt of court, corporate governance, Corporate Law, corporate liability, corporate officers liability, Corporate Personality, damages, Due Process, duress, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement of money judgment, execution against corporation, execution of judgment, Fiduciary Duty, improper execution of mandate, information proceedings, judicial error, Ministry of Justice, money judgment, Montserrado County, separate legal personality, shareholder liability, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of execution | bhatti-v-henries-et-al-lrsc-1-40-llr-3-2000 | 2000-opinions arrest-for-debt arrest-of-corporate-officer association-law-of-liberia banking-law breach-of-contract civil-law civil-procedure civil-procedure-law contempt-of-court corporate-governance corporate-law corporate-liability corporate-officers-liability corporate-personality damages due-process duress enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-of-money-judgment execution-against-corporation execution-of-judgment fiduciary-duty improper-execution-of-mandate information-proceedings judicial-error ministry-of-justice money-judgment montserrado-county separate-legal-personality shareholder-liability sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-execution | 2000-1 civil-procedure-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Blamo v Zulu et al LRSC 16; 30 LLR 586 (1983) | 1983, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | abandonment of defense, action of debt, Appellate Review, attachment, attorney’s fees dispute, Chambers Justice, damages vs. debt, enforcement of judgment stayed, Grand Gedeh County, jurisdictional error, People’s Debt Court, pleadings and averments, Rule 7 (Circuit Court Rules), subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial procedure, Void Judgment, witness oath requirement, Writ of Prohibition | abandonment-of-defense action-of-debt appellate-review attachment attorneys-fees-dispute chambers-justice damages-vs-debt enforcement-of-judgment-stayed grand-gedeh-county jurisdictional-error peoples-debt-court pleadings-and-averments rule-7-circuit-court-rules subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-procedure void-judgment witness-oath-requirement writ-of-prohibition | 1983-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | ||
| Bloyougar et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Kollie (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, adjoining landowners, administrator, Administrator’s Deed, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration agreement, arbitration survey, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, board of arbitration, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Costs Against Appellant, damages claim, deed description, deed plotting, disputed signature, Ejectment, encroachment, enforcement of arbitration award, Estate Administration, eviction, fraud allegation, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, Older Title, Paynesville City, priority of title, property ownership, public land sale deed, Real Property, restitution of possession, Samuel Kanyon Doe Boulevard, Section 64.11(2), service of notice, SKD Boulevard Community, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey notice, thirty-day statutory period, title deed, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 seluminee-bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 | 2024-opinions adjoining-landowners administrator administrators-deed appellate-review arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-survey bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information board-of-arbitration civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-against-appellant damages-claim deed-description deed-plotting disputed-signature ejectment encroachment enforcement-of-arbitration-award estate-administration eviction fraud-allegation intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county notice-of-assignment older-title paynesville-city priority-of-title property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-property restitution-of-possession samuel-kanyon-doe-boulevard section-64-112 service-of-notice skd-boulevard-community supreme-court-of-liberia survey-notice thirty-day-statutory-period title-deed vacating-arbitration-award waiver warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Boakai et al v. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2017 Elections, Article 83(c), Bill of information, Charles Walker Brumskine, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, Contempt, Election Dispute, Electoral Jurisdiction, Electoral Justice, Expeditious Hearing, James Emmanuel Nuquay, Joseph Boakai, Judicial Review, Liberia, Liberty Party, Mandate Enforcement, Mootness Doctrine, National Elections Commission, Supreme Court, Unity Party | boakai-et-al-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2016 | 2017-elections article-83c bill-of-information charles-walker-brumskine civil-procedure constitutional-law contempt election-dispute electoral-jurisdiction electoral-justice expeditious-hearing james-emmanuel-nuquay joseph-boakai judicial-review liberia liberty-party mandate-enforcement mootness-doctrine national-elections-commission supreme-court unity-party | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Boakai v. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2017 Opinions, Appellate Review, Article 83 Constitution, bias and prejudice, Bill of information, cleanup of voter roll, constitutional law, constitutional timetable, contempt of court, election law, election scheduling, electoral administration, electoral disputes, electoral irregularities, execution of mandate, Final Registration Roll, fraud allegations, FRR, gross irregularities, improper execution, Judicial Notice, legislative authority, mandate of the Supreme Court, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission, NEC, October 10 2017 elections, presidential election, publication of FRR, reargument versus bill of information, recusal of election officials, run-off election, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, vice presidential election, voter registration, Writ of Prohibition | boakai-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2017 | 2017-opinions appellate-review article-83-constitution bias-and-prejudice bill-of-information cleanup-of-voter-roll constitutional-law constitutional-timetable contempt-of-court election-law election-scheduling electoral-administration electoral-disputes electoral-irregularities execution-of-mandate final-registration-roll fraud-allegations frr gross-irregularities improper-execution judicial-notice legislative-authority mandate-of-the-supreme-court motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission nec october-10-2017-elections presidential-election publication-of-frr reargument-versus-bill-of-information recusal-of-election-officials run-off-election separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia vice-presidential-election voter-registration writ-of-prohibition | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA) et al v The Liberia Revenue Authority (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Tax Law | 2026 Opinions, absence of express exemption, administrative agency deference, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, advance income tax, affirmation of lower court, Appellate Review, arbitrary and capricious standard, Article 25 Constitution, Board of Tax Appeals, Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA), burden of proof, concession agreement, concession agreements and taxation, construction of statutes, contract clause, corporate income tax, error of law, gross income vs net income, harmonization of statutes, impairment of contract, Judicial Review, legislative intent, Liberia Agriculture Corporation (LAC), Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), Liberia Revenue Code, Montserrado County, Petition for Judicial Review, plain meaning rule, presumption of consistent usage, Public Policy, refund of excess tax, Revenue Code Section 601(a)(2), Revenue Code Section 904(a)(1), revenue law, scope of judicial review, Statutory interpretation, substantial evidence rule, supremacy of statute over contract, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax concession, tax court, tax credits, tax exemption, tax law, tax liability | board-of-tax-appeals-bota-et-al-v-the-liberia-revenue-authority-2026 | 2026-opinions absence-of-express-exemption administrative-agency-deference administrative-law administrative-procedure-act advance-income-tax affirmation-of-lower-court appellate-review arbitrary-and-capricious-standard article-25-constitution board-of-tax-appeals board-of-tax-appeals-bota burden-of-proof concession-agreement concession-agreements-and-taxation construction-of-statutes contract-clause corporate-income-tax error-of-law gross-income-vs-net-income harmonization-of-statutes impairment-of-contract judicial-review legislative-intent liberia-agriculture-corporation-lac liberia-revenue-authority-lra liberia-revenue-code montserrado-county petition-for-judicial-review plain-meaning-rule presumption-of-consistent-usage public-policy refund-of-excess-tax revenue-code-section-601a2 revenue-code-section-904a1 revenue-law scope-of-judicial-review statutory-interpretation substantial-evidence-rule supremacy-of-statute-over-contract supreme-court-of-liberia tax-concession tax-court tax-credits tax-exemption tax-law tax-liability | 2026-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases concession-law-supreme-court constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law tax-law supreme-court | |
| Bodio et. al., v Wilson et. al LRSC 39 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, administrators, agreement for voluntary discontinuance, Appeal, appellate procedure, civil law, costs against appellants, damages, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Estate Administration, eviction, Intestate Estate, judgment without opinion, judicial settlement, Land Dispute, mandate, Monrovia, Probate Law, Real Property, restitution of possession, resumption of jurisdiction, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary discontinuance, wrongful withholding | bodio-et-al v-wilson-et-al-lrsc-39-2015 | 2015-opinions administrators agreement-for-voluntary-discontinuance appeal appellate-procedure civil-law costs-against-appellants damages dismissal-of-appeal ejectment estate-administration eviction intestate-estate judgment-without-opinion judicial-settlement land-dispute mandate monrovia probate-law real-property restitution-of-possession resumption-of-jurisdiction revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-discontinuance wrongful-withholding | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Boiboi v. Guwesa et al. (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, Arbitration Award, Chapter 64 Civil Procedure Law, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, Paynesville, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey irregularities, title deed, vacating an award, wrongful withholding | boiboi-v-guwesa-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review arbitration-award chapter-64-civil-procedure-law civil-law civil-law-court ejectment encroachment investigative-survey land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county paynesville property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia survey-irregularities title-deed vacating-an-award wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Borziah v Her Honor Mardea T. Chenoweth et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 13th Judicial Circuit Court, 2026 Opinion, acquiescence, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, appellate deference to jury, Appellate Review, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law, Cooper v. Cooper Estate, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, documentary evidence, Ejectment, encroachment, Estate Administration, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary standard, failure to object, Fatorma v. Republic, Forleh v. Republic, inheritance, interference with possession, Investigative Survey, jury instruction, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, land ownership dispute, Ledlow v. Republic, Margibi County, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Munnah v. Republic, payment receipt evidence, preponderance of evidence, property ownership, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, restitution of possession, speculation vs proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey obstruction, Survivorship, tenancy by the entirety, title deed, transfer deed, Urban Marketing v. John Tubman, verdict against weight of evidence, Waiver, wrongful withholding | borziah-v-her-honor-mardea-t-chenoweth-et-al-2026 | 13th-judicial-circuit-court 2026-opinion acquiescence admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment appellate-deference-to-jury appellate-review benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law cooper-v-cooper-estate corroboration credibility-of-witnesses documentary-evidence ejectment encroachment estate-administration evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-standard failure-to-object fatorma-v-republic forleh-v-republic inheritance interference-with-possession investigative-survey jury-instruction jury-verdict land-dispute land-ownership-dispute ledlow-v-republic margibi-county metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial munnah-v-republic payment-receipt-evidence preponderance-of-evidence property-ownership quiet-enjoyment real-property restitution-of-possession speculation-vs-proof supreme-court-of-liberia survey-obstruction survivorship tenancy-by-the-entirety title-deed transfer-deed urban-marketing-v-john-tubman verdict-against-weight-of-evidence waiver wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Brown v Payne LRSC 5; 1 LLR 9 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1861 Opinions, coverture, descent, early Liberian jurisprudence., Ejectment, fee simple, husband and wife, inheritance, marital property rights, property ownership, Real Property, reversal of judgment, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy by the courtesy | 1861-opinions coverture descent early-liberian-jurisprudence ejectment fee-simple husband-and-wife inheritance marital-property-rights property-ownership real-property reversal-of-judgment sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy-by-the-courtesy | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Brown V. Brown 1LLR 1 LRSC1 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Judiciary Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, Civil Procedure, confirmation of lower court judgment, consequential damages, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Due Process, evidentiary standards, judicial authority, Jurisdiction, liability of magistrates, magistrate immunity, proof of injury, Sinoe County, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, trespass on the case, wrongful warrant | brown-v-brown-1llr-1-lrsc1-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal civil-procedure confirmation-of-lower-court-judgment consequential-damages court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-authority jurisdiction liability-of-magistrates magistrate-immunity proof-of-injury sinoe-county statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia trespass-on-the-case wrongful-warrant | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases evidence-law judiciary-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Brown v. Payne 1 LLR 9; LRSC 5 (1861) | 1861, Citizenship Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Human Rights Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, bona fide purchaser, colonization land grants, constitutional law, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, courtesy, coverture, descent, Due Process, Ejectment, Heirship, husband and wife, inheritance, invalid conveyance, land ownership, Marital Property, property rights of women, Real Property, reversal of lower court judgment, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, title by descent | brown-v-payne-1-llr-9-lrsc-5-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal bona-fide-purchaser colonization-land-grants constitutional-law court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas courtesy coverture descent due-process ejectment heirship husband-and-wife inheritance invalid-conveyance land-ownership marital-property property-rights-of-women real-property reversal-of-lower-court-judgment sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia title-by-descent | 1861-1 citizenship-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases family-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Brumskine v. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2017 Opinions, administrative tribunal, alternative writ, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), Article 83(a), Article 83(b), Article 83(c), complaint procedure, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, Due Process, Election Dispute, elections law, electoral fraud, exhaustion of remedies, Expeditious Hearing, gross irregularities, harmonization of constitutional provisions, impartial investigation, Judicial Review, National Elections Commission, NEC jurisdiction, peremptory writ, petition for writ of prohibition, postponement of run-off, run-off election, separation of powers, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, validity of votes | brumskine-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2017 | 2017-opinions administrative-tribunal alternative-writ appellate-review article-20a article-83a article-83b article-83c complaint-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process election-dispute elections-law electoral-fraud exhaustion-of-remedies expeditious-hearing gross-irregularities harmonization-of-constitutional-provisions impartial-investigation judicial-review national-elections-commission nec-jurisdiction peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-prohibition postponement-of-run-off run-off-election separation-of-powers stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia validity-of-votes | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Byoung et al v. Government of Liberia (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2019 Opinions, administrative investigation, administrative investigation report, Appellate Review, burden of proof, City King Hotel, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, confiscation of money, constitutional law, counterfeit currency allegation, Damages for Wrong, David A.B. Jallah Committee, defamation, Due Process, evidentiary burden, findings of fact and conclusions of law, government liability, international investors, judgment during trial, Judicial Review, Montserrado County, motion for judgment during trial, National Security Agency (NSA), preponderance of evidence, presidential directive, principal-agent liability, rebuttable presumption, remand for new trial, Section 26.2, Section 26.2 Civil Procedure Law, seizure of property, shifting burden of production, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, unlawful arrest, unlawful detention, vicarious liability | byoung-et-al-v-government-of-liberia-2019 | 2019-opinions administrative-investigation administrative-investigation-report appellate-review burden-of-proof city-king-hotel civil-law civil-procedure-law confiscation-of-money constitutional-law counterfeit-currency-allegation damages-for-wrong david-a-b-jallah-committee defamation due-process evidentiary-burden findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law government-liability international-investors judgment-during-trial judicial-review montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-during-trial national-security-agency-nsa preponderance-of-evidence presidential-directive principal-agent-liability rebuttable-presumption remand-for-new-trial section-26-2 section-26-2-civil-procedure-law seizure-of-property shifting-burden-of-production supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law unlawful-arrest unlawful-detention vicarious-liability | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Carmmo et al v. Inestate Estate of Alhaji Turay (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2022 Opinions, abuse of process, administrators, affirmation, Appellate Review, Barnersville, Bill of information, Certiorari, civil law, Civil Law Court, Contempt, contempt of court, court order compliance, disobedience of court order, Due Process, Ejectment, enforcement of mandate, Estate Administration, fair hearing, Friends of Liberia Association v. Thompson, Gardensville, grantee in possession, Injunction, interlocutory judgment review, interlocutory ruling, Intestate Estate, Joinder of Parties, Justice in Chambers, Land Dispute, lis pendens effect, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to join, newly discovered evidence, ouster, pending motions, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, pleadings rested, possession of real property, preliminary injunction, procedural irregularity, property transfer during litigation, Real Property, repossession, responsive pleadings, sale of disputed property, self-help eviction, Sixth Judicial Circuit, stipulation of parties, Substantive Justice, Substitution of Parties, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title in dispute, trial court error, ultra vires ruling, unlawful eviction, voluntary discontinuance, writ confirmed | carmmo-et-al-v-inestate-estate-of-alhaji-turay-2023 | 2022-opinions abuse-of-process administrators affirmation appellate-review barnersville bill-of-information certiorari civil-law civil-law-court contempt contempt-of-court court-order-compliance disobedience-of-court-order due-process ejectment enforcement-of-mandate estate-administration fair-hearing friends-of-liberia-association-v-thompson gardensville grantee-in-possession injunction interlocutory-judgment-review interlocutory-ruling intestate-estate joinder-of-parties justice-in-chambers land-dispute lis-pendens-effect mandate montserrado-county motion-to-join newly-discovered-evidence ouster pending-motions peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari pleadings-rested possession-of-real-property preliminary-injunction procedural-irregularity property-transfer-during-litigation real-property repossession responsive-pleadings sale-of-disputed-property self-help-eviction sixth-judicial-circuit stipulation-of-parties substantive-justice substitution-of-parties summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-in-dispute trial-court-error ultra-vires-ruling unlawful-eviction voluntary-discontinuance writ-confirmed | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| CBL v TRADEVCO et al. LRSC 44 (2014) | 2014, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2014 Opinions, Appeal, Associations Law, Banking Law, board of governors approval, cancellation of agreement, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, corporate authority, dissolved corporation, financial institutions law, Jurisdiction, Liberian Trading and Development Bank (TRADEVCO), Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, promissory notes, Statute of Limitations, statute-barred action, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires act, unsecured loan, voluntary liquidation, winding up of corporation | cbl-v-tradevco-et-al-lrsc-44-2014 | 2014-opinions appeal associations-law banking-law board-of-governors-approval cancellation-of-agreement central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law corporate-authority dissolved-corporation financial-institutions-law jurisdiction liberian-trading-and-development-bank-tradevco montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss promissory-notes statute-of-limitations statute-barred-action subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-act unsecured-loan voluntary-liquidation winding-up-of-corporation | 2014-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Central Security Guard Services (CSGUR) v China Chongqoing International Construction Corporation (CICO) LRSC 40 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, action of damages, agreement of voluntary discontinuance, Appeal, appellate procedure, Bong County, breach of contract, Central Security Guard Services (CSGUR), China Chongqing International Construction Corporation, civil law, Contract Law, costs adjudged, dismissal of appeal, mandate, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, payment and discharge, resumption of jurisdiction, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, settlement agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of appeal | central-security-guard-services-csgur-v-china-chongqoing-international-construction-corporation-cico-lrsc-40-2015 csgur-v-cico-lrsc-40-2015 | 2015-opinions action-of-damages agreement-of-voluntary-discontinuance appeal appellate-procedure bong-county breach-of-contract central-security-guard-services-csgur china-chongqing-international-construction-corporation civil-law contract-law costs-adjudged dismissal-of-appeal mandate ninth-judicial-circuit-court payment-and-discharge resumption-of-jurisdiction revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court settlement-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-appeal | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Chambers v NEC et al. LRSC 13 (2015) | 2015, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2015 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appeal, Appellate Review, Article 83(c) Constitution, ballot box irregularities, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, constitutional law, contested election, denial of party agents, Due Process, election monitoring, elections law, electoral dispute, exhaustion of remedies, invalidation of ballots, Jurisdictional Defect, mandate, Maryland County, National Elections Commission, NEC Board of Commissioners, new issues on appeal, polling precinct, quorum requirement, recount request, remand for rehearing, rerun election, Section 2.4 Elections Law, special senatorial election, Supreme Court of Liberia, tally sheets, unauthorized voting center, Void Judgment | chambers-v-nec-et-al-lrsc-13-2015 | 2015-opinions administrative-law appeal appellate-review article-83c-constitution ballot-box-irregularities bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof constitutional-law contested-election denial-of-party-agents due-process election-monitoring elections-law electoral-dispute exhaustion-of-remedies invalidation-of-ballots jurisdictional-defect mandate maryland-county national-elections-commission nec-board-of-commissioners new-issues-on-appeal polling-precinct quorum-requirement recount-request remand-for-rehearing rerun-election section-2-4-elections-law special-senatorial-election supreme-court-of-liberia tally-sheets unauthorized-voting-center void-judgment | 2015-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Charter of the City of Monrovia LRSC 1; 1 LLR 15 (1862) | 1862, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, International Law (Case) | 1862 Opinions, breach of the peace, charter interpretation, City of Monrovia, Concurrent Jurisdiction, constitutional law, delegation of authority, early Liberian jurisprudence., fines and penalties, legislative supremacy, local governance, misdemeanors, Monrovia charter, municipal law, municipal ordinances, public treasury, sovereignty, Supreme Court of Liberia | charter-of-the-city-of-monrovia-lrsc-1-1-llr-15-1862 | 1862-opinions breach-of-the-peace charter-interpretation city-of-monrovia concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-law delegation-of-authority early-liberian-jurisprudence fines-and-penalties legislative-supremacy local-governance misdemeanors monrovia-charter municipal-law municipal-ordinances public-treasury sovereignty supreme-court-of-liberia | 1862-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Chebli V. Benson et al (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinion, Appellate Review, Breach of Lease, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, Default, Equitable Relief, Evidence, Force Majeure, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Lease Cancellation, Liberia Supreme Court, Real Property, Rental Arrears, Substantive Justice, Waiver, War Period | chebli-v-benson-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinion appellate-review breach-of-lease civil-procedure contract-law contractual-obligations default equitable-relief evidence force-majeure judicial-notice jury-trial lease-cancellation liberia-supreme-court real-property rental-arrears substantive-justice waiver war-period | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Chicri Bros. v Isuzu motors LRSC 13; 40 LLR 128 (2000) | 2000, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law | 2000 Opinions, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, arbitration clause, breach of contract, choice of law, civil law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contract Law, damages, dealership agreement, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, enforcement of arbitration, foreign law, forum selection clause, impairment of contracts, International Chamber of Commerce, international commercial arbitration, Japanese law, Judicial Notice, jurisdiction by consent, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, non-exclusive dealership, obligations of contract, private property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tokyo arbitration | chicri-bros-v-isuzu-motors-lrsc-13-40-llr-128-2000 | 2000-opinions arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award arbitration-clause breach-of-contract choice-of-law civil-law civil-procedure commercial-law contract-law damages dealership-agreement dismissal-for-lack-of-jurisdiction enforcement-of-arbitration foreign-law forum-selection-clause impairment-of-contracts international-chamber-of-commerce international-commercial-arbitration japanese-law judicial-notice jurisdiction-by-consent montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss non-exclusive-dealership obligations-of-contract private-property sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia tokyo-arbitration | 2000-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2015-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases health-law supreme-court | |
| Church of God in Christ, Inc. v White (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal bond, Appeal Dismissal, arbitration, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Ejectment, Jurisdiction, Land Dispute, Liberia Supreme Court, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion, Section 64.11, Sinkor Old Road | church-of-god-in-christ inc-v-jeannette-k-white-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal-bond appeal-dismissal arbitration civil-law-court civil-procedure ejectment jurisdiction land-dispute liberia-supreme-court montserrado-county notice-of-completion section-64-11 sinkor-old-road | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Clinton et al v His Honor Joe S. Barkon (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, Amos Clinton v. Judge Joe S. Barkon, appeal statute 10-day limit, Chambers Justice Yussif D. Kaba’s denial of mandamus affirmed, December 19 2023 opinion, effect of stay order on appeal timeline, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, late appeal bond and notice of completion, mandamus cannot compel illegal act, misrepresentation of ruling date by counsel, Motion for Relief from Judgment, petition for writ of mandamus, premature and belated bill of exceptions, Supreme Court of Liberia | clinton-et-al-v-his-honor-joe-s-barkon-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment amos-clinton-v-judge-joe-s-barkon appeal-statute-10-day-limit chambers-justice-yussif-d-kabas-denial-of-mandamus-affirmed december-19-2023-opinion effect-of-stay-order-on-appeal-timeline justice-yamie-q-gbeisay late-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion mandamus-cannot-compel-illegal-act misrepresentation-of-ruling-date-by-counsel motion-for-relief-from-judgment petition-for-writ-of-mandamus premature-and-belated-bill-of-exceptions supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cole v Sennah et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2025 Opinions, abandonment of case, alleged fraud, alternative writ, Appellate Review, Bill of information, Certiorari, civil law, Civil Law Court, closure of estate, continuance, denial of continuance, Due Process, Ejectment, Estate Administration, failure to rest with evidence, fair trial, Fraudulent Deed, interlocutory review, Intestate Estate, irregularity in trial proceedings, judicial bias, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, mandate, Margibi County, medical excuse, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, newly discovered evidence, ownership of property, partiality, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, probate proceedings, Real Property, Reversible Error, right to counsel, Robertsfield Highway, submission of case to jury, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, transferred deed, travesty of justice | cole-v-sennah-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-case alleged-fraud alternative-writ appellate-review bill-of-information certiorari civil-law civil-law-court closure-of-estate continuance denial-of-continuance due-process ejectment estate-administration failure-to-rest-with-evidence fair-trial fraudulent-deed interlocutory-review intestate-estate irregularity-in-trial-proceedings judicial-bias jury-verdict letters-of-administration mandate margibi-county medical-excuse monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county newly-discovered-evidence ownership-of-property partiality peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari probate-proceedings real-property reversible-error right-to-counsel robertsfield-highway submission-of-case-to-jury supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute transferred-deed travesty-of-justice | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Coleman et al v The Intestate Estate of the Late Emmanuel R. Gibson (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, acquiescence, administrators, Appellate Review, authenticity of deed, bench trial, Bernard Farm, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, cross-examination, Due Process, Ejectment, eviction, evidentiary weight, failure to consider material evidence, fraud allegation, Fraudulent Deed, historical facts, historical invalidity of deed, Intestate Estate, invalid deed, Investigative Survey, Joseph James Cheeseman, judgment reversal, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, mandate, misapplication of law, mixed issues of law and fact, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, ouster, Paynesville, Possession, President William D. Coleman, Probate Law, Procedural Law, proof of fraud, property ownership, property rights protection, public land sale deed, Real Property, reliance on survey, remand, Reversible Error, right to be heard, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title dispute, unlawful occupation, waiver of jury trial, wrongful withholding | coleman-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-emmanuel-r-gibson-2026 | 2026-opinions acquiescence administrators appellate-review authenticity-of-deed bench-trial bernard-farm burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims cross-examination due-process ejectment eviction evidentiary-weight failure-to-consider-material-evidence fraud-allegation fraudulent-deed historical-facts historical-invalidity-of-deed intestate-estate invalid-deed investigative-survey joseph-james-cheeseman judgment-reversal judicial-notice jury-trial land-dispute letters-of-administration mandate misapplication-of-law mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county notice-of-assignment ouster paynesville possession president-william-d-coleman probate-law procedural-law proof-of-fraud property-ownership property-rights-protection public-land-sale-deed real-property reliance-on-survey remand reversible-error right-to-be-heard supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-dispute unlawful-occupation waiver-of-jury-trial wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Coleman v RL LRSC 10; 18 LLR 70 (1967) | 1967, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1967 Opinions, affidavit in opposition, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, approval by trial judge, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, clerk of court, computation of time, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to file within statutory period, filing deadline, filing requirements, First Judicial Circuit, grand larceny, Hitler Coleman, insufficiency of evidence, jurisdiction of appellate court, Lofa County, mandatory requirements, Motion to dismiss appeal, Procedural Default, proof of filing, resumption of jurisdiction, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, tendering of bill of exceptions, Timeliness, Voinjama | coleman-v-rl-lrsc-10-18-llr-70-1967 | 1967-opinions affidavit-in-opposition appellate-procedure appellate-review approval-by-trial-judge bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof clerk-of-court computation-of-time criminal-law criminal-procedure dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-file-within-statutory-period filing-deadline filing-requirements first-judicial-circuit grand-larceny hitler-coleman insufficiency-of-evidence jurisdiction-of-appellate-court lofa-county mandatory-requirements motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-default proof-of-filing resumption-of-jurisdiction statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia tendering-of-bill-of-exceptions timeliness voinjama | 1967-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Compagnie des Cables Sud-Americane v Johnson LRSC 23; 11 LLR 264 (1952) | 1952, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 1952 Opinions, Appeal Procedure, Circuit Court review, concurring opinion, dismissal of appeal, Dissenting Opinion, judicial competence, Jurisdiction, Labor Court, Labor Law, minimum wage, Overtime Pay, procedural irregularity, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment, workman definition | compagnie-des-cables-sud-americane-v-johnson-lrsc-23-11-llr-264-1952 | 1952-opinions appeal-procedure circuit-court-review concurring-opinion dismissal-of-appeal dissenting-opinion judicial-competence jurisdiction labor-court labor-law minimum-wage overtime-pay procedural-irregularity subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment workman-definition | 1952-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Concerned Sector Youth vs LIGIS LRSC 40 (2010) | 2010, Citizenship Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Corporate Law, Elections Law | 2008 census, 2010 Opinions, alternative writ quashed, Article 39 (Constitution), board authorization, completed act doctrine, constituency reapportionment, corporate capacity, Judicial Notice, Laches, LISGIS, National Elections Commission, National Legislature, preventive remedy, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, threshold bill, verification of pleadings, Waiver, Writ of Prohibition | concerned-sector-youth-vs-ligis-lrsc-40-2010 | 2008-census 2010-opinions alternative-writ-quashed article-39-constitution board-authorization completed-act-doctrine constituency-reapportionment corporate-capacity judicial-notice laches lisgis national-elections-commission national-legislature preventive-remedy standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia threshold-bill verification-of-pleadings waiver writ-of-prohibition | 2010-1 citizenship-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases corporate-law-case elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) v The Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Archibald F. Bernard, Bill of information, Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), consolidation denied, Danielle P. Tucker Bernard Estate, Ebrima Varney Dempster, frivolous filing sanction, Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard, Janga Kowo, Justice Jamessetta Howard Wolokollie, landlord–tenant relationship, Mandate Enforcement, Nathaniel McGill, privity (lessee–lessor), purchase negotiation, Rental Arrears, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant estoppel, Testate Estate of William Thomas Bernard Sr., writ of possession | congress-for-democratic-change-cdc-v-the-intestate-estate-of-martha-stubblefield-bernard-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment archibald-f-bernard bill-of-information congress-for-democratic-change-cdc consolidation-denied danielle-p-tucker-bernard-estate ebrima-varney-dempster frivolous-filing-sanction intestate-estate-of-martha-stubblefield-bernard janga-kowo justice-jamessetta-howard-wolokollie landlord-tenant-relationship mandate-enforcement nathaniel-mcgill privity-lessee-lessor purchase-negotiation rental-arrears supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-estoppel testate-estate-of-william-thomas-bernard-sr writ-of-possession | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cooper et al v. Cooper (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators cum testamento annexo, Appeal, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, clerk's duty not to issue conflicting certificates, Clerk’s Certificate, computation of time, conflicting court certificates, distribution of estate, Estate Administration, Intestate Estate, mere allegations not proof, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Probate Law, service of final ruling, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia | cooper-et-al-v-cooper-2024 susan-f-cooper-et-al-v-monique-c-cooper-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators-cum-testamento-annexo appeal appeal-bond appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure clerks-duty-not-to-issue-conflicting-certificates clerks-certificate computation-of-time conflicting-court-certificates distribution-of-estate estate-administration intestate-estate mere-allegations-not-proof monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal probate-law service-of-final-ruling statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cooper v Liberia Land Authority (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appeal Procedure, civil law, concession on record, costs against respondent, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, judgment without opinion, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, public authority litigation, resumption of jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of appeal | cooper-v-liberia-land-authority-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment appeal-procedure civil-law concession-on-record costs-against-respondent ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal judgment-without-opinion land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal public-authority-litigation resumption-of-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-appeal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cornomia v. The Estate of the Late Henry B. Dunbar (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, administrator cum testamento annexo (CTA), Appellate Review, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, eviction, Evidence, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, public land sale deed, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | cornomia-v-the-estate-of-the-late-henry-b-dunbar-2019 | 2019-opinions administrator-cum-testamento-annexo-cta appellate-review chain-of-title civil-law-court ejectment eviction evidence investigative-survey land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Daily v. Carey 1 LLR 22; LRSC 2 (1864) | 1864, Civil Procedure Law, Common Law | 1864 Opinions, common law, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Court of Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions, dissolution of injunction, early Liberian jurisprudence., equitable remedy, equity, Injunction, jurisdictional limits, Marshall, Montserrado County, Procedural Law, remand, reversal in part, Supreme Court of Liberia | daily-v-carey-1-llr-22-lrsc-2-1864 | 1864-opinions common-law concurrent-jurisdiction court-of-pleas court-of-quarter-sessions dissolution-of-injunction early-liberian-jurisprudence equitable-remedy equity injunction jurisdictional-limits marshall montserrado-county procedural-law remand reversal-in-part supreme-court-of-liberia | 1864-1 civil-procedure-law-cases common-law supreme-court | |
| Davis et al v. Nevins et al (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, Adverse Possession, apartment building, Appellate Review, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bassa Community, Capitol Bypass, civil law, Civil Law Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Land Dispute, land law, Montserrado County, public land sale deed, quiet title, Real Property, rental income escrow, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, unlawful eviction, wrongful withholding | davis-et-al-v-nevins-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinions adverse-possession apartment-building appellate-review article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bassa-community capitol-bypass civil-law civil-law-court due-process ejectment land-dispute land-law montserrado-county public-land-sale-deed quiet-title real-property rental-income-escrow sixth-judicial-circuit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed unlawful-eviction wrongful-withholding | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Davis v RL LRSC 2; 1 LLR 17 (1862) | 1862, Civil Procedure Law, Common Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Customary Law, International Law (Case) | 1862 Opinions, Act to Maintain Peace and Enforce Order (1859), application of law, Due Process, early Liberian jurisprudence., high misdemeanor, jurisdiction over natives, misdemeanor, Montserrado County, native inhabitants, political allegiance, reversal of conviction, riot, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason, treaty obligations, trial by jury | davis-v-rl-lrsc-2-1-llr-17-1862 | 1862-opinions act-to-maintain-peace-and-enforce-order-1859 application-of-law due-process early-liberian-jurisprudence high-misdemeanor jurisdiction-over-natives misdemeanor montserrado-county native-inhabitants political-allegiance reversal-of-conviction riot supreme-court-of-liberia treason treaty-obligations trial-by-jury | 1862-1 civil-procedure-law-cases common-law constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Davis v. Yangbe (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, abatement, action of ejectment, administrator deed, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Due Process, Ejectment, encroachment, intervention, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, mandate, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, motion to strike, pretrial motions, procedural irregularity, public land sale deed, Real Property, Reversal, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | davis-v-yangbe-2025 | 2025-opinions abatement action-of-ejectment administrator-deed appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court due-process ejectment encroachment intervention investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute mandate metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene motion-to-strike pretrial-motions procedural-irregularity public-land-sale-deed real-property reversal summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dean, Jr. v His Honor J. Boima Kontoe et al (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Executive Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2025 Opinions, ancillary proceedings, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, diamond restitution, Due Process, enforcement of mandate, Executive Law, Gbarpolu County, Government of Liberia liability, improper execution of mandate, judicial overreach, Mandate Enforcement, Minerals and Mining Law, mining license, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, non-party to judgment, official capacity actions, public officers immunity, respondeat superior, Restitution, Rule IV Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts | dean-jr-v-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions ancillary-proceedings appeal appellate-jurisdiction article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-law constitutional-law diamond-restitution due-process enforcement-of-mandate executive-law gbarpolu-county government-of-liberia-liability improper-execution-of-mandate judicial-overreach mandate-enforcement minerals-and-mining-law mining-license ministry-of-justice montserrado-county non-party-to-judgment official-capacity-actions public-officers-immunity respondeat-superior restitution rule-iv-revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court sixth-judicial-circuit standing supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court natural-resource-law-case-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dehkee vs. His Honor J. Boima Kontoe (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law | 2017 Opinions, appellate supervision, Assigned Circuit Judge, Bill of information, Certificate of Withdrawal, civil law, costs and fees, docket stricken, Ejectment, extra-judicial settlement, landlord and tenant, Montserrado County, payment receipt and release, real property law, recovery of possession, settlement agreement, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary withdrawal | dehkee-vs-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-2017 | 2017-opinions appellate-supervision assigned-circuit-judge bill-of-information certificate-of-withdrawal civil-law costs-and-fees docket-stricken ejectment extra-judicial-settlement landlord-and-tenant montserrado-county payment-receipt-and-release real-property-law recovery-of-possession settlement-agreement summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-withdrawal | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dennis et al v The Intestate Estate of James Morris (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Congo Town, Ejectment, Fraudulent Deed, intervention, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Paynesville, property ownership, S.D. Cooper Road, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | dennis-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-james-morris-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court congo-town ejectment fraudulent-deed intervention investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial paynesville property-ownership s-d-cooper-road supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dennis V. Bowser 1 LLR 5; LRSC 3 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1861 Opinions, abuse of constitutional liberty, Appeal, burden of proof, Civil Procedure, constitutional rights, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, defamation, Due Process, evidentiary standards, free speech, general damages, hearsay evidence, malice, Montserrado County, opinion versus fact, per quod pleading, reversal of lower court judgment, slander, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia | dennis-v-bowser-1-llr-5-lrsc-3-1861 | 1861-opinions abuse-of-constitutional-liberty appeal burden-of-proof civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas defamation due-process evidentiary-standards free-speech general-damages hearsay-evidence malice montserrado-county opinion-versus-fact per-quod-pleading reversal-of-lower-court-judgment slander special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Derrick et al v Global Pharm Medical Center (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Health Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, action of damages, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, bad faith practice, Bill of Exceptions, Bushrod Island, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Duty of Care, healthcare liability, hospital liability, jurisdictional requirements, medical malpractice, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Negligence, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Compliance, Section 51.16, Section 51.7, Section 51.8, Section 51.9, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, Time for service of appeal bond and notice of completion of appeal, wrongful medical treatment | lucia-derrick-james-k-wolovah-vs-global-pharm-medical-center-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-damages appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bad-faith-practice bill-of-exceptions bushrod-island civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law duty-of-care healthcare-liability hospital-liability jurisdictional-requirements medical-malpractice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal negligence notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-compliance section-51-16 section-51-7 section-51-8 section-51-9 sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia time-for-service-of-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion-of-appeal wrongful-medical-treatment | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases health-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dewalt v Sele (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | Administrative Law, Appellate Review, board of directors, contract renewal and expiry, delegated authority, Due Process, employment contract, enabling statute, executive director powers, government agencies, irregular appointment, Judicial Review, jurisdictional overreach, Labor Law, LACE, legality of administrative action, Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment, mandate, public employment, removal for cause, reversal of chambers ruling, separation of powers within agencies, special proceedings, status quo ante, statutory appointment power, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition, wrongful termination | dewalt-v-sele-2024 mrs-monica-freeman-dewalt-vs-mr-julius-k-sele-2024 | administrative-law appellate-review board-of-directors contract-renewal-and-expiry delegated-authority due-process employment-contract enabling-statute executive-director-powers government-agencies irregular-appointment judicial-review jurisdictional-overreach labor-law lace legality-of-administrative-action liberia-agency-for-community-empowerment mandate public-employment removal-for-cause reversal-of-chambers-ruling separation-of-powers-within-agencies special-proceedings status-quo-ante statutory-appointment-power statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition wrongful-termination | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| District of Buchanan v Bridgeway Corp. et al LRSC 36; 36 LLR 470 (1989) | 1989, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, Bridgeway Corporation, Buchanan, Chambers Justice, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, corporate litigation, damages, Due Process, general damages, Grand Bassa County, intervention, judicial duty, Jury Verdict, mandamus, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to intervene, municipal corporation, National Milling Company, perfection of appeal, right of appeal, separation of powers, special damages, substantial justice, technicalities, trial judge duty to fix appeal bond, trial judge error | district-of-buchanan-v-bridgeway-corp-et-al-lrsc-36-36-llr-470-1989 | appeal appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction bridgeway-corporation buchanan chambers-justice civil-law civil-procedure-law constitutional-law corporate-litigation damages due-process general-damages grand-bassa-county intervention judicial-duty jury-verdict mandamus motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-intervene municipal-corporation national-milling-company perfection-of-appeal right-of-appeal separation-of-powers special-damages substantial-justice technicalities trial-judge-duty-to-fix-appeal-bond trial-judge-error | 1989-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ditchfield v Dossen et al LRSC 1; 1 LLR 492 (1907) | 1907, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | actionable per se, alien litigants, appellate modification of damages, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, defamation, denial and justification inconsistency, equality before the law, evasive and contradictory pleadings, evidence of publication, excessive damages, failure to produce original document, general damages, imputation of crime, inference of damages, injury to reputation, injury to trade or business, insufficiency of answer, jury assessment of damages, libel and slander, Maryland County, motion to rule out pleadings, notice to produce, plea of justification, pleading requirements, remittitur, secondary evidence, special damages, Tort Law | ditchfield-v-dossen-et-al-lrsc-1-1-llr-492-1907 | actionable-per-se alien-litigants appellate-modification-of-damages court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas defamation denial-and-justification-inconsistency equality-before-the-law evasive-and-contradictory-pleadings evidence-of-publication excessive-damages failure-to-produce-original-document general-damages imputation-of-crime inference-of-damages injury-to-reputation injury-to-trade-or-business insufficiency-of-answer jury-assessment-of-damages libel-and-slander maryland-county motion-to-rule-out-pleadings notice-to-produce plea-of-justification pleading-requirements remittitur secondary-evidence special-damages tort-law | 1907-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Doe v. His Honor Joseph N. Nagbe et al (2021) | 2021, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Labor Law | 2021 Opinions, action of debt for severance/benefits, admission of indebtedness (sum certain), Civil Procedure Law, corporate handbook benefits vs “severance”, Debt Court vs Ministry of Labour, Decent Work Act 2015 s.14.5(c), employer–employee vs debtor–creditor relationship, extraordinary writ limits (prohibition not substitute for appeal), Jackson F. Doe Jr., Justice Joseph N. Nagbe (Chambers), Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Labor Law, LPRC (Liberia Petroleum Refining Company), petition for writ of prohibition, presidential appointee (managing director), subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | doe-v-his-honor-joseph-n-nagbe-et-al-2021 | 2021-opinions action-of-debt-for-severance-benefits admission-of-indebtedness-sum-certain civil-procedure-law corporate-handbook-benefits-vs-severance debt-court-vs-ministry-of-labour decent-work-act-2015-s-14-5c employer-employee-vs-debtor-creditor-relationship extraordinary-writ-limits-prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal jackson-f-doe-jr justice-joseph-n-nagbe-chambers justice-yussif-d-kaba labor-law lprc-liberia-petroleum-refining-company petition-for-writ-of-prohibition presidential-appointee-managing-director subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2021-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Doe-Kpar v Nelson et al; LRSC 25 (2005) | 2005, Civil Procedure Law | 2005 Opinions, Appellate Practice, Civil Procedure, concession, Costs, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, Jurisdiction, mandate, Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia | doe-kpar-v-nelson-et-al-lrsc-25-2005 | 2005-opinions appellate-practice civil-procedure concession costs dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment jurisdiction mandate monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia | 2005-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dorbor v Robert (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, appellate jurisdiction, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, costs against respondent, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, general damages, indemnity requirement, insufficient appeal bond, insurance surety, issuance versus filing of notice, judgment amount coverage, Land Dispute, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, property ownership, resumption of jurisdiction, sequencing of appeal steps, Sky Insurance Company, specific damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful withholding | dorbor-v-robert-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-jurisdiction civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-against-respondent dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment general-damages indemnity-requirement insufficient-appeal-bond insurance-surety issuance-versus-filing-of-notice judgment-amount-coverage land-dispute mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal property-ownership resumption-of-jurisdiction sequencing-of-appeal-steps sky-insurance-company specific-damages supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Douyeya Business Center v. Milochewsky, Jr. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, Civil Procedure, Commercial Dispute, Contract Law, damages, Debt Court, Jurisdiction, Sales Transaction, Supreme Court of Liberia | douyeya-business-center-v-milochewsky jr-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt civil-procedure commercial-dispute contract-law damages debt-court jurisdiction sales-transaction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dunbar v Roosevelt et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Law Court, constitutional law, Default Judgment, Due Process, Ejectment, Evidence, Montserrado County, new trial, notice of assignment, procedural fairness, Reversal, right to be heard, Sheriff’s Return, Supreme Court of Liberia | dunbar-v-roosevelt-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-law-court constitutional-law default-judgment due-process ejectment evidence montserrado-county new-trial notice-of-assignment procedural-fairness reversal right-to-be-heard sheriffs-return supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dunzo v Beyla (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal, appellate procedure, attorney misconduct, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, Investigative Survey, Jacob Town, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, sanctions, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, transcription of records | dunzo-v-beyla-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal appellate-procedure attorney-misconduct civil-law civil-law-court ejectment investigative-survey jacob-town jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville sanctions statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia transcription-of-records | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dwanyen et al v RL et al LRSC 7; 34 LLR 354 (1987) | 1987, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Insurance Law, Probate law | 1987 Opinions, administrators of estate, Appellate Review, contempt proceedings, Estate Administration, insurance beneficiaries, insurance policy proceeds, Montserrado County, Nimba County, nullity of judgment, probate court jurisdiction, Probate Law, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires judgment | dwanyen-et-al-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-7-34-llr-354-1987 | 1987-opinions administrators-of-estate appellate-review contempt-proceedings estate-administration insurance-beneficiaries insurance-policy-proceeds montserrado-county nimba-county nullity-of-judgment probate-court-jurisdiction probate-law subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-judgment | 1987-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases insurance-law probate-law supreme-court | |
| Eco Fuel VS. Srimex Oil & Gas (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, abuse of discretion, appellate procedure, Chambers Justice, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, contractual rights, declaratory judgment, indemnity bond, lease agreement, Monrovia, Montserrado County, petroleum storage facility, preliminary injunction, stay of enforcement, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order, writ of mandamus | eco-fuel-vs-srimex-oil-gas-2019 | 2019-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure chambers-justice civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction contractual-rights declaratory-judgment indemnity-bond lease-agreement monrovia montserrado-county petroleum-storage-facility preliminary-injunction stay-of-enforcement supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order writ-of-mandamus | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ecobank Liberia Limited v The Management of Consolidated Group, Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2020 Opinions, action of debt, alternative writ quashed, Appeal, Banking Law, banking transaction, certiorari (interlocutory review), Chambers Justice ruling reversed, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 5.51 and 6.1, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Consolidated Group, contracts (express or implied), corporate guarantee, costs to abide final determination, Debt Action, Debt Court, Default, Ecobank Liberia Limited, exhaustion of remedies, guaranty, Inc., Joinder of Parties, Jurisdiction, leasehold mortgage, loan facility, mandate to resume jurisdiction, medium term loan, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Necessary Parties, peremptory writ denied, permissive joinder, personal guarantee, petition for writ of certiorari, principal debtor and guarantor, Radacon Liberia Limited, restructuring of loan, set-off, Simeon Freeman, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized debit, writ practice | ecobank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-consolidated-group-inc-2020 ecobank-v-consolidated-group-2020 | 2020-opinions action-of-debt alternative-writ-quashed appeal banking-law banking-transaction certiorari-interlocutory-review chambers-justice-ruling-reversed civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-5-51-and-6-1 commercial-court commercial-law consolidated-group contracts-express-or-implied corporate-guarantee costs-to-abide-final-determination debt-action debt-court default ecobank-liberia-limited exhaustion-of-remedies guaranty inc joinder-of-parties jurisdiction leasehold-mortgage loan-facility mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction medium-term-loan monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure necessary-parties peremptory-writ-denied permissive-joinder personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-certiorari principal-debtor-and-guarantor radacon-liberia-limited restructuring-of-loan set-off simeon-freeman supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-debit writ-practice | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ecobank v Kakata Holding Company et al LRSC 2 (2013) | 2013, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, bailor-bailee relationship, bank charges and fees, Banking Law, breach of contract, Commercial Law, Contract Law, damages, Ecobank Liberia Limited, Escrow Account, fiduciary obligations of banks, Kakata Holding Company, letter of credit, Margibi County, Ministry of Education contract, modification of judgment, Mutual Benefits Assurance Company, performance bond, setoff, special deposit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tripartite memorandum of understanding | ecobank-v-kakata-holding-company-et-al-lrsc-2-2013 | 2013-opinions appellate-review bailor-bailee-relationship bank-charges-and-fees banking-law breach-of-contract commercial-law contract-law damages ecobank-liberia-limited escrow-account fiduciary-obligations-of-banks kakata-holding-company letter-of-credit margibi-county ministry-of-education-contract modification-of-judgment mutual-benefits-assurance-company performance-bond setoff special-deposit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia tripartite-memorandum-of-understanding | 2013-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Eminent Citizens Residents of Margibi County VS. Hon. Nathaniel F. McGill of Margibi County (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Review, Article 30(b) Constitution of Liberia, Board of Commissioners NEC, candidate eligibility, challenge to nomination, Chapter 5 Elections Law, constitutional law, dismissal of action, District #6, domicile requirement, election dispute resolution, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral regulations, eminent citizens, filing deadline, hearing officers, interlocutory ruling, judicial restraint, jurisdiction of Board of Commissioners, lack of standing, legal capacity, legal standing, locus standi, Margibi County, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, National Elections Commission, NEC, NEC procedure, NEC v. Siebo, nomination and registration procedures 2023, objection to nomination, pre-election objection, procedural irregularity, provisional listing of candidates, registered voters, residency challenge, residents of Margibi County, Section 5.9 New Elections Law, senatorial aspirant, senatorial candidate, Statutory interpretation, summary proceeding, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of objection | eminent-citizens-residents-of-margibi-county-vs-hon-nathaniel-f-mcgill-of-margibi-county-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review article-30b-constitution-of-liberia board-of-commissioners-nec candidate-eligibility challenge-to-nomination chapter-5-elections-law constitutional-law dismissal-of-action district-6 domicile-requirement election-dispute-resolution elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-regulations eminent-citizens filing-deadline hearing-officers interlocutory-ruling judicial-restraint jurisdiction-of-board-of-commissioners lack-of-standing legal-capacity legal-standing locus-standi margibi-county montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss national-elections-commission nec nec-procedure nec-v-siebo nomination-and-registration-procedures-2023 objection-to-nomination pre-election-objection procedural-irregularity provisional-listing-of-candidates registered-voters residency-challenge residents-of-margibi-county section-5-9-new-elections-law senatorial-aspirant senatorial-candidate statutory-interpretation summary-proceeding supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-objection | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Executive Parking Services Incorporated v His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrator, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, Certiorari, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, competing title claims, complete relief doctrine, compulsory joinder, correction of errors, denial of intervention, Ejectment, encroachment, evidentiary burden, extraordinary remedy, failure to attach lease, grantor and grantee, indispensable party, interlocutory order, intervention, Intestate Estate, Joinder of Parties, judicial review of lower court, jurisdiction of trial court, Justice in Chambers, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, motion to join, nonjoinder, pleadings, Possession, prejudice to party rights, Procedural Law, proper party, property ownership, public land sale deed, real party in interest, Real Property, remand, Republic of Liberia land grant, Reversible Error, review of interlocutory ruling, Standing, summary judgment argument, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, tracing title to the Republic, writ of certiorari, wrongful withholding | executive-parking-services-incorporated-v-his-honor-scheaplor-r-dunbar-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrator appellate-reversal appellate-review bushrod-island certiorari chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law competing-title-claims complete-relief-doctrine compulsory-joinder correction-of-errors denial-of-intervention ejectment encroachment evidentiary-burden extraordinary-remedy failure-to-attach-lease grantor-and-grantee indispensable-party interlocutory-order intervention intestate-estate joinder-of-parties judicial-review-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-trial-court justice-in-chambers land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest mandate montserrado-county motion-to-intervene motion-to-join nonjoinder pleadings possession prejudice-to-party-rights procedural-law proper-party property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-party-in-interest real-property remand republic-of-liberia-land-grant reversible-error review-of-interlocutory-ruling standing summary-judgment-argument supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute tracing-title-to-the-republic writ-of-certiorari wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fadallah v. Gibson (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Ethics, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, Appellate Review, Bill of information, burden of proof, cancellation of lease, civil law, co-administratrix, Due Process, Estate Administration, Evidence, factual determination, fraud allegation, hearing of law issues, Intestate Estate, judicial misconduct, Jurisdiction, lease agreement, Letters of Administration, mismanagement of estate, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Probate Law, procedural irregularities, remand not warranted, Reversible Error, standard of proof, subject matter jurisdiction, summons and service, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of judge, Void Judgment | fadallah-v-gibson-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion appellate-review bill-of-information burden-of-proof cancellation-of-lease civil-law co-administratrix due-process estate-administration evidence factual-determination fraud-allegation hearing-of-law-issues intestate-estate judicial-misconduct jurisdiction lease-agreement letters-of-administration mismanagement-of-estate monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss probate-law procedural-irregularities remand-not-warranted reversible-error standard-of-proof subject-matter-jurisdiction summons-and-service supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-judge void-judgment | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fahnbulleh et al. v Brown (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Executive Law, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, administrative authority, Administrative Law, affirmation of chambers ruling, Appellate Review, attendance and work ethic, chairperson powers, Code of Conduct, commissioners’ salaries, constitutional law, Due Process, government agencies, human rights law, INCHR, Independent National Commission on Human Rights, internal governance, Judicial Review, mandate, Monrovia, presidential appointees, public administration, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition | atty-mohammed-el-dust-fahnbulleh-et-al-vs-cllr-t-dempster-brown-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-authority administrative-law affirmation-of-chambers-ruling appellate-review attendance-and-work-ethic chairperson-powers code-of-conduct commissioners-salaries constitutional-law due-process government-agencies human-rights-law inchr independent-national-commission-on-human-rights internal-governance judicial-review mandate monrovia presidential-appointees public-administration separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fahnma Shopping Complex v. J. Fallah Business Center (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation with modification, Appellate Review, appellate standard of review, Bill of Exceptions, bill of lading, breach of duty, business interruption, civil law, Civil Law Court, commercial tenancy, contributory conduct, court closure, criminal vs civil action, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, economic loss, emotional distress, Estoppel, evidentiary burden, general damages, insufficiency of evidence, inventory evidence, Judicial Notice, Jury Verdict, landlord-tenant dispute, leakage liability, lease agreement, liability for premises condition, lis pendens, Magisterial Court proceedings, memorandum of understanding, mitigation of damages, mitigation principle, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to Dismiss, National Judicial Conference, Negligence, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Compliance, proof of damages, property damage, settlement agreement, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant responsibility, timeliness of appeal, tolling of time, West Point Magisterial Court | fahnma-shopping-complex-v-j-fallah-business-center-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-with-modification appellate-review appellate-standard-of-review bill-of-exceptions bill-of-lading breach-of-duty business-interruption civil-law civil-law-court commercial-tenancy contributory-conduct court-closure criminal-vs-civil-action damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care economic-loss emotional-distress estoppel evidentiary-burden general-damages insufficiency-of-evidence inventory-evidence judicial-notice jury-verdict landlord-tenant-dispute leakage-liability lease-agreement liability-for-premises-condition lis-pendens magisterial-court-proceedings memorandum-of-understanding mitigation-of-damages mitigation-principle modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss national-judicial-conference negligence preponderance-of-evidence procedural-compliance proof-of-damages property-damage settlement-agreement special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-responsibility timeliness-of-appeal tolling-of-time west-point-magisterial-court | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law maritime-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Feahn v. Her Honor Mardea T. Chenoweth et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Default Judgment, defense of property interest, destruction of property, Due Process, effect of judgment on grantee, Ejectment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Final Judgment, grantor and grantee, judgment by default, jurisdiction of court, Kpia Kpracon Town, lack of service, Margibi County, Marshall City, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, negligence of counsel, notice and service, personal jurisdiction, Property Dispute, Property Rights, Real Property, Reasonable Time, Relief from Judgment, remand, repossession, resistance to motion, Reversal, review of colleague’s ruling, right to be heard, Section 41.7 Civil Procedure Law, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, Void Judgment, writ of possession, writ of summons | feahn-v-her-honor-mardea-t-chenoweth-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment appellate-review attorney-in-fact bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law concurrent-jurisdiction default-judgment defense-of-property-interest destruction-of-property due-process effect-of-judgment-on-grantee ejectment failure-to-perfect-appeal final-judgment grantor-and-grantee judgment-by-default jurisdiction-of-court kpia-kpracon-town lack-of-service margibi-county marshall-city monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment negligence-of-counsel notice-and-service personal-jurisdiction property-dispute property-rights real-property reasonable-time relief-from-judgment remand repossession resistance-to-motion reversal review-of-colleagues-ruling right-to-be-heard section-41-7-civil-procedure-law subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error void-judgment writ-of-possession writ-of-summons | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fedrick Kromah v Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, administrative review, Atmaca Services Liberia Inc., Bea Mountain Mining Company, burden of proof, CBA, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:25.5, collective bargaining agreement, continuity of employment, Contractual Obligations, corporate acquisition, Decent Work Act of 2015, employee discipline, employee rights, employer rights, Employment Law, enforcement of labor standards, evidentiary admissibility, go-slow action, Grand Cape Mount County, grave misconduct, hearing officer, illegal strike, investigative committee report, Judicial Review, Labor Law, ministerial authority, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Labor investigation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, MonuRent Liberia Limited, National Labor Court, negative averment, overpayment recovery, overtime compensation, payment in lieu of reinstatement, prohibited grounds of termination, reinstatement, Republic of Liberia, Rule 5 National Labor Court Rules, section 14.3 Decent Work Act, section 16.5(d) Decent Work Act, section 41.2 Decent Work Act, self-serving evidence, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination procedure, Unfair Labor Practice, unpaid wages, wage deduction, Wrongful Dismissal | fedrick-kromah-v-bea-mountain-mining-corporation-bmmc-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-review atmaca-services-liberia-inc bea-mountain-mining-company burden-of-proof cba civil-procedure-law-rev-code-125-5 collective-bargaining-agreement continuity-of-employment contractual-obligations corporate-acquisition decent-work-act-of-2015 employee-discipline employee-rights employer-rights employment-law enforcement-of-labor-standards evidentiary-admissibility go-slow-action grand-cape-mount-county grave-misconduct hearing-officer illegal-strike investigative-committee-report judicial-review labor-law ministerial-authority ministry-of-labor ministry-of-labor-investigation monrovia montserrado-county monurent-liberia-limited national-labor-court negative-averment overpayment-recovery overtime-compensation payment-in-lieu-of-reinstatement prohibited-grounds-of-termination reinstatement republic-of-liberia rule-5-national-labor-court-rules section-14-3-decent-work-act section-16-5d-decent-work-act section-41-2-decent-work-act self-serving-evidence summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia termination-procedure unfair-labor-practice unpaid-wages wage-deduction wrongful-dismissal | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Firestone v. His Honor Philip G. Williams et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, accident review board, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, company policy, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, damages for wrongful dismissal, Due Process, employee discipline, employer liability, Employment Law, evidentiary standard, Firestone Plantations Company, gross breach of duty, Harbel, hearing officer, heavy duty driver, insufficiency of evidence, internal investigation, John Cornomia, Judicial Review, Labor Law of 1964, Labour Law, length of service, Liberia National Police, Margibi County, Ministry of Labor, modification of judgment, Monrovia, National Labor Court, Negligence, pension avoidance standard, Plant Protection Department, police accident report, PPD, reinstatement, salary computation, Section 1511-8(b), Section 9 Labor Law, self-accident, Statutory interpretation, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, traffic accident investigation, Unfair Labor Practice, vehicle damage, workplace accident, Wrongful Dismissal | firestone-v-his-honor-philip-g-williams-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions accident-review-board appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof company-policy compensation-in-lieu-of-reinstatement damages-for-wrongful-dismissal due-process employee-discipline employer-liability employment-law evidentiary-standard firestone-plantations-company gross-breach-of-duty harbel hearing-officer heavy-duty-driver insufficiency-of-evidence internal-investigation john-cornomia judicial-review labor-law-of-1964 labour-law length-of-service liberia-national-police margibi-county ministry-of-labor modification-of-judgment monrovia national-labor-court negligence pension-avoidance-standard plant-protection-department police-accident-report ppd reinstatement salary-computation section-1511-8b section-9-labor-law self-accident statutory-interpretation summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia traffic-accident-investigation unfair-labor-practice vehicle-damage workplace-accident wrongful-dismissal | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Firestone vs. His Honor Joseph Nagbe et aL (2020) | 2020, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 13th Judicial Circuit Margibi County, 2020 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, BeaGeorge Cooper v. Nagbe precedent, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:7.63, declaratory judgment, Firestone Liberia retirees, injunction bond requirement, interim order, interlocutory appeal, Judge Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, jurisdiction of certiorari, Justice in Chambers review, Justice Joseph N. Nagbe, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, labor division, Labor Law, Motion to Dismiss, motion to vacate, National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), pension dispute, preliminary injunction, Procedural Default, remedial writs, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of certiorari, Vargas v. Reeves precedent, writ of certiorari | firestone-vs-his-honor-joseph-nagbe-et-al-2020 | 13th-judicial-circuit-margibi-county 2020-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review beageorge-cooper-v-nagbe-precedent civil-procedure-law-rev-code-17-63 declaratory-judgment firestone-liberia-retirees injunction-bond-requirement interim-order interlocutory-appeal judge-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay jurisdiction-of-certiorari justice-in-chambers-review justice-joseph-n-nagbe justice-yussif-d-kaba labor-division labor-law motion-to-dismiss motion-to-vacate national-social-security-and-welfare-corporation-nasscorp pension-dispute preliminary-injunction procedural-default remedial-writs supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-certiorari vargas-v-reeves-precedent writ-of-certiorari | 2020-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Flomo et al v. His Honor Dahn (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 000 damages, 2023 Opinions, 8th Judicial Circuit Court, abandonment of claim, abuse of court process, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, bad faith litigation, Bill of information, Chester Gbonblee, Civil Procedure, contempt of court, counter-surveyor objection, court-appointed surveyor, damages award, denial of bill of information, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, enforcement of lower court judgment, enforcement of mandate, execution of judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, failure to testify, finality of judgment, harassment of prevailing party, His Hon. Roland F. Dahn, Intestate Estate of Johnny Gbonblee, James Flomo, lashes, metes and bounds, Motion to dismiss appeal, Nimba County, nonappearance at trial, Notice of Completion of Appeal, obstruction of mandate, Oliver Flomo, Paye Flomo, possession of real property, Property Rights, res judicata principles, Sokopa, summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, summary proceedings jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, title deed, US$5, Waiver, writ of possession, wrongful withholding, Zwolo Gbonblee | flomo-et-al-v-his-honor-dahn-2023 | 000-damages 2023-opinions 8th-judicial-circuit-court abandonment-of-claim abuse-of-court-process appellate-procedure appellate-review bad-faith-litigation bill-of-information chester-gbonblee civil-procedure contempt-of-court counter-surveyor-objection court-appointed-surveyor damages-award denial-of-bill-of-information dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-lower-court-judgment enforcement-of-mandate execution-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal failure-to-testify finality-of-judgment harassment-of-prevailing-party his-hon-roland-f-dahn intestate-estate-of-johnny-gbonblee james-flomo lashes metes-and-bounds motion-to-dismiss-appeal nimba-county nonappearance-at-trial notice-of-completion-of-appeal obstruction-of-mandate oliver-flomo paye-flomo possession-of-real-property property-rights res-judicata-principles sokopa summary-proceeding-to-recover-possession-of-real-property summary-proceedings-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute title-deed us5 waiver writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding zwolo-gbonblee | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Former Employees & Retirees of Bong Mining Co. v LBDI; LRSC 30 (2005) | 2005, Civil Procedure Law | 2005 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Banking Law, certainty of consideration, Civil Procedure, contract principles, Damages for Wrong, defective bond, dismissal of appeal, interlocutory ruling, Jurisdiction, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, statement of property valuation, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety liability | former-employees-retirees-of-bong-mining-co-v-lbdi-lrsc-30-2005 | 2005-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure banking-law certainty-of-consideration civil-procedure contract-principles damages-for-wrong defective-bond dismissal-of-appeal interlocutory-ruling jurisdiction mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal statement-of-property-valuation summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia surety-liability | 2005-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Freeman v The Intestate Estate of AB Mars (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law | 2023 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal, appellate procedure, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Law Court, excusable neglect, Intestate Estate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, transcription of records | freeman-v-the-inestate-estate-of-ab-mars-2025 | 2023-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal appellate-procedure burden-of-proof civil-law civil-law-court excusable-neglect intestate-estate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia transcription-of-records | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gage v Gage et al LRSC 11; 6 LLR 246 (1938) | 1938, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law | 1938 Opinions, Appellate Review, Certiorari, Circuit Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, contested will, Finality of Judgments, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, Law Division, mandatory statute, Probate Division, Probate Law, review of colleague’s ruling, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, Third Judicial Circuit, transfer of proceedings, wills and estates | gage-v-gage-et-al-lrsc-11-6-llr-246-1938 | 1938-opinions appellate-review certiorari circuit-court concurrent-jurisdiction contested-will finality-of-judgments jurisdiction jury-trial law-division mandatory-statute probate-division probate-law review-of-colleagues-ruling sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia third-judicial-circuit transfer-of-proceedings wills-and-estates | 1938-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court | |
| Gardiner v James (2015) | 2015, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, adjudication map, arbitration, Arbitration Award, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Ejectment, encroachment, executor’s deed, Investigative Survey, Jury Trial, land law, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, Monrovia, overlapping titles, property ownership, public land sale deed, quitclaim deed, Real Property, remand for new trial, Sinkor, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, Tubman Boulevard, wrongful withholding of property | gardiner-v-james-2015 | 2015-opinions adjudication-map arbitration arbitration-award burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law ejectment encroachment executors-deed investigative-survey jury-trial land-law metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy monrovia overlapping-titles property-ownership public-land-sale-deed quitclaim-deed real-property remand-for-new-trial sinkor summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed tubman-boulevard wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2015-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gbalazeh v Activa International Liberia (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Labor Law, Tax Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, affidavit of surety, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, appellate jurisdiction, Civil Procedure Law, defective appeal bond, Employment Law, exception to appeal bond, insufficiency of surety, joint property ownership, Labour Law, labour procedure, lack of authority, lien on property, loss of trial court jurisdiction, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labor Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Petition for Judicial Review, resumption of jurisdiction, sixty-day statutory period, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax delinquency, unfair labor practices, wrongful termination | gbalazeh-v-activa-international-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal affidavit-of-surety appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure-law defective-appeal-bond employment-law exception-to-appeal-bond insufficiency-of-surety joint-property-ownership labour-law labour-procedure lack-of-authority lien-on-property loss-of-trial-court-jurisdiction mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labor-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal petition-for-judicial-review resumption-of-jurisdiction sixty-day-statutory-period supreme-court-of-liberia tax-delinquency unfair-labor-practices wrongful-termination | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law labor-law-cases tax-law supreme-court | |
| Gboking v Hills Sr. et. al. (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, administrator, affirmative defense, amended motion, Appellate Review, Bare Denial, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Ejectment, intervention, intervention by third party, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, Paynesville, Pipeline Community, preponderance of evidence, procedural irregularity, property ownership, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory limitation, Supreme Court of Liberia | gboking-v-hills-sr-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions administrator affirmative-defense amended-motion appellate-review bare-denial civil-law-court civil-procedure-law ejectment intervention intervention-by-third-party intestate-estate jury-verdict metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene paynesville pipeline-community preponderance-of-evidence procedural-irregularity property-ownership real-property sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-limitation supreme-court-of-liberia | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gibson v Williams LRSC 31; 33 LLR 193 (1985) | 1985, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1985 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmative defense, case dismissed without prejudice, Civil Law Court, complaint specificity, Due Process, Ejectment, general denial, judgment reversed, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, notice of claim, pleading requirements, procedural error, property description, public land sale deed, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of possession | gibson-v-williams-lrsc-31-33-llr-193-1985 | 1985-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmative-defense case-dismissed-without-prejudice civil-law-court complaint-specificity due-process ejectment general-denial judgment-reversed jury-verdict land-dispute montserrado-county notice-of-claim pleading-requirements procedural-error property-description public-land-sale-deed supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-possession | 1985-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Goll v Jackollie et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affidavit of attestation, affirmation of lower court, American Life Insurance Company v Sandy, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Barclay v Digen, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide purchaser, boundary dispute, Brewerville, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, correction of deed, damages for wrongful detention, defective deed, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary weight, extinguishment of interest, Fraudulent Deed, general damages, improper party substitution, International Trust Company v Sandy, intervention, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, legal representation, Liberia Land Authority, Liberia Oil Refinery Company v Ibrahim Mahmoud, locus standi, mandate to lower court, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, National Archives records, pleadings, preponderance of evidence, probate court decree, procedural irregularity, proper party, property ownership, real party in interest, Real Property, restitution of possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, St Stephen v Gbezee, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, title verification, transfer of title, trespass, trial procedure, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | goll-v-jackollie-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affidavit-of-attestation affirmation-of-lower-court american-life-insurance-company-v-sandy appellate-review attorney-in-fact barclay-v-digen benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-purchaser boundary-dispute brewerville burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court correction-of-deed damages-for-wrongful-detention defective-deed ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-weight extinguishment-of-interest fraudulent-deed general-damages improper-party-substitution international-trust-company-v-sandy intervention jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict land-dispute legal-representation liberia-land-authority liberia-oil-refinery-company-v-ibrahim-mahmoud locus-standi mandate-to-lower-court misrepresentation montserrado-county motion-to-intervene national-archives-records pleadings preponderance-of-evidence probate-court-decree procedural-irregularity proper-party property-ownership real-party-in-interest real-property restitution-of-possession sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages st-stephen-v-gbezee standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed title-verification transfer-of-title trespass trial-procedure warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Goodridge v. The Testate Estate of Togba LRSC 24 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, abuse of discretion, access to court, administrators cum testamento annexo, answer, Appellate Review, Bare Denial, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, concession by counsel, constitutional property rights, Constructive Notice, Due Process, Ejectment, enlargement of time, Estate Administration, excusable neglect, failure to hear motion, fair hearing, hearing requirement, judgment without opinion, judicial discretion, jurisdictional issues, lack of service, late filing of answer, Liberia civil procedure law., litigation process, mandate, Montserrado County, motion practice, newspaper publication, pleadings, pretrial motions, procedural error, procedural fairness, Property Rights, real property law, remand, restoration of jurisdiction, Reversible Error, right to be heard, service of summons, striking pleadings, summary disposition, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, trial court error | goodridge-v-the-testate-estate-of-togba-lrsc-24-2016 | 2016-opinions abuse-of-discretion access-to-court administrators-cum-testamento-annexo answer appellate-review bare-denial civil-law-court civil-procedure concession-by-counsel constitutional-property-rights constructive-notice due-process ejectment enlargement-of-time estate-administration excusable-neglect failure-to-hear-motion fair-hearing hearing-requirement judgment-without-opinion judicial-discretion jurisdictional-issues lack-of-service late-filing-of-answer liberia-civil-procedure-law litigation-process mandate montserrado-county motion-practice newspaper-publication pleadings pretrial-motions procedural-error procedural-fairness property-rights real-property-law remand restoration-of-jurisdiction reversible-error right-to-be-heard service-of-summons striking-pleadings summary-disposition supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate trial-court-error | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank v. Sirleaf (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, adverse inference, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, Bojelene Guest House Inc., breach of deposit contract, burden of proof, Charles E. Sirleaf, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, contributory negligence, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Deposit Contract, evidentiary standards, excessive damages, expert witness, failure to testify, forensic examination, forged signature, fraudulent withdrawals, general damages, GT Bank (Liberia) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, handwriting analysis, Liberia National Police, mandate, mitigation of damages, Monrovia, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, punitive damages, qualification of expert, questioned documents, remand, reversal on appeal, SMS alert deactivation, special damages, subpoenaed witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia | guaranty-trust-gt-bank-v-sirleaf-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-inference appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule bojelene-guest-house-inc breach-of-deposit-contract burden-of-proof charles-e-sirleaf commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law contributory-negligence costs credibility-of-witnesses deposit-contract evidentiary-standards excessive-damages expert-witness failure-to-testify forensic-examination forged-signature fraudulent-withdrawals general-damages gt-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited handwriting-analysis liberia-national-police mandate mitigation-of-damages monrovia montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence punitive-damages qualification-of-expert questioned-documents remand reversal-on-appeal sms-alert-deactivation special-damages subpoenaed-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Guaranty Trust Bank v. Freeman (2022) | 2022, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2022 Opinions, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, appellate modification, assault, banking sector, bench trial, Civil Law Court B, damages reduction, employer liability, general damages, GT Bank Liberia, managing director, medical evidence, Montserrado County, punitive damages (pled), respondeat superior, Supreme Court of Liberia, vicarious liability, workplace misconduct | guaranty-trust-bank-v-freeman-2022 | 2022-opinions action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal appellate-modification assault banking-sector bench-trial civil-law-court-b damages-reduction employer-liability general-damages gt-bank-liberia managing-director medical-evidence montserrado-county punitive-damages-pled respondeat-superior supreme-court-of-liberia vicarious-liability workplace-misconduct | 2022-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gulley et al. v The intestate Estate of the late Ethel Kaba Gayflorzee LRSC 1 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | Chambers Justice, Ejectment, foreclosure, Intestate Estate, joint tenancy, judicial sale, Liberia Supreme Court, mortgage law, NHSB, Prohibition, Real Property, Service by Publication, Sheriff’s Deed, Survivorship | gulley-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-ethel-kaba-gayflorzee-lrsc-1-2016 | chambers-justice ejectment foreclosure intestate-estate joint-tenancy judicial-sale liberia-supreme-court mortgage-law nhsb prohibition real-property service-by-publication sheriffs-deed survivorship | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gweh et al v Jah (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, abandonment of defense, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, clerk of court duties, continuance denied, Default Judgment, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, eviction, failure to prosecute appeal, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, transcription of records, withdrawal of counsel | gweh-et-al-v-jah-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal abandonment-of-defense appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court clerk-of-court-duties continuance-denied default-judgment ejectment enforcement-of-judgment eviction failure-to-prosecute-appeal jury-verdict land-dispute mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default real-property sixth-judicial-circuit superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia transcription-of-records withdrawal-of-counsel | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gweh et al v Jah (2025) Dissent | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal, appellate procedure, civil law, Civil Law Court, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, lawyer negligence, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, Procedural Default, right to appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, transcription of records | gweh-et-al-v-jah-2025-dissent | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal appellate-procedure civil-law civil-law-court dissenting-opinion ejectment lawyer-negligence montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville procedural-default right-to-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia transcription-of-records | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases dissenting-opinions property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gweh v. Imam Isamail (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Alhaji Swalihio A. Sesay, Bill of information, bogus objection, Certiorari, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, contempt of court, court mandate, D. Morgan Paye, dilatory tactics, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, execution of judgment, Iman Ismail Sesay, Land Dispute, Lawyer Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Mandate Enforcement, Martha G. Gweh, Montserrado County, obstruction of justice, obstruction of mandate, Paynesville, physical obstruction, possession of property, Property Rights, repossession, Rule 1, Rule of Law, sheriffs, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, surveyor Kempson Murray, surveyor Tom Nimely, suspension from practice, unlawful occupancy, writ of possession | gweh-v-imam-isamail-2023 | 2023-opinions alhaji-swalihio-a-sesay bill-of-information bogus-objection certiorari civil-law-court civil-procedure code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics contempt-of-court court-mandate d-morgan-paye dilatory-tactics ejectment enforcement-of-judgment execution-of-judgment iman-ismail-sesay land-dispute lawyer-misconduct legal-ethics mandate-enforcement martha-g-gweh montserrado-county obstruction-of-justice obstruction-of-mandate paynesville physical-obstruction possession-of-property property-rights repossession rule-1 rule-of-law sheriffs sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute surveyor-kempson-murray surveyor-tom-nimely suspension-from-practice unlawful-occupancy writ-of-possession | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hage et al v Mcgee (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law | 2025 Opinion, Appeal bond, Certificate Requirement, Civil Procedure Law, Judicial Approval, Liberia Revenue Authority, Liberia Supreme Court, Ministry of Finance, Motion to dismiss appeal, Nonmoney Judgment, Penalty, Possession, Real Property, Section 63.2(4), Statutory interpretation, Substantive Justice, Summary Proceedings, Surety Qualification | hage-et-al-v-mcgee-2025 | 2025-opinion appeal-bond certificate-requirement civil-procedure-law judicial-approval liberia-revenue-authority liberia-supreme-court ministry-of-finance motion-to-dismiss-appeal nonmoney-judgment penalty possession real-property section-63-24 statutory-interpretation substantive-justice summary-proceedings surety-qualification | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Harris et al v Turning (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, forged signature, fraud, fraud to be specifically proved, heirs and beneficiaries, Intestate Estate, jury instructions, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, mandate, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to charge, Party's duty to object o a judge's erroneous charge to jury, preponderance of the evidence, preservation of error, probate proceedings, property ownership, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standing and capacity to sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, verdict contrary to weight of evidence, warranty deed | harris-et-al-v-turning-2024 jesse-harris-et-al-v-mary-turning-2024 | 2024-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-law civil-law-court ejectment forged-signature fraud fraud-to-be-specifically-proved heirs-and-beneficiaries intestate-estate jury-instructions jury-verdict letters-of-administration mandate montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-charge partys-duty-to-object-o-a-judges-erroneous-charge-to-jury preponderance-of-the-evidence preservation-of-error probate-proceedings property-ownership real-property sixth-judicial-circuit standing-and-capacity-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed verdict-contrary-to-weight-of-evidence warranty-deed | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Harris v. R.L LRSC 1; 1 LLR 39 (1867) | 1867, Civil Procedure Law, International Law (Case), Maritime Law | 1867 Opinions, Admiralty Court, admiralty law, Appeal, British schooner “Phebe Harris, confiscation, early Liberian jurisprudence., equity principles, fine, foreign nationals, forfeiture, ignorance of the law, International Law, Jurisdiction, law of nations, maritime jurisdiction, maritime seizure, Montserrado County, navigation laws, reciprocity of nations, revenue laws, sovereignty, Supreme Court of Liberia | harris-v-r-l-lrsc-1-1-llr-39-1867 | 1867-opinions admiralty-court admiralty-law appeal british-schooner-phebe-harris confiscation early-liberian-jurisprudence equity-principles fine foreign-nationals forfeiture ignorance-of-the-law international-law jurisdiction law-of-nations maritime-jurisdiction maritime-seizure montserrado-county navigation-laws reciprocity-of-nations revenue-laws sovereignty supreme-court-of-liberia | 1867-1 civil-procedure-law-cases international-law-case maritime-law supreme-court | |
| Heirs & Estate of J. A. A. Pierre v Commings; LRSC 42 (2005) | 2005, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2005 Opinions, Appeal, Appeal bond, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, Bill of Exceptions, board of arbitrators, Civil Procedure, Clerk’s Certificate, confirmation of award, dismissal of appeal, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Final Judgment, Jurisdiction, Land Dispute, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to vacate award, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Paynesville, Real Property, statutory arbitration, Supreme Court of Liberia | heirs-estate-of-j-a-a-pierre-v-commings-lrsc-42-2005 | 2005-opinions appeal appeal-bond arbitration-agreement arbitration-award bill-of-exceptions board-of-arbitrators civil-procedure clerks-certificate confirmation-of-award dismissal-of-appeal failure-to-perfect-appeal final-judgment jurisdiction land-dispute mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-vacate-award notice-of-completion-of-appeal paynesville real-property statutory-arbitration supreme-court-of-liberia | 2005-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Her Excellency Madam Jewel Howard Taylor v. Yeebahn (2019) | 2019, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Corporate Law | 2019 Opinions, Administrative Law, affirmance, Appellate Review, Audit, civil law, Civil Law Court, constitutional law, declaratory judgment, Due Process, executive authority, General Auditing Commission, impeachment procedure, Judicial Review, Liberia Marketing Association, Montserrado County, political question doctrine, public corporations, removal from office, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from office, Ultra Vires | her-excellency-madam-jewel-howard-taylor-v-yeebahn-2019 | 2019-opinions administrative-law affirmance appellate-review audit civil-law civil-law-court constitutional-law declaratory-judgment due-process executive-authority general-auditing-commission impeachment-procedure judicial-review liberia-marketing-association montserrado-county political-question-doctrine public-corporations removal-from-office separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-office ultra-vires | 2019-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Her Honor Nancy F. Sammy et al v. CHICO (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | action of damages, alternative writ, Appellate Review, certiorari vs prohibition, civil law, Civil Law Court, complaint in an action of damages filed before a Circuit Court is not ipso facto dismissible for lack of jurisdiction, Decent Work Act, Duty of Care, employer-employee relationship, exclusive remedy doctrine, interlocutory ruling, jurisdictional challenge, Labor Court, Labor Law, Labor-related disputes not cognizable before Circuit Courts, Ministry of Labor, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Negligence, occupational injury, peremptory writ, personal protective equipment, petition for writ of prohibition, Private Wrongs Law, Private Wrongs law not applicable to disputes arising from labor relations, Reversal, subject matter jurisdiction, Superseding status of recent legislation when in conflict with another, Supreme Court of Liberia, workers’ compensation, writ of certiorari, wrongful death | her-honor-nancy-f-sammy-and-intestate-estate-of-jalloh-v-chico-2024 her-honor-nancy-f-sammy-et-al-v-chico-2024 | action-of-damages alternative-writ appellate-review certiorari-vs-prohibition civil-law civil-law-court complaint-in-an-action-of-damages-filed-before-a-circuit-court-is-not-ipso-facto-dismissible-for-lack-of-jurisdiction decent-work-act duty-of-care employer-employee-relationship exclusive-remedy-doctrine interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-challenge labor-court labor-law labor-related-disputes-not-cognizable-before-circuit-courts ministry-of-labor montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss negligence occupational-injury peremptory-writ personal-protective-equipment petition-for-writ-of-prohibition private-wrongs-law private-wrongs-law-not-applicable-to-disputes-arising-from-labor-relations reversal subject-matter-jurisdiction superseding-status-of-recent-legislation-when-in-conflict-with-another supreme-court-of-liberia workers-compensation writ-of-certiorari wrongful-death | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hilton et al v. Sherman et al LRSC 3; 1 LLR 43 (1867) | 1867, Civil Procedure Law | 1867 Opinions, Appellate Review, bar to action, Court of Quarter Sessions, early Liberian jurisprudence., Equitable Relief, equity and law, Estate Administration, judicial precedent, legal disability, Montserrado County, negligence of plaintiff, plaintiff’s diligence, Procedural Default, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, trustee | hilton-et-al-v-sherman-et-al-lrsc-3-1-llr-43-1867 | 1867-opinions appellate-review bar-to-action court-of-quarter-sessions early-liberian-jurisprudence equitable-relief equity-and-law estate-administration judicial-precedent legal-disability montserrado-county negligence-of-plaintiff plaintiffs-diligence procedural-default statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia trustee | 1867-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| His Honor H. Nyenswa Davis, Sr. v. Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA) (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | Appeal bond, Confidentiality, Default Judgment, Employment Law, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Labour Law, Liberia, Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Ministry of Labour, National Labour Court, Service of Process, Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Supreme Court, Wiefueh A. Sayeh, Wrongful Dismissal | his-honor-h-nyenswa-davis sr-v-liberia-telecommunication-authority-lta-2016 | appeal-bond confidentiality default-judgment employment-law judicial-review jurisdiction labour-law liberia liberia-telecommunications-authority-lta ministry-of-labour national-labour-court service-of-process sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh supreme-court wiefueh-a-sayeh wrongful-dismissal | 2016-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| His Honor Holder et al. v Sirleaf Hage et al. LRSC 23 (2014) | 2014, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2014 Opinions, abuse of discretion, appellate jurisdiction, Article 20(a), audit of estate, Bill of information, constitutional law, Decedents Estates Law, Due Process, Estate Administration, exclusion of property from estate, executor duties, Fiduciary Duty, Final Judgment, interlocutory ruling, inventory of estate, judicial misconduct, Judicial Oversight, last will and testament, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Probate Law, Property Rights, remand, removal of executor, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, Writ of Prohibition | his-honor-holder-et-al-v-sirleaf-hage-et-al-lrsc-23-2014 | 2014-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-jurisdiction article-20a audit-of-estate bill-of-information constitutional-law decedents-estates-law due-process estate-administration exclusion-of-property-from-estate executor-duties fiduciary-duty final-judgment interlocutory-ruling inventory-of-estate judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight last-will-and-testament monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county probate-law property-rights remand removal-of-executor supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate writ-of-prohibition | 2014-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| His Honor Joseph M. Kollie v The Management of Oceano Casino (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, administrative hearing, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law, clerk of court duties, criminal investigation, Default Judgment, dismissal in disguise, Employment Law, failure to transcribe records, Labour Law, labour procedure, Liberia National Police, mandate, Ministry of Labor, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labour Court, ninety-day statutory period, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Petition for Judicial Review, resumption of jurisdiction, Rule 31 Revised Rules of the Circuit Court, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from employment, theft allegation, transcription of records, Unfair Labour Practice, unpaid salaries, Wrongful Dismissal, wrongful dismissal benefits | his-honor-joseph-m-kollie-v-the-management-of-oceano-casino-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal administrative-hearing appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law clerk-of-court-duties criminal-investigation default-judgment dismissal-in-disguise employment-law failure-to-transcribe-records labour-law labour-procedure liberia-national-police mandate ministry-of-labor montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labour-court ninety-day-statutory-period notice-of-completion-of-appeal petition-for-judicial-review resumption-of-jurisdiction rule-31-revised-rules-of-the-circuit-court superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-employment theft-allegation transcription-of-records unfair-labour-practice unpaid-salaries wrongful-dismissal wrongful-dismissal-benefits | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Holder, Sr. et al. Vs Mrs. Holder of the USA (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Chambers Justice, computation of time, Estate Administration, Jurisdiction, Kailondo Petroleum v. Guaranty Trust Bank, Letters of Administration, mandamus, Monthly & Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, probate, proper accounting, revocation of letters, Supreme Court of Liberia, tolling | holder sr-et-al-vs-mrs-holder-of-the-usa-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions chambers-justice computation-of-time estate-administration jurisdiction kailondo-petroleum-v-guaranty-trust-bank letters-of-administration mandamus monthly-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc probate proper-accounting revocation-of-letters supreme-court-of-liberia tolling | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Howard et al v Jalloh (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, Evidence, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | howard-et-al-v-jalloh-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal civil-law-court ejectment encroachment eviction evidence investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Howard-Kendor v. Bailey 015 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law | 2016 Opinion, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Practice, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law, Costs, Final Judgment, Jurisdictional Defect, Legal Concession, Liberia Supreme Court, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Section 51.4, Statutory Time Limit, Timeliness | howard-kendor-v-bailey-015-2016 | 2016-opinion appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-practice bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law costs final-judgment jurisdictional-defect legal-concession liberia-supreme-court motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal section-51-4 statutory-time-limit timeliness | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hussenni v Brumskine LRSC 43 (2013) | 2013, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law | 2013 Opinions, Appeal, Appeal bond, appeal statute, appellate jurisdiction, Article 20(b) Constitution of Liberia, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.4, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.8, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.9, defective appeal bond, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, exception to surety, insufficiency of surety, insurance company as surety, Jurisdictional Defect, Kakata, Laches, Land Dispute, mandate, mandatory statutory requirements, Margibi County, Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Property Rights, right of appeal, service of appeal bond, strict compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Waiver | hussenni-v-brumskine-lrsc-43-2013 | 2013-opinions appeal appeal-bond appeal-statute appellate-jurisdiction article-20b-constitution-of-liberia civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-section-51-4 civil-procedure-law-section-51-8 civil-procedure-law-section-51-9 defective-appeal-bond dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment exception-to-surety insufficiency-of-surety insurance-company-as-surety jurisdictional-defect kakata laches land-dispute mandate mandatory-statutory-requirements margibi-county monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal property-rights right-of-appeal service-of-appeal-bond strict-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia thirteenth-judicial-circuit waiver | 2013-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Ibrahim v Barry (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law | admission by counsel, Appeal bond, Appeal Dismissal, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law, concession, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, judgment without opinion, landlord and tenant, Lease Cancellation, mandate, Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, resumption of jurisdiction, Section 25.8 | ruth-ibrahim-vs-mohammed-barry-2024 | admission-by-counsel appeal-bond appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law concession enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal judgment-without-opinion landlord-and-tenant lease-cancellation mandate monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal resumption-of-jurisdiction section-25-8 | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| In RE GEC Report Against Cllr. Thompson N. Jargba (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Evidence Law | 2024, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Review, Attorney Discipline, benefit of doubt, burden of proof, client funding obligations, contradictory testimony, credibility of witnesses, disciplinary proceedings, dismissal of complaint, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Grievance and Ethics Committee, ineffective assistance of counsel, Lawyer-Client Relationship, Legal Ethics, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Professional Responsibility, reprimand of counsel, standard of proof, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-gec-report-against-cllr-thompson-n-jargba-2024 | 2024 appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-review attorney-discipline benefit-of-doubt burden-of-proof client-funding-obligations contradictory-testimony credibility-of-witnesses disciplinary-proceedings dismissal-of-complaint failure-to-perfect-appeal grievance-and-ethics-committee ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lawyer-client-relationship legal-ethics montserrado-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal professional-responsibility reprimand-of-counsel standard-of-proof summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics evidence-law supreme-court | |
| In re GEC report on Cllr. Denise Saychee Sokan (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics | 2025 Opinions, Alimony payment, Alleged unethical conduct, Amici Curiae, Case still pending/no trial held, Cllr. Denise Saychee Sokan, Complaint dismissed, Court clerk investigation recommended, Divorce proceedings, Forged notices of assignment, Fraudulent bill of divorcement, GEC findings affirmed, Grievance and Ethics Committee (GEC), Judge Ousman F. Feika, Lack of communication allegations, Mrs. Stephanie Randall, Professional ethics/Rule 5–17, Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-gec-report-on-cllr-denise-saychee-sokan-2025 | 2025-opinions alimony-payment alleged-unethical-conduct amici-curiae case-still-pending-no-trial-held cllr-denise-saychee-sokan complaint-dismissed court-clerk-investigation-recommended divorce-proceedings forged-notices-of-assignment fraudulent-bill-of-divorcement gec-findings-affirmed grievance-and-ethics-committee-gec judge-ousman-f-feika lack-of-communication-allegations mrs-stephanie-randall professional-ethics-rule-5-17 sixth-judicial-circuit-civil-law-court supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| In re JIC Report on Judge Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Article 73, Due Process, Judge Scheaplor Dunbar, judicial discipline, Judicial Immunity, Judicial Inquiry Commission, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-jic-report-on-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal article-73 due-process judge-scheaplor-dunbar judicial-discipline judicial-immunity judicial-inquiry-commission specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| IN RE The Constitutionality of the National Elections Commission Planned Conduct of the Voters Registration (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrative Law, Article 39 (Constitution), Article 80 Constitution, Article 80(c), Article 80(d), Article 80(e), Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, constitutionality challenge, costs disallowed, demarcation of constituencies, dismissal of petition, elections law, electoral constituencies, electoral districting, electoral law, electoral threshold, equal suffrage, executive authority, harmless error, harmonization doctrine, in re proceedings, Joint Resolution LEG-002(2010), Judicial Review, jurisdictional issue, lack of threshold, legislative authority, legislative inaction, Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Liberty Party v NEC, mandate, misjoinder of parties, national census, National Elections Commission (NEC), non-self-executing constitutional duty, October 2023 Elections, political parties, population disparity, precedent analysis, preconditions for reapportionment, procedural irregularities, provisional census results, provisional vs final census, reapportionment of constituencies, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, voter inequality, voter registration process, Voters registration | in-re-the-constitutionality-of-the-national-elections-commission-planned-conduct-of-the-voters-registration-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-law article-39-constitution article-80-constitution article-80c article-80d article-80e collaborating-political-parties-cpp constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy constitutionality-challenge costs-disallowed demarcation-of-constituencies dismissal-of-petition elections-law electoral-constituencies electoral-districting electoral-law electoral-threshold equal-suffrage executive-authority harmless-error harmonization-doctrine in-re-proceedings joint-resolution-leg-0022010 judicial-review jurisdictional-issue lack-of-threshold legislative-authority legislative-inaction liberia-institute-of-statistics-and-geo-information-services-lisgis liberty-party-v-nec mandate misjoinder-of-parties national-census national-elections-commission-nec non-self-executing-constitutional-duty october-2023-elections political-parties population-disparity precedent-analysis preconditions-for-reapportionment procedural-irregularities provisional-census-results provisional-vs-final-census reapportionment-of-constituencies separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia voter-inequality voter-registration-process voters-registration | 2023-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Independent Newspaper Inc. v RL LRSC 25 (2007) | 2007, Civil Procedure Law, Media Law | independent-newspaper-inc-v-rl-lrsc-25-2007 | 2007-1 civil-procedure-law-cases media-law supreme-court | |||
| International Bank Liberia Limited (IBLL) v SIRR Marketing Inc. LRSC 30 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, admission by failure to deny, answering affidavit, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Articles of Incorporation, authorized surety bonds within Liberia, Bill of Exceptions, business registration, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, costs taxed against appellant, debt recovery, defective appeal bond, dismissal of appeal, divestiture of jurisdiction, Foreclosure of Mortgage, insurance license, insurance surety, Jurisdiction, legal brief, Liberia Revenue Authority, minimum standards for insurance sureties, Montserrado County, mortgage law, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, objection to bond, perfection of appeal, proof of assets, Reeves v. Quiah Brothers, reinsurance, resistance, service of notice, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Rules, surety, tax clearance, Waiver | international-bank-liberia-limited-ibll-v-sirr-marketing-inc-lrsc-30-2015 | 2015-opinions admission-by-failure-to-deny answering-affidavit appeal-bond appellate-procedure articles-of-incorporation authorized-surety-bonds-within-liberia bill-of-exceptions business-registration central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure costs-taxed-against-appellant debt-recovery defective-appeal-bond dismissal-of-appeal divestiture-of-jurisdiction foreclosure-of-mortgage insurance-license insurance-surety jurisdiction legal-brief liberia-revenue-authority minimum-standards-for-insurance-sureties montserrado-county mortgage-law motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal objection-to-bond perfection-of-appeal proof-of-assets reeves-v-quiah-brothers reinsurance resistance service-of-notice sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-rules surety tax-clearance waiver | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Barzoe Tiapon vs. Intestate Estate of Marboe Tarr (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1970s UL map, 1972–1976 survey, 2024 Opinions, aborigine deed, administrators, administratrix, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, arbitration survey, award beyond submission, Bill of information, board of arbitration, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Contempt, correction of arbitration award, costs against appellee, definite award, Ejectment, enforcement of arbitration award, failure to timely challenge, Fendell, imperfect award, Intestate Estate administration, judicial overreach, King Karnley Estate, Land Dispute, land registry records, land survey, mandate, metes and bounds, Mines and Energy, Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Mines and Energy, miscalculation of figures, mistake in description, modification of arbitration award, Montserrado County, motion to modify or correct award, notice of assignment, objection to arbitration report, President Arthur Barclay, President Joseph J. Cheesman, public land sale deed, Real Property, Republic of Liberia grant, Reversal, Section 64.1, Section 64.11, Section 64.12, statutory grounds, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey notice, Time Limitation, title deed, Ultra Vires, University of Liberia Fendell Campus, Waiver, writ of arrest | intestate-estate-of-barzoe-tiapon-vs-intestate-estate-of-marboe-tarr-2024 | 1970s-ul-map 1972-1976-survey 2024-opinions aborigine-deed administrators administratrix arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award arbitration-survey award-beyond-submission bill-of-information board-of-arbitration chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law contempt correction-of-arbitration-award costs-against-appellee definite-award ejectment enforcement-of-arbitration-award failure-to-timely-challenge fendell imperfect-award intestate-estate-administration judicial-overreach king-karnley-estate land-dispute land-registry-records land-survey mandate metes-and-bounds mines-and-energy ministry-of-lands ministry-of-mines-and-energy miscalculation-of-figures mistake-in-description modification-of-arbitration-award montserrado-county motion-to-modify-or-correct-award notice-of-assignment objection-to-arbitration-report president-arthur-barclay president-joseph-j-cheesman public-land-sale-deed real-property republic-of-liberia-grant reversal section-64-1 section-64-11 section-64-12 statutory-grounds superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-notice time-limitation title-deed ultra-vires university-of-liberia-fendell-campus waiver writ-of-arrest | 2024-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey v Intestate Estate of Karboyan (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of ruling, Appellate Review, bench trial, Careysburg District, civil law, Civil Procedure Law §5.61, closure error, common grantor, Costs, demarcative survey, engulfment of land, evidentiary value of investigative survey, interpretation of survey report, intervention as of right, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, legal capacity to sue, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest deed rule, probate jurisdiction, re-demarcation of land, real property dispute, registration of letters of administration, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, Tatee Town, title deed, variance in bearings and distances | intestate-estate-of-daniel-webster-urey-vs-intestate-estate-of-karboyan-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-ruling appellate-review bench-trial careysburg-district civil-law civil-procedure-law-%c2%a75-61 closure-error common-grantor costs demarcative-survey engulfment-of-land evidentiary-value-of-investigative-survey interpretation-of-survey-report intervention-as-of-right intestate-estate investigative-survey legal-capacity-to-sue letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-deed-rule probate-jurisdiction re-demarcation-of-land real-property-dispute registration-of-letters-of-administration supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report tatee-town title-deed variance-in-bearings-and-distances | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Edmund Cisco v. Mount Sinai (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, administrator's authority, Administrator’s Deed, affidavit of non-consent, Appellate Review, authority of administrator, bench trial, burden of proof, civil law, court’s decree of sale, Decedents Estates Law, Edmond D. Cisco, Ejectment, Estate Administration, estate property sale, Estoppel, Evidence, fraud, fraudulent conveyance claim, honorable purchase, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Joshua Cisco, judgment affirmed, Land Dispute, Larkpazee Community, lawful purchase, legal capacity, Letters of Administration, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Mount Sanai Tabernacle, notice to vacate, possession of real property, Probate Court, Probate Law, property ownership, sale of estate property, Sinkor, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, valid conveyance, Waiver, wrongful withholding | intestate-estate-of-edmund-cisco-v-mount-sinai-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-authority administrators-deed affidavit-of-non-consent appellate-review authority-of-administrator bench-trial burden-of-proof civil-law courts-decree-of-sale decedents-estates-law edmond-d-cisco ejectment estate-administration estate-property-sale estoppel evidence fraud fraudulent-conveyance-claim honorable-purchase intestate-estate intestate-succession joshua-cisco judgment-affirmed land-dispute larkpazee-community lawful-purchase legal-capacity letters-of-administration monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county mount-sanai-tabernacle notice-to-vacate possession-of-real-property probate-court probate-law property-ownership sale-of-estate-property sinkor standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed valid-conveyance waiver wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara et al v Intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abatement of action, action of ejectment, administrators of estate, Appellate Review, bill in equity, bona fide purchaser, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 43, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.3, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.5, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.9, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.21, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.24, Clerk’s Certificate, competing titles, contradiction of testimony, credibility of witnesses, declaratory judgment, defective title, determination of title by jury, Ejectment, Elijah Johnson Estate, Estate Administration, eviction proceedings, evidentiary weight, fiduciary capacity, fraudulent title claim, grantor and grantee, heirs and descendants, historical land claims, improper reliance on prior proceedings, Intestate Estate, Judicial Notice, jurisdictional error, jury trial requirement, Kaifa Kamara Estate, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, lessee rights, mandate to lower court, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, ownership dispute, petition for declaratory judgment, preponderance of evidence, Real Property, Rebecca Thomas Estate, relitigation, remand for new trial, Res Judicata, reversal on appeal, right to jury trial, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statute of Limitations, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court records, tenancy at will, title dispute, validity of deed, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of action | intestate-estate-of-kaifa-kamara-et-al-v-intestate-estate-of-rebecca-thomas-2026 | 2026-opinions abatement-of-action action-of-ejectment administrators-of-estate appellate-review bill-in-equity bona-fide-purchaser burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-43 civil-procedure-law-section-43-1 civil-procedure-law-section-43-3 civil-procedure-law-section-43-5 civil-procedure-law-section-43-9 civil-procedure-law-section-62-1 civil-procedure-law-section-62-21 civil-procedure-law-section-62-24 clerks-certificate competing-titles contradiction-of-testimony credibility-of-witnesses declaratory-judgment defective-title determination-of-title-by-jury ejectment elijah-johnson-estate estate-administration eviction-proceedings evidentiary-weight fiduciary-capacity fraudulent-title-claim grantor-and-grantee heirs-and-descendants historical-land-claims improper-reliance-on-prior-proceedings intestate-estate judicial-notice jurisdictional-error jury-trial-requirement kaifa-kamara-estate land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement lessee-rights mandate-to-lower-court mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county ownership-dispute petition-for-declaratory-judgment preponderance-of-evidence real-property rebecca-thomas-estate relitigation remand-for-new-trial res-judicata reversal-on-appeal right-to-jury-trial sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-limitations summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-records tenancy-at-will title-dispute validity-of-deed voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-action | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Musa kamara v. Her Honor Eva Mappy Morgan (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, adverse claim, appellate procedure, Banking Law, Bill of information, cognizability, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, creditors remedies, debt recovery, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement proceedings, Estate Administration, execution of mandate, Failure to Perfect Appeal, fair hearing, finality of judgment, foreclosure sale, Holder v. Intestate Estate of Sarah King-Howard, improper execution, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, Intestate Estate of Musa M. Kamara, judicial auction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Kpoto v. Kpoto, mandate of the Supreme Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to dismiss appeal, procedural irregularities, Property Rights, Rule IV Part 12 Supreme Court Rules, sheriff sale, special proceedings, Sr., Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-musa-kamara-v-her-honor-eva-mappy-morgan-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-claim appellate-procedure banking-law bill-of-information cognizability commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law creditors-remedies debt-recovery dismissal-of-appeal due-process enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-proceedings estate-administration execution-of-mandate failure-to-perfect-appeal fair-hearing finality-of-judgment foreclosure-sale holder-v-intestate-estate-of-sarah-king-howard improper-execution international-bank-liberia-limited intestate-estate-of-musa-m-kamara judicial-auction judicial-review jurisdiction kpoto-v-kpoto mandate-of-the-supreme-court monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-irregularities property-rights rule-iv-part-12-supreme-court-rules sheriff-sale special-proceedings sr supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of William Allen v. Joseph Cornomia (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Chambers Justice, Civil Procedure, Jurisdiction, Notification of Parties, Procedural Due Process, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | intestate-estate-of-william-allen-v-joseph-cornomia-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal chambers-justice civil-procedure jurisdiction notification-of-parties procedural-due-process supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Zoe Gar v. Intestate Estate of Francis R.T. Gardiner (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Abi-Jaoudi & Azar Trading Corporation v. Monrovia Tobacco Corporation, abuse of process, action of ejectment, administrators of estate, administrators’ deeds, affirmation of trial court, appeal denied, Appellate Review, bona fide ownership, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 5.61, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, conveyance of property, damages for wrongful occupation, delay tactics, direct and substantial interest, duty of candor, Ejectment, encroachment, estate litigation, estate of Francis R.T. Gardner, estate of Zoe-Gar, eviction, Evidence, fraudulent instruments allegation, grantor and grantee, intervention denied, intervention of right, Intestate Estate, Isaac Gboking v. Johnny Hill, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, land ownership, legal interest protected by law, legal practice standards, litigation conduct, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, ownership of property, Paynesville City, pleadings, precedent, professional ethics, Property Rights, purchaser of land, real property law, relinquishment of title, remote and inconsequential interest, restitution of possession, Rule 31, sanctions against lawyers, settled law doctrine, Sr., Stare Decisis, substantial interest test, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court opinions, Tar-sue Gezor Estate case, title deed, transfer of title, unlawful occupancy, witness testimony, wrongful withholding | intestate-estate-of-zoe-gar-v-intestate-estate-of-francis-r-t-gardiner-2023 | 2023-opinions abi-jaoudi-azar-trading-corporation-v-monrovia-tobacco-corporation abuse-of-process action-of-ejectment administrators-of-estate administrators-deeds affirmation-of-trial-court appeal-denied appellate-review bona-fide-ownership civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-5-61 code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics conveyance-of-property damages-for-wrongful-occupation delay-tactics direct-and-substantial-interest duty-of-candor ejectment encroachment estate-litigation estate-of-francis-r-t-gardner estate-of-zoe-gar eviction evidence fraudulent-instruments-allegation grantor-and-grantee intervention-denied intervention-of-right intestate-estate isaac-gboking-v-johnny-hill jury-trial land-dispute land-ownership legal-interest-protected-by-law legal-practice-standards litigation-conduct mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-intervene ownership-of-property paynesville-city pleadings precedent professional-ethics property-rights purchaser-of-land real-property-law relinquishment-of-title remote-and-inconsequential-interest restitution-of-possession rule-31 sanctions-against-lawyers settled-law-doctrine sr stare-decisis substantial-interest-test supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinions tar-sue-gezor-estate-case title-deed transfer-of-title unlawful-occupancy witness-testimony wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intrusco Corp. v Firetex Inc. LRSC 10; 32 LLR 11 (1984) | 1984, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law | 1984 Opinions, accord and satisfaction, appearance equals service, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, contract for services, Costs, Debt Action, Evidence, inconsistency in pleadings, investigative services, judgment affirmed, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, personal jurisdiction, release and estoppel, service of summons, successful counsel’s fee, Supreme Court of Liberia, venue, verification of pleadings | intrusco-corp-v-firetex-inc-lrsc-10-32-llr-11-1984 | 1984-opinions accord-and-satisfaction appearance-equals-service bill-of-exceptions civil-law contract-for-services costs debt-action evidence inconsistency-in-pleadings investigative-services judgment-affirmed montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss personal-jurisdiction release-and-estoppel service-of-summons successful-counsels-fee supreme-court-of-liberia venue verification-of-pleadings | 1984-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| J. Annan Automobile Export and Effestrasse v. Yourne Trading Company, Inc. et al. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal Dismissal, Article IV(3), Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Commercial Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, Foreclosure Auction, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Monetary Judgment, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to Dismiss | inc-et-al-2025 j-annan-automobile-export-and-effestrasse-v-yourne-trading-company | 2025-opinions appeal-dismissal article-iv3 civil-procedure commercial-code commercial-court enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account foreclosure-auction jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court monetary-judgment mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jackson vs. Liberia Maritime Authority (LMA) et al (2020) | 2020, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Maritime Law | 2020 Opinions, Administrative Law, Article 56(a) Constitution, Article 89 Constitution, autonomous agencies, constitutional law, contempt of court, diplomatic appointment, Disciplinary Action, executive authority, International Maritime Organization, Jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, Liberia Maritime Authority, permanent representative, presidential appointment power, Professional Misconduct, prohibition denied, removal from office, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of lawyer, tenure of office, Writ of Prohibition | jackson-vs-liberia-maritime-authority-lma-et-al-2020 | 2020-opinions administrative-law article-56a-constitution article-89-constitution autonomous-agencies constitutional-law contempt-of-court diplomatic-appointment disciplinary-action executive-authority international-maritime-organization jurisdiction legal-ethics liberia-maritime-authority permanent-representative presidential-appointment-power professional-misconduct prohibition-denied removal-from-office separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-lawyer tenure-of-office writ-of-prohibition | 2020-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases maritime-law supreme-court | |
| Jallah v Jallah et al. LRSC 49 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law | 2015 Opinions, administrator, administratrix, advisory jury, Appeal, authenticity of records, closure of estate, concealment, decedents estates, distribution of estate, Due Process, extrinsic fraud, forged documents, fraud, heirs, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, inventory, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, legitimacy, legitimization, Letters of Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, misrepresentation, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, National Archives, Probate Law, reopening of estate, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, transfer to Civil Law Court | jallah-v-jallah-et-al-lrsc-49-2015 | 2015-opinions administrator administratrix advisory-jury appeal authenticity-of-records closure-of-estate concealment decedents-estates distribution-of-estate due-process extrinsic-fraud forged-documents fraud heirs inheritance-rights intestate-estate inventory jurisdiction jury-trial legitimacy legitimization letters-of-administration ministry-of-foreign-affairs misrepresentation monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county national-archives probate-law reopening-of-estate standing supreme-court-of-liberia transfer-to-civil-law-court | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court | |
| Jalloh v His Honor J. Kennedy Peabody (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, defamation, Jurisdiction, Justice in Chambers, lis pendens, mandate of Supreme Court, Montserrado County, nullification of judgment, prohibition denied, Service by Publication, Service of Process, severance, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | almaz-kadiatu-jalloh-vs-his-honor-j-kennedy-peabody-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal appellate-review civil-law-court civil-procedure constitutional-law defamation jurisdiction justice-in-chambers lis-pendens mandate-of-supreme-court montserrado-county nullification-of-judgment prohibition-denied service-by-publication service-of-process severance sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2026-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jartu v Konneh LRSC 6; 10 LLR 318 (1950) | 1950, Civil Procedure Law, Customary Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law | 1950 Opinions, Appellate Review, Curator of Intestate Estates, customary law, Estate Administration, finality of probate rulings, Intestate Succession, Jurisdiction, Mohammedan marriage, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, native customary marriage, Probate Law, review of predecessor’s ruling, Supreme Court of Liberia, widow’s dower | jartu-v-konneh-lrsc-6-10-llr-318-1950 | 1950-opinions appellate-review curator-of-intestate-estates customary-law estate-administration finality-of-probate-rulings intestate-succession jurisdiction mohammedan-marriage monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county native-customary-marriage probate-law review-of-predecessors-ruling supreme-court-of-liberia widows-dower | 1950-1 civil-procedure-law-cases customary-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court | |
| Job Security Scheme Insurance Corp. v RL et al LRSC 16; 33 LLR 49 (1985) | 1985, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law | 1985 Opinions, Administrative Law, amendment of articles of incorporation, Appellate Review, Bureau of Insurance, cancellation of certificate, certificate of authority, Commissioner of Insurance, compliance, corporate franchise, Corporate Law, insurance law, insurance regulation, minister of justice, Ministry of Commerce, quo warranto, ruling affirmed with modification, security deposit, Supreme Court of Liberia | job-security-scheme-insurance-corp-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-16-33-llr-49-1985 | 1985-opinions administrative-law amendment-of-articles-of-incorporation appellate-review bureau-of-insurance cancellation-of-certificate certificate-of-authority commissioner-of-insurance compliance corporate-franchise corporate-law insurance-law insurance-regulation minister-of-justice ministry-of-commerce quo-warranto ruling-affirmed-with-modification security-deposit supreme-court-of-liberia | 1985-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases corporate-law-case insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Johnson v RL LRSC 77; 31 LLR 280 (1983) | 1983, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1983 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, Criminal Law, false pretense, fraud, land sale dispute, Montserrado County, Restitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony, waiver of issues | johnson-v-rl-lrsc-77-31-llr-280-1983 | 1983-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof criminal-law false-pretense fraud land-sale-dispute montserrado-county restitution supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony waiver-of-issues | 1983-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Johnson v. Givens LRSC 2; 1 LLR 28 (1865) | 1865, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1865 Opinions, Civil Procedure, Court of Quarter Sessions, custody of defendant, dismissal of judgment, early Liberian jurisprudence., failure to serve writ, Jurisdiction, procedural error, reversal of lower court, Service of Process, sheriff’s duties, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of arrest | johnson-v-givens-lrsc-2-1-llr-28-1865 | 1865-opinions civil-procedure court-of-quarter-sessions custody-of-defendant dismissal-of-judgment early-liberian-jurisprudence failure-to-serve-writ jurisdiction procedural-error reversal-of-lower-court service-of-process sheriffs-duties sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-arrest | 1865-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Johnson v. Johnson LRSC 3; 1 LLR 24 (1864) | 1864, Civil Procedure Law | 1864 Opinions, Certiorari, Costs, Court of Quarter Sessions, dissolution of injunction, early Liberian jurisprudence., equitable remedy, execution of judgment, Final Judgment, Injunction, judicial discretion, Montserrado County, Procedural Law, remand, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia | johnson-v-johnson-lrsc-3-1-llr-24-1864 | 1864-opinions certiorari costs court-of-quarter-sessions dissolution-of-injunction early-liberian-jurisprudence equitable-remedy execution-of-judgment final-judgment injunction judicial-discretion montserrado-county procedural-law remand stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia | 1864-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Johnson v. Johnson LRSC 3; 1 LLR 29 (1865) | 1865, Civil Procedure Law | 1865 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appeal, Civil Procedure, Court of Quarter Sessions, early Liberian jurisprudence., Final Judgment, Jury Trial, Montserrado County, non-suit, procedural termination, retraxit, slander, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial practice, withdrawal of case | 1865-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appeal civil-procedure court-of-quarter-sessions early-liberian-jurisprudence final-judgment jury-trial montserrado-county non-suit procedural-termination retraxit slander supreme-court-of-liberia trial-practice withdrawal-of-case | 1865-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Jomah v Her Honor Natt et al. LRSC 17 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2015 Opinions, administrative dismissal, affirmation of ruling, Appeal, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Bill of Exceptions, Division of Labor Standards, employment termination, hearing officer, INA Decree No. 21, Judicial Review, jurisdictional dismissal, Labor Law, lack of jurisdiction, Maryland County, Ministry of Labor, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, Petition for Judicial Review, Pleebo, probationary employment, Procedural Law, quasi-judicial authority, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, territorial jurisdiction, unfair labor practices, William A. Tubman Estate, without prejudice | jomah-v-her-honor-natt-et-al-lrsc-17-2015 | 2015-opinions administrative-dismissal affirmation-of-ruling appeal appellate-review attorney-in-fact bill-of-exceptions division-of-labor-standards employment-termination hearing-officer ina-decree-no-21 judicial-review jurisdictional-dismissal labor-law lack-of-jurisdiction maryland-county ministry-of-labor montserrado-county national-labor-court petition-for-judicial-review pleebo probationary-employment procedural-law quasi-judicial-authority subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia territorial-jurisdiction unfair-labor-practices william-a-tubman-estate without-prejudice | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Juah v. Lawrence (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2022 hearing, 2023 opinion, administrator vs next of kin, appellate procedure, Bill of information, Decedents Estates Law, dismissal of appeal for failure to file bill of exceptions, estate of Charlotte Crawford, Felix K. Lawrence, improper use of bill of information, interference with intestate estate, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Letters of Administration, Liberian civil procedure, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado County, motion to rescind, prima facie evidence, probate jurisdiction, probate practice, relief from final judgment, revocation of letters of administration, scope of bill of information, Service of Process, sheriff’s returns, Supreme Court of Liberia, William G. J. Juah v. Jojo/J. W. Lawrence, Writ of Error | juah-v-lawrence-2023 | 2022-hearing 2023-opinion administrator-vs-next-of-kin appellate-procedure bill-of-information decedents-estates-law dismissal-of-appeal-for-failure-to-file-bill-of-exceptions estate-of-charlotte-crawford felix-k-lawrence improper-use-of-bill-of-information interference-with-intestate-estate intestate-estate intestate-succession justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh letters-of-administration liberian-civil-procedure monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado-county motion-to-rescind prima-facie-evidence probate-jurisdiction probate-practice relief-from-final-judgment revocation-of-letters-of-administration scope-of-bill-of-information service-of-process sheriffs-returns supreme-court-of-liberia william-g-j-juah-v-jojo-j-w-lawrence writ-of-error | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jun v Kamand (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2024 Opinions, action of debt by attachment, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Clerk’s Certificate, Debt Court, Enforcement of Judgment, jurisdictional requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, partial payment, Procedural Default, stipulation negotiation, Supreme Court of Liberia | jun-v-kamand-2024 the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-v-sekou-h-dukuly-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-debt-by-attachment appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-law clerks-certificate debt-court enforcement-of-judgment jurisdictional-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal partial-payment procedural-default stipulation-negotiation supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| JUPICA et al. v NEC et al. LRSC 60 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Health Law | 2014 Opinions, Administrative Law, amendment of pleadings, appellate procedure, constitutional law, Due Process, Ebola virus disease, elections law, improper verification, Joint Resolution, Jurisdiction, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, Paynesville City, political question doctrine, public health emergency, quasi-judicial powers, separation of powers, special senatorial election, Standing, state of emergency, striking of returns, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | jupica-et-al-v-nec-et-al-lrsc-60-2014 | 2014-opinions administrative-law amendment-of-pleadings appellate-procedure constitutional-law due-process ebola-virus-disease elections-law improper-verification joint-resolution jurisdiction monrovia montserrado-county national-elections-commission paynesville-city political-question-doctrine public-health-emergency quasi-judicial-powers separation-of-powers special-senatorial-election standing state-of-emergency striking-of-returns supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2014-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases health-law supreme-court | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the Late Dennis LRSC 9 (2016) | Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting for rent, ambiguity in judgment, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Breach of Lease, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.2, commercial lease, computation of lease period, contempt of court, Contract Law, costs against appellee, declaratory judgment, delay in enforcement, disobedience of mandate, dispossession, enforcement of contracts, enforcement of mandate, equitable computation of time, Equitable Relief, estate property management, evidentiary record, exclusive authority of Supreme Court, execution of judgment, extension of lease, finality of Supreme Court judgment, illegal re-entry, interpretation of contracts, interpretation of Supreme Court opinion, investigation by trial court, judicial overreach, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, mandate compliance, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, non-payment of rent, optional lease period, penalty for wrongful possession, petition for declaratory judgment, re-entry and repossession, Real Property, Realty Trust, remand to lower court, renewal clause, rental income sharing, restoration of leasehold rights, sanctions against counsel, Sixth Judicial Circuit, subordinate court jurisdiction, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of lease, trust estate, trustee authority, unlawful collection of rent, usurpation of authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-dennis-lrsc-9-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-for-rent ambiguity-in-judgment appellate-reversal appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information breach-of-lease civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-51-2 commercial-lease computation-of-lease-period contempt-of-court contract-law costs-against-appellee declaratory-judgment delay-in-enforcement disobedience-of-mandate dispossession enforcement-of-contracts enforcement-of-mandate equitable-computation-of-time equitable-relief estate-property-management evidentiary-record exclusive-authority-of-supreme-court execution-of-judgment extension-of-lease finality-of-supreme-court-judgment illegal-re-entry interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-of-supreme-court-opinion investigation-by-trial-court judicial-overreach judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest mandate-compliance monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals non-payment-of-rent optional-lease-period penalty-for-wrongful-possession petition-for-declaratory-judgment re-entry-and-repossession real-property realty-trust remand-to-lower-court renewal-clause rental-income-sharing restoration-of-leasehold-rights sanctions-against-counsel sixth-judicial-circuit subordinate-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-lease trust-estate trustee-authority unlawful-collection-of-rent usurpation-of-authority william-e-dennis-estate | civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the late William E. Dennis, Sr LRSC 13 (2016) (Dissenting Opinion) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, absence of returns, ancillary issues, appellate disagreement, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, calculation of certain period, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, commencement of optional period, commercial lease, compliance with mandate, computation of lease period, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Contract Law, declaratory judgment, disagreement with majority, Dissenting Opinion, distinction between possession and contractual rights, enforcement of mandate, equitable considerations, estate property management, evidentiary insufficiency, execution of judgment, factual uncertainty, Houssenini v Jawhary, interpretation of contracts, interpretation vs enforcement of judgment, Jawhary v Ja’neh, judicial dissent, judicial reasoning, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of lower court, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, Kamara v Kindii, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, legal reasoning critique, loss of jurisdiction upon remand, minority opinion, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, Nyumah v Kontoe, optional lease period, petition for declaratory judgment, precedent analysis, proper remedy, Real Property, Realty Trust, renewal clause, rental income sharing, scope of declaratory judgment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standard of review, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust estate, trustee authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-william-e-dennis-sr-lrsc-13-2016-dissenting-opinion | 2016-opinions absence-of-returns ancillary-issues appellate-disagreement appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information calculation-of-certain-period civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law commencement-of-optional-period commercial-lease compliance-with-mandate computation-of-lease-period concurrent-jurisdiction contract-law declaratory-judgment disagreement-with-majority dissenting-opinion distinction-between-possession-and-contractual-rights enforcement-of-mandate equitable-considerations estate-property-management evidentiary-insufficiency execution-of-judgment factual-uncertainty houssenini-v-jawhary interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-vs-enforcement-of-judgment jawhary-v-janeh judicial-dissent judicial-reasoning judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company kamara-v-kindii landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest legal-reasoning-critique loss-of-jurisdiction-upon-remand minority-opinion monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals nyumah-v-kontoe optional-lease-period petition-for-declaratory-judgment precedent-analysis proper-remedy real-property realty-trust renewal-clause rental-income-sharing scope-of-declaratory-judgment sixth-judicial-circuit standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia trust-estate trustee-authority william-e-dennis-estate | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases dissenting-opinions property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamand v Jun (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2023, 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt by attachment, Appeal, April 19, Attorney Discipline, Certiorari, civil law, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, Commercial Code, Commercial Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, continuance, Debt Court, default judgment application, dilatory tactics, disputed signature, doctrine of recency, fines, fraud allegation, judgment during trial, jurisdictional threshold, loan agreement, mandamus to resume jurisdiction, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to refuse jurisdiction, New Judiciary Law, petition for writ of certiorari, plain meaning rule, promissory note, sanctions, Statutory interpretation, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | kamand-v-jun-2023 | 2023 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt-by-attachment appeal april-19 attorney-discipline certiorari civil-law code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics commercial-code commercial-court concurrent-jurisdiction continuance debt-court default-judgment-application dilatory-tactics disputed-signature doctrine-of-recency fines fraud-allegation judgment-during-trial jurisdictional-threshold loan-agreement mandamus-to-resume-jurisdiction mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-refuse-jurisdiction new-judiciary-law petition-for-writ-of-certiorari plain-meaning-rule promissory-note sanctions statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| Kamara et al v RL LRSC 27; 20 LLR 10 (1970) | 1970, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1970 Opinions., appellate procedure, Appellate Review, applicability of civil procedure to criminal cases, attorney error, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, defense strategy, denial of motion, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Grand Cape Mount County, inadvertent mistake, indictment, ineffective assistance of counsel, judicial discretion, Jury Trial, limitation of relief, malicious mischief, mistake of counsel, motion for relief, post-judgment motion, procedural bar, Relief from Judgment, scope of procedural law, Statutory interpretation, sufficiency of grounds, Supreme Court of Liberia, tactical decision, trial strategy binding on client, waiver doctrine, waiver of evidence | kamara-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-27-20-llr-10-1970 | 1970-opinions appellate-procedure appellate-review applicability-of-civil-procedure-to-criminal-cases attorney-error civil-procedure-law criminal-law criminal-procedure-law defense-strategy denial-of-motion fifth-judicial-circuit grand-cape-mount-county inadvertent-mistake indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion jury-trial limitation-of-relief malicious-mischief mistake-of-counsel motion-for-relief post-judgment-motion procedural-bar relief-from-judgment scope-of-procedural-law statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-grounds supreme-court-of-liberia tactical-decision trial-strategy-binding-on-client waiver-doctrine waiver-of-evidence | 1970-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara et al. v. Keita (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, Evidence, foreclosure boundary, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | kamara-et-al-v-keita-2025 | civil-law-court ejectment encroachment eviction evidence foreclosure-boundary investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara v International Bank Liberia Limited (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law, Supreme Court | Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, foreclosure, judicial error, Judicial Review, mandate compliance, mortgage, mortgage law, motion to rescind, procedural fairness, rescission of ruling, Supreme Court of Liberia, term time, unjust enrichment, writ of certiorari | kamara-v-international-bank-liberia-limited-2025 | appellate-review civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure judicial-error judicial-review mandate-compliance mortgage mortgage-law motion-to-rescind procedural-fairness rescission-of-ruling supreme-court-of-liberia term-time unjust-enrichment writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Karneh et al v RL LRSC 24; 29 LLR 573 (1982) | 1982, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate procedure, cancellation proceedings, civil law, Conflict of Interest, deed validity, judgment without opinion, Judicial Recusal, Land Dispute, legal representation, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Property Law, Real Property, resumption of jurisdiction, reversal of judgment, status quo ante, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed | karneh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-24-29-llr-573-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-procedure cancellation-proceedings civil-law conflict-of-interest deed-validity judgment-without-opinion judicial-recusal land-dispute legal-representation mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county property-law real-property resumption-of-jurisdiction reversal-of-judgment status-quo-ante supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed | 1982-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Karpeh v Manning LRSC 14; 5 LLR 162 (1936) | 1936, Civil Procedure Law, Corporate Law, Customary Law | 1936 Opinions, Appellate Review, commitment vs execution, corporate liability, Due Process, habeas corpus, head of corporation, judgment affirmed, Jurisdiction, Krootown, lex non scripta, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mutual aid society, native customary law, statutory supremacy over custom, summons and service, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful imprisonment | 1936-opinions appellate-review commitment-vs-execution corporate-liability due-process habeas-corpus head-of-corporation judgment-affirmed jurisdiction krootown lex-non-scripta monrovia montserrado-county mutual-aid-society native-customary-law statutory-supremacy-over-custom summons-and-service supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-imprisonment | 1936-1 civil-procedure-law-cases corporate-law-case customary-law supreme-court | ||
| Keita v. Keita LRSC 23 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 13th Judicial Circuit, 2016 Opinions, action for specific performance, adequacy of consideration, admission as evidence, alleged breach, Appellate Review, breach of contract, burden of proof, change of venue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 16.5, Civil Procedure Law Section 9.8(3), clean hands doctrine, clerk’s certificate nullity, collateral for loan, Conflict of Interest, contract interpretation, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, documentary evidence, enforcement of contract, Equitable Relief, equity jurisdiction, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure of proof, fraudulent conveyance, illiteracy and consent, intent of parties, Intestate Estate, judicial ethics, Judicial Recusal, Lakpazee, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, Letters of Administration, mandate to lower court, Margibi County, memorandum of understanding, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage transaction, multiple trials, non-interference clause, parol evidence rule, pleadings in special proceedings, preponderance of evidence, promissory note, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, rental income, reply not required, Restitution, reversal on appeal, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Specific Performance, Substitution of Parties, Supreme Court of Liberia, testimonial evidence, title to land, transfer of title, trial procedure, Undue Influence, unjust enrichment, validity of deed, waiver of objection, warranty deed | keita-v-keita-lrsc-23-2016 | 13th-judicial-circuit 2016-opinions action-for-specific-performance adequacy-of-consideration admission-as-evidence alleged-breach appellate-review breach-of-contract burden-of-proof change-of-venue civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-16-5 civil-procedure-law-section-9-83 clean-hands-doctrine clerks-certificate-nullity collateral-for-loan conflict-of-interest contract-interpretation contract-law contractual-obligations documentary-evidence enforcement-of-contract equitable-relief equity-jurisdiction estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-of-proof fraudulent-conveyance illiteracy-and-consent intent-of-parties intestate-estate judicial-ethics judicial-recusal lakpazee landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest letters-of-administration mandate-to-lower-court margibi-county memorandum-of-understanding misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-transaction multiple-trials non-interference-clause parol-evidence-rule pleadings-in-special-proceedings preponderance-of-evidence promissory-note quiet-enjoyment real-property rental-income reply-not-required restitution reversal-on-appeal sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit specific-performance substitution-of-parties supreme-court-of-liberia testimonial-evidence title-to-land transfer-of-title trial-procedure undue-influence unjust-enrichment validity-of-deed waiver-of-objection warranty-deed | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kennedy et al v Carlton Petroleum Inc. [1997] LRSC 4_ 38 LLR 360 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1997 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, approval of appeal bond, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, costs taxed against appellants, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to file resistance, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Jurisdiction, mandatory statutory requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, neglect of counsel, Nonappearance of Counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, service of notice of completion, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Sixty-Day Rule, Supreme Court of Liberia | kennedy-et-al-v-carlton-petroleum-inc-1997-lrsc-4_-38-llr-360-1997-22-july-1997 | 1997-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure approval-of-appeal-bond civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-taxed-against-appellants dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-file-resistance failure-to-perfect-appeal jurisdiction mandatory-statutory-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal neglect-of-counsel nonappearance-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal service-of-notice-of-completion sixth-judicial-circuit sixty-day-rule supreme-court-of-liberia | 1997-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kennedy et al v Carlton Petroleum Inc. [1997] LRSC 4_ 38 LLR 360 (1998) (22 July 1997) | 1997, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 1997 Opinions, administrative adjudication, admission by failure to deny, amended pleading, amendment of pleadings, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure, contempt proceedings, costs prerequisite, hearing officers, Judicial Review, Labor Law, last pleader rule, Mandate Enforcement, Ministry of Labour, Motion to Dismiss, notice pay, payment of accrued costs, pleading practice, Re-argument, redundancy benefits, remedial process, Supreme Court jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of pleadings, Writ of Error | kennedy-et-al-v-carlton-petroleum-inc-1997-lrsc-4_-38-llr-360-1998-22-july-1997 united-states-trading-company-by-and-thru-its-general-manager-movant-united-states-trading-company-redundant-workers | 1997-opinions administrative-adjudication admission-by-failure-to-deny amended-pleading amendment-of-pleadings bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure contempt-proceedings costs-prerequisite hearing-officers judicial-review labor-law last-pleader-rule mandate-enforcement ministry-of-labour motion-to-dismiss notice-pay payment-of-accrued-costs pleading-practice re-argument redundancy-benefits remedial-process supreme-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-pleadings writ-of-error | 1997-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Kerkula and FAWUL v Willie LRSC 20 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal, appellate procedure, dismissal of appeal, Elections Commission, elections law, Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL), internal union elections, judgment without opinion, Judicial Administration, Labor Law, Margibi County, Motion to dismiss appeal, non-participation of justice, presidential candidate, Procedural Law, representation, Rules of Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, trade union law, union governance, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of appeal | kerkula-and-fawul-v-willie-lrsc-20-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal appellate-procedure dismissal-of-appeal elections-commission elections-law firestone-agricultural-workers-union-of-liberia-fawul internal-union-elections judgment-without-opinion judicial-administration labor-law margibi-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal non-participation-of-justice presidential-candidate procedural-law representation rules-of-court supreme-court-of-liberia trade-union-law union-governance voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-appeal | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kevin Vs. Her Honor Compfort S. Natt et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, Decent Work Act 2015 §14.5, failure to accept offer, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Labour Law, Nathaniel Kevin v. Judge Comfort S. Natt & Lonestar Cell MTN, National Labor Court, Petition for Judicial Review, redundancy, Regulation No. 8 Labour Practices Law, reinstatement as new employment offer, reversal of lower court, severance and redundancy benefits, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of employment upon redundancy letter, Unfair Labour Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | kevin-vs-her-honor-compfort-s-natt-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions decent-work-act-2015-%c2%a714-5 failure-to-accept-offer justice-yamie-q-gbeisay labour-law nathaniel-kevin-v-judge-comfort-s-natt-lonestar-cell-mtn national-labor-court petition-for-judicial-review redundancy regulation-no-8-labour-practices-law reinstatement-as-new-employment-offer reversal-of-lower-court severance-and-redundancy-benefits supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-employment-upon-redundancy-letter unfair-labour-practice wrongful-dismissal | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kissa v Stublefield et al LRSC 5; 1 LLR 342 (1899) | 1899, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Property Law | absence of contemptuous intent, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, assent of court officer, attorney conduct, Civil Procedure, contempt of court, costs of suit, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, equity jurisdiction, execution, improper joinder of contempt and main action, independent contempt proceeding, Injunction, interference with property in custodia legis, ministerial officer, Montserrado County, property under levy, reversal of contempt finding, right to due process in contempt proceedings, sheriff duties, writ of execution, writ of injunction | kissa-v-stublefield-et-al-lrsc-5-1-llr-342-1899 | absence-of-contemptuous-intent abuse-of-discretion appellate-review assent-of-court-officer attorney-conduct civil-procedure contempt-of-court costs-of-suit court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas equity-jurisdiction execution improper-joinder-of-contempt-and-main-action independent-contempt-proceeding injunction interference-with-property-in-custodia-legis ministerial-officer montserrado-county property-under-levy reversal-of-contempt-finding right-to-due-process-in-contempt-proceedings sheriff-duties writ-of-execution writ-of-injunction | 1899-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Knowlden v The Heirs of Cooper (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Adverse Possession, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, bona fide purchaser, buyer beware, Carey Street, caveat, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, eviction, executor’s deed, honorable purchase, illegal occupancy, interpretation of wills, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease, life estate, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage claim, motion for new trial, probate, property ownership, Randall Street, Real Property, remainder interest, remaindermen, rent collection, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenants, testamentary intent, title deed, warranty deed, weight of evidence, will and testament, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | knowlden-v-the-heirs-of-cooper-2025 | 2025-opinions adverse-possession affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bona-fide-purchaser buyer-beware carey-street caveat civil-law-court ejectment eviction executors-deed honorable-purchase illegal-occupancy interpretation-of-wills jury-verdict land-dispute lease life-estate mandate monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-claim motion-for-new-trial probate property-ownership randall-street real-property remainder-interest remaindermen rent-collection statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia tenants testamentary-intent title-deed warranty-deed weight-of-evidence will-and-testament writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kobina et al v Abraham LRSC 2; 15 LLR 502 (1964) | 1964, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 30-day probate period, abuse of discretion, administrators pendente lite, appeal from chambers, Estate Administration, interlocutory orders, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, preservation of estate, probate jurisdiction, Probate Law, Rule XII (Chambers), standard of review, supervisory powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thomas Eric Buchanan Estate, will contest, Writ of Prohibition | kobina-et-al-v-abraham-lrsc-2-15-llr-502-1964 | 30-day-probate-period abuse-of-discretion administrators-pendente-lite appeal-from-chambers estate-administration interlocutory-orders monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county preservation-of-estate probate-jurisdiction probate-law rule-xii-chambers standard-of-review supervisory-powers supreme-court-of-liberia thomas-eric-buchanan-estate will-contest writ-of-prohibition | 1964-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kocik v. The Management of Kanu Equipment (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellant duty to serve notice, appellate procedure, attorney negligence, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law §51.4, Civil Procedure Law §51.9, Costs, dismissal of appeal, evidentiary burden, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Judicial Institute training, Judicial Review, Labour Law, mandate to lower courts, mandatory appeal requirements, mere allegations insufficient, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labor Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Professional Misconduct, service by appellant, service of notice of completion, sheriff not authorized to serve notice, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of counsel, unfair labor practices | christian-kocik-v-the-management-of-kanu-equipment-2024 kocik-v-the-management-of-kanu-equipment-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal-bond appellant-duty-to-serve-notice appellate-procedure attorney-negligence bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-9 costs dismissal-of-appeal evidentiary-burden failure-to-perfect-appeal judicial-institute-training judicial-review labour-law mandate-to-lower-courts mandatory-appeal-requirements mere-allegations-insufficient monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labor-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal professional-misconduct service-by-appellant service-of-notice-of-completion sheriff-not-authorized-to-serve-notice supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-counsel unfair-labor-practices | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kogar v. Kogar (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law | 2025 Opinions, alimony pendente lite, Bill of information, chambers justice review, Civil Law Court, divorce, domestic relations law, Due Process, evidentiary hearing, judicial discretion, marital support, Montserrado County, motion for alimony, ramatta yoada kogar, referee appointment, representative samuel kogar, retroactive alimony payment, Section 9.3, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial judge error, writ of certiorari | kogar-v-kogar-2025 mr-samuel-kogar-v-mrs-ramatta-yoada-kogar-2025 | 2025-opinions alimony-pendente-lite bill-of-information chambers-justice-review civil-law-court divorce domestic-relations-law due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion marital-support montserrado-county motion-for-alimony ramatta-yoada-kogar referee-appointment representative-samuel-kogar retroactive-alimony-payment section-9-3 supreme-court-of-liberia trial-judge-error writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of lower court, Andrews v Cornomia, Appellate Review, authenticity of title, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide ownership, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, common grantor doctrine, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, credibility of witnesses, damages, Ejectment, emotional distress, eviction, evidentiary conflict, Fraudulent Deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, intervention of evidence, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership claim, joint tenancy, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, mandate to lower court, marital property dispute, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville, pleadings, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital property, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, probate of deed, property ownership, Real Property, recording defects, restitution of possession, separate property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, trial procedure, validity of deed, wrongful withholding | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-lower-court andrews-v-cornomia appellate-review authenticity-of-title benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-ownership burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court common-grantor-doctrine conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon credibility-of-witnesses damages ejectment emotional-distress eviction evidentiary-conflict fraudulent-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town intervention-of-evidence investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership-claim joint-tenancy jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo mandate-to-lower-court marital-property-dispute misrepresentation montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville pleadings pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-property preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds probate-of-deed property-ownership real-property recording-defects restitution-of-possession separate-property sixth-judicial-circuit st-stephen-v-gbedzee supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed trial-procedure validity-of-deed wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Andrews v Cornomia, appellate deference to jury findings, Appellate Review, Attorney-in-fact representation, authenticity of deed, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law §26.4, common grantor, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages for wrongful withholding, discontinuance of action, Ejectment, emotional distress claim, evidentiary insufficiency, fee simple ownership, fraud in deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, inconsistencies in testimony, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership, joint tenancy, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, Marital Property, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville City, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital acquisition, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, property ownership, recording of deed, refiled complaint, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, tenancy by entirety implications, title deed, validity of title, weakness of defendant’s title, weight of evidence | kollie-v-momo-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-of-judgment andrews-v-cornomia appellate-deference-to-jury-findings appellate-review attorney-in-fact-representation authenticity-of-deed benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law-%c2%a726-4 common-grantor conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrongful-withholding discontinuance-of-action ejectment emotional-distress-claim evidentiary-insufficiency fee-simple-ownership fraud-in-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town inconsistencies-in-testimony investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership joint-tenancy jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo marital-property metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville-city pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-acquisition preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds property-ownership recording-of-deed refiled-complaint st-stephen-v-gbedzee strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence tenancy-by-entirety-implications title-deed validity-of-title weakness-of-defendants-title weight-of-evidence | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Konneh v The Intestate of Morris Massaquoi (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | attorney’s fees, breach of contract, Civil Law Court, Jury Verdict, lease, Real Property, special damages, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful withholding | konneh-v-the-intestate-of-morris-massaquoi-2025 | attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-law-court jury-verdict lease real-property special-damages statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Koroma v. Henries (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal, bill in equity to remove cloud on title, Bill of information, Bushrod Island, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, cloud on title, Consolidation, equity proceeding, Escrow Account, Evidence, Investigative Survey, jury trial error, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to survey, plain error, property ownership, remand for new trial, rental income, resurvey, sequestration, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, survey team, title deed, Writ of Prohibition | koroma-v-henries-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal bill-in-equity-to-remove-cloud-on-title bill-of-information bushrod-island civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law cloud-on-title consolidation equity-proceeding escrow-account evidence investigative-survey jury-trial-error land-dispute montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-survey plain-error property-ownership remand-for-new-trial rental-income resurvey sequestration supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report survey-team title-deed writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kpaan v. Johnson, et al LRSC 15 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | “wrong rule” doctrine, 2016 Opinions, abuse of discretion, abuse of power, alternative writ, appellate jurisprudence, appointment powers, arbitrary detention, Article 2 Constitution of Liberia, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Article 21(c) Constitution of Liberia, Article 44 Constitution of Liberia, Article 54 Constitution of Liberia, Article 66 Constitution of Liberia, Ashkar v Badio, attorney general, avoidance of constitutional questions, Broh v House of Representatives, Chambers Justice powers, Civil Procedure Law Section 16.21, co-equal branches of government, Commercial Fisheries v Puk Yang, compliance with constitutional safeguards, Conflict of Interest, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, constitutional protections, contempt powers of Legislature, denial of legal representation, due process of law, emergency relief, exclusive constitutional jurisdiction, Executive, Executive Law Chapter 22, executive officer, extraordinary writs, Fiduciary Duty, fundamental rights, Green v Tubman, House of Representatives, improper representation, in re proceedings, institutional conflict, intervention by government, Jitco v Sesay, judicial restraint, Judicial Review, judicial supremacy in constitutional interpretation, judiciary, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, justiciability, Kennedy v Goodridge, lack of jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, legislative contempt, legislative hearings, legislature, limits of oversight, limits on legislative contempt, mandate of Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, nullity doctrine, oversight powers of Legislature, peremptory writ, petition for writ of prohibition, prohibition proceedings, Public Policy, quasi-judicial proceedings, representation of government, right to counsel, right to fair hearing, rights enforcement, separation of powers, Snowe v House of Representatives., status quo ante, statutory mandate, Superintendent of Montserrado County, supremacy of the Constitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconstitutional acts, unlawful imprisonment, violation of due process, void acts, Writ of Prohibition | kpaan-v-johnson-et-al-lrsc-15-2016 | wrong-rule-doctrine 2016-opinions abuse-of-discretion abuse-of-power alternative-writ appellate-jurisprudence appointment-powers arbitrary-detention article-2-constitution-of-liberia article-20a-constitution-of-liberia article-21c-constitution-of-liberia article-44-constitution-of-liberia article-54-constitution-of-liberia article-66-constitution-of-liberia ashkar-v-badio attorney-general avoidance-of-constitutional-questions broh-v-house-of-representatives chambers-justice-powers civil-procedure-law-section-16-21 co-equal-branches-of-government commercial-fisheries-v-puk-yang compliance-with-constitutional-safeguards conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-protections contempt-powers-of-legislature denial-of-legal-representation due-process-of-law emergency-relief exclusive-constitutional-jurisdiction executive executive-law-chapter-22 executive-officer extraordinary-writs fiduciary-duty fundamental-rights green-v-tubman house-of-representatives improper-representation in-re-proceedings institutional-conflict intervention-by-government jitco-v-sesay judicial-restraint judicial-review judicial-supremacy-in-constitutional-interpretation judiciary jurisdiction-of-supreme-court justiciability kennedy-v-goodridge lack-of-jurisdiction legal-ethics legislative-contempt legislative-hearings legislature limits-of-oversight limits-on-legislative-contempt mandate-of-supreme-court ministry-of-justice monrovia monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county nullity-doctrine oversight-powers-of-legislature peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-prohibition prohibition-proceedings public-policy quasi-judicial-proceedings representation-of-government right-to-counsel right-to-fair-hearing rights-enforcement separation-of-powers snowe-v-house-of-representatives status-quo-ante statutory-mandate superintendent-of-montserrado-county supremacy-of-the-constitution supreme-court-of-liberia unconstitutional-acts unlawful-imprisonment violation-of-due-process void-acts writ-of-prohibition | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kpadeh v RL et al LRSC 43; 22 LLR 121 (1973) | 1973, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1973 Opinions, alternative writ, appellate procedure, Certiorari, conflicting statutes, conspiracy, constitutional limits, construction of statutes, Criminal Procedure, denial of bail, denial of writ, dismissal of appeal, First Judicial Circuit, judicial discretion, judicial power, Justice in Chambers, lack of appellate jurisdiction, legislative intent, Montserrado County, non-appealable orders, notice of appeal, nullity of appeal, original jurisdiction, Procedural Law, refusal to issue writ, remedial writs, rules of practice, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of certiorari | kpadeh-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-43-22-llr-121-1973 | 1973-opinions alternative-writ appellate-procedure certiorari conflicting-statutes conspiracy constitutional-limits construction-of-statutes criminal-procedure denial-of-bail denial-of-writ dismissal-of-appeal first-judicial-circuit judicial-discretion judicial-power justice-in-chambers lack-of-appellate-jurisdiction legislative-intent montserrado-county non-appealable-orders notice-of-appeal nullity-of-appeal original-jurisdiction procedural-law refusal-to-issue-writ remedial-writs rules-of-practice separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-certiorari | 1973-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Kpoto v The Intestate Estate of the late Joseph V. Gaye, Sr. (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Insurance Law | 2025 Opinions, administrative regulation, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, CBL Insurance Directive No. CBL/ID/DIR/001/2025, Central Bank of Liberia, certificate of assets, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, costs to abide final determination, docketing of appeal, enforcement of contract, Insurance Act of 2013, insurance bond, jurisdictional steps to appeal, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, perfection of appeal, retroactive application, Section 51.4, Specific Performance, statutory compliance, substantial compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety, validity of bond | kpoto-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-joseph-v-gaye | 2025-opinions administrative-regulation appeal-bond appellate-review cbl-insurance-directive-no-cbl-id-dir-001-2025 central-bank-of-liberia certificate-of-assets civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law contract-law costs-to-abide-final-determination docketing-of-appeal enforcement-of-contract insurance-act-of-2013 insurance-bond jurisdictional-steps-to-appeal mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal perfection-of-appeal retroactive-application section-51-4 specific-performance statutory-compliance substantial-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia surety validity-of-bond | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Kronyahn et al. v Chico et al. (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2016 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, Act of 2006 amendment, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, appellate jurisprudence, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, approval of bond without hearing, Article 20(b) Constitution of Liberia, Bill of Exceptions, Brewer v Mathies, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Section 1.7.2, Civil Procedure Law Section 1.8.3, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.8, definition of excusable neglect, denial of new trial, discretionary power of trial judge, dismissal of appeal, due process violation, enlargement of time, equitable considerations, excusable neglect, Failure to Perfect Appeal, failure to serve motion, filing requirements, fundamental rights, harsh sanction doctrine, hearing requirement, Hogg Robinson v Morris., imputed negligence, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, King v Howard, lack of notice, limits of discretion, loss of jurisdiction, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, motion for enlargement of time, motion for new trial, Motion to Dismiss, multiple counsel representation, negligence of counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, obligation of legal counsel, preference for determination on merits, Procedural Default, reasonableness standard, right to appeal, Sherman v Reeves, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statutory Time Limit, strict compliance rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness, trial court jurisdiction, two-thirds majority verdict, ultra vires act, unreasonable delay | kronyahn-et-al-v-chico-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion act-of-2006-amendment appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-jurisprudence appellate-procedure appellate-review approval-of-bond-without-hearing article-20b-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-exceptions brewer-v-mathies civil-law-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-section-1-7-2 civil-procedure-law-section-1-8-3 civil-procedure-law-section-51-8 definition-of-excusable-neglect denial-of-new-trial discretionary-power-of-trial-judge dismissal-of-appeal due-process-violation enlargement-of-time equitable-considerations excusable-neglect failure-to-perfect-appeal failure-to-serve-motion filing-requirements fundamental-rights harsh-sanction-doctrine hearing-requirement hogg-robinson-v-morris imputed-negligence jurisdiction jury-trial jury-verdict king-v-howard lack-of-notice limits-of-discretion loss-of-jurisdiction mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-for-enlargement-of-time motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss multiple-counsel-representation negligence-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal obligation-of-legal-counsel preference-for-determination-on-merits procedural-default reasonableness-standard right-to-appeal sherman-v-reeves sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limit strict-compliance-rule supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness trial-court-jurisdiction two-thirds-majority-verdict ultra-vires-act unreasonable-delay | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 1913-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases maritime-law supreme-court | |
| Kuteh vs. NEC (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation of NEC certification, bribery allegations, burden of proof in election disputes, District #1 Bong County representative election, electoral fraud, electoral irregularities, hearsay evidence, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, missing or altered TEE-3s, NEC Board of Commissioners, NEC Hearing Officer, New Elections Law §4.12, preponderance of evidence, presumption of validity of election results, recount or re-run request, rejection of recount and rerun, standard for proving fraud (clear and convincing), Supreme Court of Liberia, tally center procedures, TEE-3/tabulated register, Wamah Jones Kuteh v. National Elections Commission & Prince Koinah, WhatsApp evidence | kuteh-vs-nec-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-of-nec-certification bribery-allegations burden-of-proof-in-election-disputes district-1-bong-county-representative-election electoral-fraud electoral-irregularities hearsay-evidence justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh missing-or-altered-tee-3s nec-board-of-commissioners nec-hearing-officer new-elections-law-%c2%a74-12 preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-validity-of-election-results recount-or-re-run-request rejection-of-recount-and-rerun standard-for-proving-fraud-clear-and-convincing supreme-court-of-liberia tally-center-procedures tee-3-tabulated-register wamah-jones-kuteh-v-national-elections-commission-prince-koinah whatsapp-evidence | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases elections-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Kwaplah International (Liberia) v. The Management of Ecobank (Liberia) Limited (2022) | 2022, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2022 Opinions, Abenego Dahn, abuse of discretion, account statement, agency, alleged fraud, apparent authority, appeal denied, authority of corporate officer, Banking Law, banking practices and procedures, bench trial, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, check clearing, civil law, Civil Law Court, clearing house, clearing period, commensurate damages, commercial banking, competency of expert, corporate account, corporate personhood, costs taxed, CPL 26.2, criminal conviction and restitution, Damages for Wrong, dismissal without prejudice, documentary evidence, dropping of parties, due diligence, Ecobank Liberia Limited, expert witness, forged board resolution, general damages, Harrison Luo, judgment during trial, judicial discretion, Kwaplah International (Liberia), mandate, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, motion for summary judgment, Negligence, opening of corporate account, over-the-counter encashment, parent-subsidiary relationship, preponderance of the evidence, proof of affiliation, proof of injury, regulatory compliance, Restitution, separate legal entity, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, speculative damages, standard of care, standard operating procedures, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, tort, unjust enrichment | kwaplah-international-liberia-v-the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-2022 | 2022-opinions abenego-dahn abuse-of-discretion account-statement agency alleged-fraud apparent-authority appeal-denied authority-of-corporate-officer banking-law banking-practices-and-procedures bench-trial best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia check-clearing civil-law civil-law-court clearing-house clearing-period commensurate-damages commercial-banking competency-of-expert corporate-account corporate-personhood costs-taxed cpl-26-2 criminal-conviction-and-restitution damages-for-wrong dismissal-without-prejudice documentary-evidence dropping-of-parties due-diligence ecobank-liberia-limited expert-witness forged-board-resolution general-damages harrison-luo judgment-during-trial judicial-discretion kwaplah-international-liberia mandate misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county motion-for-summary-judgment negligence opening-of-corporate-account over-the-counter-encashment parent-subsidiary-relationship preponderance-of-the-evidence proof-of-affiliation proof-of-injury regulatory-compliance restitution separate-legal-entity sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages speculative-damages standard-of-care standard-operating-procedures supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property tort unjust-enrichment | 2022-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lamin et al v SCF (UK) LRSC 10; 40 LLR 96 (2000) | 2000, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Labor Law | 2000 Opinions, Appellate Review, breach of employment contract, Civil Law Court, damages for breach of contract, employment termination without notice, exclusive jurisdiction, INA Decree No. 21, judgment affirmed, labour dispute, Labour Law, Labour Practices Law, Ministry of Labour, Montserrado County, original jurisdiction, statutory courts, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful termination | lamin-et-al-v-scf-uk-lrsc-10-40-llr-96-2000 | 2000-opinions appellate-review breach-of-employment-contract civil-law-court damages-for-breach-of-contract employment-termination-without-notice exclusive-jurisdiction ina-decree-no-21 judgment-affirmed labour-dispute labour-law labour-practices-law ministry-of-labour montserrado-county original-jurisdiction statutory-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-termination | 2000-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lawal v Intestate Estate of James A. Gittens (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, bill in equity, Bill of Exceptions, cancellation of land deed, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, enlargement of time, equity, excusable neglect, Fraudulent Deed, Intestate Estate, judicial discretion, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, procedural error, Real Property, remand, Resistance to pleadings, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, title cancellation | lawal-v-intestate-estate-of-james-a-gittens-2024 praise-o-tony-lawal-vs-intestate-estate-of-james-a-gittens-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bill-in-equity bill-of-exceptions cancellation-of-land-deed civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law enlargement-of-time equity excusable-neglect fraudulent-deed intestate-estate judicial-discretion land-dispute montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-error real-property remand resistance-to-pleadings sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia title-cancellation | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lewis v The Intestate Estate of the late Alhaji Momo Rogers (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Bushrod Island, certified copy deed, Chain of Title, CNDRA, Ejectment, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, Possession, probate court jurisdiction, reversal of judgment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, strength of title, Supreme Court of Liberia | lewis-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-alhaji-momo-rogers-2019 | 2019-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof bushrod-island certified-copy-deed chain-of-title cndra ejectment jury-verdict letters-of-administration montserrado-county possession probate-court-jurisdiction reversal-of-judgment sixth-judicial-circuit strength-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberia Material Ltd v His Honor Gbeneweleh et al. LRSC 12 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, attachment of documents, breach of contract, cancellation of lease, civil law, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, costs adjudged, Due Process, harmless error, judicial discretion, Judicial Notice, land lease, law issues versus facts, lease agreement, mandate, Monrovia, motion practice, Motion to Dismiss, notice of withdrawal, payment of costs, pleadings, province of the jury, reply pleadings, resumption of jurisdiction, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, technicalities, trial by jury, voluntary discontinuance | liberia-material-ltd-v-his-honor-gbeneweleh-et-al-lrsc-12-2015 | 2015-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-procedure appellate-review attachment-of-documents breach-of-contract cancellation-of-lease civil-law civil-procedure contract-law costs-adjudged due-process harmless-error judicial-discretion judicial-notice land-lease law-issues-versus-facts lease-agreement mandate monrovia motion-practice motion-to-dismiss notice-of-withdrawal payment-of-costs pleadings province-of-the-jury reply-pleadings resumption-of-jurisdiction substantive-justice supreme-court-of-liberia technicalities trial-by-jury voluntary-discontinuance | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberia Sheng Xin De Yuan v. Saah (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 2023 Opinions, application of Isaaclyn Kollor v. Varney, clerk’s certificate as best evidence of timeliness, distinction from Kunakey v. Smith, late filing of bill of exceptions, Liberia Sheng Xin De Yuan Mining Company v. John P. Saah, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of assignment and absent counsel, original dismissal of appeal affirmed., Petition for re-argument, petition for re-argument denied, re-argument standard under Rule IX (palpable substantial mistake), strict compliance with Civil Procedure Law §§ 51.4 & 51.6, Supreme Court of Liberia | liberia-sheng-xin-de-yuan-v-saah-2023 | 2023-opinions application-of-isaaclyn-kollor-v-varney clerks-certificate-as-best-evidence-of-timeliness distinction-from-kunakey-v-smith late-filing-of-bill-of-exceptions liberia-sheng-xin-de-yuan-mining-company-v-john-p-saah motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-assignment-and-absent-counsel original-dismissal-of-appeal-affirmed petition-for-re-argument petition-for-re-argument-denied re-argument-standard-under-rule-ix-palpable-substantial-mistake strict-compliance-with-civil-procedure-law-%c2%a7%c2%a7-51-4-51-6 supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2012-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberty Christian Center Overcomers v Mensah (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, administrator authority, affirmation of lower court, appellate affirmation, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Children’s Law of Liberia, civil law, Civil Law Court, construction without title, contractual exchange of land, conveyance of real property, damages for wrongful detention, David Johnson v Valesius Johnson, domestic relations law, Ejectment, equitable interest, estate liability, eviction, evidentiary weight, fraudulent conveyance, general damages, guardian duties, guardianship law, illegal sale of minor property, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease agreement dispute, legal title requirement, mandate to lower court, Marwolo v Reeves, minor property rights, Montserrado County, Paynesville, possession vs title, probate court authorization, property ownership, protection of child property, Real Property, remedy at law, restitution of possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Soul Clinic Community, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, ultra vires transaction, warranty deed dispute, Wilson v Wilson, wrongful withholding | liberty-christian-center-overcomers-v-mensah-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment administrator-authority affirmation-of-lower-court appellate-affirmation appellate-review burden-of-proof childrens-law-of-liberia civil-law civil-law-court construction-without-title contractual-exchange-of-land conveyance-of-real-property damages-for-wrongful-detention david-johnson-v-valesius-johnson domestic-relations-law ejectment equitable-interest estate-liability eviction evidentiary-weight fraudulent-conveyance general-damages guardian-duties guardianship-law illegal-sale-of-minor-property inheritance-rights intestate-estate jury-verdict land-dispute lease-agreement-dispute legal-title-requirement mandate-to-lower-court marwolo-v-reeves minor-property-rights montserrado-county paynesville possession-vs-title probate-court-authorization property-ownership protection-of-child-property real-property remedy-at-law restitution-of-possession sixth-judicial-circuit soul-clinic-community special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed ultra-vires-transaction warranty-deed-dispute wilson-v-wilson wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberty v Sirleaf et al. LRSC 21 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Clerk’s Certificate, costs taxed, dismissibility of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Jurisdiction, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia | liberty-v-sirleaf-et-al-lrsc-21-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law clerks-certificate costs-taxed dismissibility-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal jurisdiction mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International v Nagbe (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of process, Appeal, Appellate Review, Article 20 Constitution, attorney-in-fact, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, constitutional law, constructive service, Default Judgment, defective service, deprivation of property, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, eviction, fair hearing, intestate estate property, Jurisdiction, jurisdiction over the person, Justice in Chambers, lack of jurisdiction, Land Dispute, leasehold interest, mailing requirement, mandate, Montserrado County, notice and opportunity to be heard, possession rights, procedural irregularity, Prohibition, property ownership, property rights protection, publication requirements, Real Property, recovery of possession, remand, Service by Publication, Service of Process, squatters’ rights, statutory compliance, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful eviction, Void Judgment, West Point Township, Writ of Prohibition | life-saving-center-of-jesus-christ-international-v-nagbe-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-process appeal appellate-review article-20-constitution attorney-in-fact civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims constitutional-law constructive-service default-judgment defective-service deprivation-of-property due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment eviction fair-hearing intestate-estate-property jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-the-person justice-in-chambers lack-of-jurisdiction land-dispute leasehold-interest mailing-requirement mandate montserrado-county notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard possession-rights procedural-irregularity prohibition property-ownership property-rights-protection publication-requirements real-property recovery-of-possession remand service-by-publication service-of-process squatters-rights statutory-compliance summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-eviction void-judgment west-point-township writ-of-prohibition | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liminco v. Judge Paye et al. LRSC1 (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics | 2017 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, arbitration clause, assignment of rights, breach of contract, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Interest, conflict of jurisdiction, constitutional law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Default Judgment, Due Process, ECOWAS Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Estoppel, fraud, iron ore agreement, judicial misconduct, Jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, Mining Law, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Natural Resources, notice of assignment, public auction, Receivership, Reversal, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special jury, Supreme Court of Liberia, verification of pleadings, Writ of Prohibition | liminco-v-judge-paye-et-al-lrsc1-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arbitration-clause assignment-of-rights breach-of-contract civil-procedure conflict-of-interest conflict-of-jurisdiction constitutional-law contract-law corporate-law default-judgment due-process ecowas-court enforcement-of-judgment estoppel fraud iron-ore-agreement judicial-misconduct jurisdiction legal-ethics mining-law ministry-of-justice montserrado-county natural-resources notice-of-assignment public-auction receivership reversal service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit special-jury supreme-court-of-liberia verification-of-pleadings writ-of-prohibition | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| Lysander G. Martin, Sr v. George S. Wiles, Jr. Administrator of the Intestate Estate of Mardea E. Martin Wiles (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Estate Administration, Judicial Review, Legal Remedies, Letters of Administration, Petition for re-argument, Probate Law, Procedural Law, Prohibition, Rule IX, Supreme Court of Liberia | jr-administrator-of-the-intestate-estate-of-mardea-e-martin-wiles-2025 lysander-g-martin sr-v-george-s-wiles | 2025-opinions estate-administration judicial-review legal-remedies letters-of-administration petition-for-re-argument probate-law procedural-law prohibition rule-ix supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Magna Diversified v. Mandra Forestry Liberia (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2017 Opinions, action of damages, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, asset valuation certificate, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 63.2, defective bond, dismissal of appeal, financial capacity, indemnity bond, insurance company, liquidity requirement, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Mutual Benefits Assurance Company, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, sufficiency of bond, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety | magna-diversified-v-mandra-forestry-liberia-2017 | 2017-opinions action-of-damages appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure asset-valuation-certificate central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-63-2 defective-bond dismissal-of-appeal financial-capacity indemnity-bond insurance-company liquidity-requirement montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss mutual-benefits-assurance-company sixth-judicial-circuit-court sufficiency-of-bond supreme-court-of-liberia surety | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mamawa & Sons Inc. v. The United Bank of Africa (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, call-log evidence, Civil Law Court, Damages for Wrong, defamation, Ejectment, general damages, HFC Bank Ghana, indictment, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, National Housing Authority, newspaper publication, non-liable verdict, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, United Bank for Africa (UBA) | mamawa-sons-inc-v-the-united-bank-of-africa-2019 | 2019-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof call-log-evidence civil-law-court damages-for-wrong defamation ejectment general-damages hfc-bank-ghana indictment jury-tampering jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial national-housing-authority newspaper-publication non-liable-verdict special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia united-bank-for-africa-uba | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Management of Insurance Company of Africa v Reynolds-Doe (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appeal perfected, Appellate Review, certified records, Civil Procedure Law, clerk of court, constitutional right to appeal, due diligence, Employment Law, fault of court officer, investigation of court clerk, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, Labor Law, mandate, Ministry of Labor, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labor Court, ninety-day rule, Petition for Judicial Review, Section 51.11, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, taxation of records, transcription of records, Wrongful Dismissal | management-of-insurance-company-of-africa-v-reynolds-doe-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal-perfected appellate-review certified-records civil-procedure-law clerk-of-court constitutional-right-to-appeal due-diligence employment-law fault-of-court-officer investigation-of-court-clerk jurisdiction-of-supreme-court labor-law mandate ministry-of-labor monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labor-court ninety-day-rule petition-for-judicial-review section-51-11 superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia taxation-of-records transcription-of-records wrongful-dismissal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Manhattan Trading Corp. V. World Bank LRSC 26 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | Appeal bond, appeal bond requirement (CPL 51.8), declaratory judgment, exception to surety (CPL 63.5), FDA v. FDA Workers Union, indemnification, insurance company surety (ICA), Intercon Security Systems v. Philips, jurisdiction divestiture (trial court), Justice Wolokollie, Kerpai v. Kpene, lease dispute, Liberia civil procedure, Manhattan Trading Corporation v. World Bank, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, procedural waiver, regulatory certification of surety, sufficiency of surety, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thompson v. George, unpaid rent, waiver and laches | manhattan-trading-corp-v-world-bank-lrsc-26-2016 | appeal-bond appeal-bond-requirement-cpl-51-8 declaratory-judgment exception-to-surety-cpl-63-5 fda-v-fda-workers-union indemnification insurance-company-surety-ica intercon-security-systems-v-philips jurisdiction-divestiture-trial-court justice-wolokollie kerpai-v-kpene lease-dispute liberia-civil-procedure manhattan-trading-corporation-v-world-bank motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc procedural-waiver regulatory-certification-of-surety sufficiency-of-surety summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia thompson-v-george unpaid-rent waiver-and-laches | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Marrschalk v. R.L LRSC 1; 1 LLR 27 (1865) | 1865, Civil Procedure Law, Maritime Law | 1865 Opinions, admiralty-related proceedings, appeal record, clerk’s omission, Court of Quarter Sessions, discharge from penalties, early Liberian jurisprudence., equity, error not attributable to appellant, foreign vessel, incomplete record, Montserrado County, procedural dismissal, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia | marrschalk-v-r-l-lrsc-1-1-llr-27-1865 | 1865-opinions admiralty-related-proceedings appeal-record clerks-omission court-of-quarter-sessions discharge-from-penalties early-liberian-jurisprudence equity error-not-attributable-to-appellant foreign-vessel incomplete-record montserrado-county procedural-dismissal reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1865-1 civil-procedure-law-cases maritime-law supreme-court | |
| Marsh v The United Muslims in Fiamah Lelhi (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, damages award, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to transcribe records, financial capacity of surety, insufficiency of appeal bond, invalid appeal bond, justification of sureties, loss of trial court jurisdiction, mandatory steps of appeal, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, transmission of records, writ of possession, wrongful withholding of property | elizabeth-marsh-vs-the-united-muslims-in-fiamah-lelhi-2024 marsh-v-the-united-muslims-in-fiamah-lelhi-2024 | abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure damages-award due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-transcribe-records financial-capacity-of-surety insufficiency-of-appeal-bond invalid-appeal-bond justification-of-sureties loss-of-trial-court-jurisdiction mandatory-steps-of-appeal motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal transmission-of-records writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Martin, Sr. v Wiles, Jr. (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Family Law (Case Law), Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | administration of estate, agency and power of attorney, Appellate Review, Bill of information, constitutional law, Decedents Estates Law, Due Process, guardianship of minors, Intestate Succession, jurisdictional error, Letters of Administration, mandate, Monthly and Probate Court, principal-agent relationship, Probate Law, property rights in marriage, remarriage of surviving spouse, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, surviving spouse priority, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition | jr-2024 lysander-g-martin martin-sr-v-wiles | administration-of-estate agency-and-power-of-attorney appellate-review bill-of-information constitutional-law decedents-estates-law due-process guardianship-of-minors intestate-succession jurisdictional-error letters-of-administration mandate monthly-and-probate-court principal-agent-relationship probate-law property-rights-in-marriage remarriage-of-surviving-spouse statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia surviving-spouse-priority ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases family-law-case-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Meridian Bank BIAO et al.v. Cllr. Benedict F. Sannoh (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Attorney Retainer, Bank Seizure, Central Bank of Liberia, Contract Termination, Debt Action, Financial Institutions Act, Jurisdiction, Receivership, Rule 5 – Debt Court, Statutory Time Limit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void ab initio | selma-v-gorpudolo-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions attorney-retainer bank-seizure central-bank-of-liberia contract-termination debt-action financial-institutions-act jurisdiction receivership rule-5-debt-court statutory-time-limit supreme-court-of-liberia void-ab-initio | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Miamen, et al. v Inter Con Security LRSC 30 (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinions, administrative fine, administrative proceedings, allegation of fraud, amendment of pleadings, American Embassy Monrovia, Appellate Review, burden of proof, compensation compliance, consent and voluntariness, contractual obligation, corporate employer, Due Process, duress and undue influence, eligibility for pension, employer-employee relationship, Employment Law, employment records, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to notify Ministry of Labour, Inter-Con Security System, Judicial Review, labour dispute, Labour Law, legal effect of release, Liberia, mandatory vs directory provisions, Ministry of Labour, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, National Labour Court, operational restructuring, pension rights, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Law, proof of replacement, re-employment preference, reassignment of employees, redundancy, redundancy benefits, redundancy regulation, Regulation No. 8, release agreement, remedies under labour law, replacement of employees, retirement benefits, Section 2501 Labour Law, Section 2503 Labour Law, security services industry, severance pay, Statutory interpretation, statutory penalty, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of employment, unfair labour practices, validity of release, waiver of claims, witness credibility, workforce reduction, Wrongful Dismissal | miamen-et-al-v-inter-con-security-lrsc-30-2016 | 2016-opinions administrative-fine administrative-proceedings allegation-of-fraud amendment-of-pleadings american-embassy-monrovia appellate-review burden-of-proof compensation-compliance consent-and-voluntariness contractual-obligation corporate-employer due-process duress-and-undue-influence eligibility-for-pension employer-employee-relationship employment-law employment-records estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-notify-ministry-of-labour inter-con-security-system judicial-review labour-dispute labour-law legal-effect-of-release liberia mandatory-vs-directory-provisions ministry-of-labour misrepresentation montserrado-county national-labour-court operational-restructuring pension-rights preponderance-of-evidence procedural-law proof-of-replacement re-employment-preference reassignment-of-employees redundancy redundancy-benefits redundancy-regulation regulation-no-8 release-agreement remedies-under-labour-law replacement-of-employees retirement-benefits section-2501-labour-law section-2503-labour-law security-services-industry severance-pay statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-employment unfair-labour-practices validity-of-release waiver-of-claims witness-credibility workforce-reduction wrongful-dismissal | 2016-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mills Jr. et. al. Vs. His Honor J. Vinton Holder et al (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Bill of information, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Decedents Estates Law, exclusion of property from inventory, Gardnersville, Intestate Estate, matrimonial home, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, petition for exemption, probate jurisdiction, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, Survivorship, tenancy by entirety, widow’s rights | mills-jr-et-al-vs-his-honor-j-vinton-holder-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions bill-of-information concurrent-jurisdiction decedents-estates-law exclusion-of-property-from-inventory gardnersville intestate-estate matrimonial-home monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment petition-for-exemption probate-jurisdiction property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia survivorship tenancy-by-entirety widows-rights | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ministry of Commerce v Kamara (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, Abu Kamara, Administrative Procedure Act, administrative remedy, Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Civil Service Agency, civil service law, court jurisdiction, declaratory judgment, employment dispute, exhaustion of remedies, government employment, grievance procedure, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, lateral transfer, ministerial discretion, Ministry of Commerce, Montserrado County, procedural error, reappointment, reassignment, reversal of judgment, salary and allowances, Supreme Court of Liberia, Wilson K. Tarpeh | ministry-of-commerce-v-kamara-2025 | 2025-opinions abu-kamara administrative-procedure-act administrative-remedy appellate-review civil-law-court civil-service-agency civil-service-law court-jurisdiction declaratory-judgment employment-dispute exhaustion-of-remedies government-employment grievance-procedure judicial-review jurisdiction lateral-transfer ministerial-discretion ministry-of-commerce montserrado-county procedural-error reappointment reassignment reversal-of-judgment salary-and-allowances supreme-court-of-liberia wilson-k-tarpeh | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ministry of Finance v Housseini LRSC 11 (2016) | Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, admissibility of motion, Amara M. Konneh, Appellate Practice, appellate procedure, appellate review limitations, assignment of receivables, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, Clerk’s Certificate, cognizable matters, compliance with procedural rules, computation of time, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Costs Against Appellant, Court Administration, court closure, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, enforcement of procedural law, Failure to Perfect Appeal, filing requirements, improper filing, judgment without opinion, judicial authority, Jurisdiction, lack of jurisdiction, lateness in filing, legal excuse for delay, legal representation, Liberia, litigation procedure, mandate, mandatory statutory requirements, ministerial acts, Ministry of Finance Liberia, Mohammed Housseini, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, parties’ admissions, pendency of motion, perfection of appeal, Procedural Default, procedural fairness, remand to trial court, resumption of jurisdiction, Section 51.7 Civil Procedure Law, statutory timelines, Supreme Court jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court jurisdiction | ministry-of-finance-v-housseini-lrsc-11-2016 | 2016-opinions admissibility-of-motion amara-m-konneh appellate-practice appellate-procedure appellate-review-limitations assignment-of-receivables bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure clerks-certificate cognizable-matters compliance-with-procedural-rules computation-of-time concurrent-jurisdiction costs-against-appellant court-administration court-closure dismissal-of-appeal due-process enforcement-of-procedural-law failure-to-perfect-appeal filing-requirements improper-filing judgment-without-opinion judicial-authority jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction lateness-in-filing legal-excuse-for-delay legal-representation liberia litigation-procedure mandate mandatory-statutory-requirements ministerial-acts ministry-of-finance-liberia mohammed-housseini monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss parties-admissions pendency-of-motion perfection-of-appeal procedural-default procedural-fairness remand-to-trial-court resumption-of-jurisdiction section-51-7-civil-procedure-law statutory-timelines supreme-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-jurisdiction | civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Misoschewsk et al v. Afriland First Bank (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Afriland First Bank, Associations Law, Banking Law, Capacity to Sue, Certiorari, Civil Procedure, Corporate Law, Corporate Personality, Deposit Contract, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Standing | misoschewsk-et-al-v-afriland-first-bank-2025 | 2025-opinions afriland-first-bank associations-law banking-law capacity-to-sue certiorari civil-procedure corporate-law corporate-personality deposit-contract jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court standing | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) v Government of the Republic of Liberia (2025) (Bill of Information) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Bill of information, Chambers Justice, compliance with mandate, concession agreement, contempt of court, driver’s license, enforcement of court orders, enforcement pending appeal, Judicial Notice, Liberia Traffic Management Incorporated, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Transport, Modern Development & Management Corporation, Montserrado County, privy parties, prohibition appeal, public-private partnership, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, vehicle registration, Writ of Prohibition | modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-v-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions bill-of-information chambers-justice compliance-with-mandate concession-agreement contempt-of-court drivers-license enforcement-of-court-orders enforcement-pending-appeal judicial-notice liberia-traffic-management-incorporated ministry-of-justice ministry-of-transport modern-development-management-corporation montserrado-county privy-parties prohibition-appeal public-private-partnership stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia vehicle-registration writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) v. Kyne et al (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, due diligence, Ejectment, error in closure, eviction, four-month statutory period, fraudulent deed allegation, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, investigative survey distinct from arbitration survey, Johnsonville, Jury Verdict, land boundary dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, Mount Barclay, notice to the world, older deed doctrine, open traverse, ouster, principle of older title, probate and registration of deeds, Property Law, purpose of investigative survey, Real Property, Reversal, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title dispute, verdict contrary to weight of evidence, weight of evidence, writ of possession | mdmc-v-otis-kyne-et-al-2024 modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-v-kyne-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law due-diligence ejectment error-in-closure eviction four-month-statutory-period fraudulent-deed-allegation intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey investigative-survey-distinct-from-arbitration-survey johnsonville jury-verdict land-boundary-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene mount-barclay notice-to-the-world older-deed-doctrine open-traverse ouster principle-of-older-title probate-and-registration-of-deeds property-law purpose-of-investigative-survey real-property reversal superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-dispute verdict-contrary-to-weight-of-evidence weight-of-evidence writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Morgan v Barclay et al. LRSC 22; 42 LLR 259 (2004) | 2004, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2004 Opinions, Civil Law Court, conveyance, Ejectment, executor’s duty, Jury Verdict, leasehold, legal capacity to sue, mixed issues of law and fact, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, Probate Court, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, unjust enrichment, void transaction | morgan-v-barclay-et-al-lrsc-22-42-llr-259-2004 | 2004-opinions civil-law-court conveyance ejectment executors-duty jury-verdict leasehold legal-capacity-to-sue mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence probate-court standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate unjust-enrichment void-transaction | 2004-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Morris v Mulbah (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Appeal, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Final Judgment, Jurisdiction, motion to intervene, professional ethics, Real Property, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia | morris-v-mulbah-2025 | appeal civil-law-court civil-procedure final-judgment jurisdiction motion-to-intervene professional-ethics real-property summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mutual Benefit Assurance Company (MBAC) v. Bea Mountains Mining Corporation (BMMC) (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt, affirmation, affirmation of lower court, appeal process, Appellate Review, Arbitration Award, arbitration proceedings, Article IV, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, bill of costs, Bill of Exceptions, breach of contract, Chambers Justice ruling, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code Section 7.54, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, Commercial Law, completion of appeal, construction contract, contractual liability, corrective remedy, Debt Action, denial of writ, enforcement of arbitral award, enforcement of award as judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, escrow account deposit, escrow requirement, foreign arbitral award, guarantee bond, indemnity obligation, interlocutory vs final judgment, International Construction Engineering (ICE), Jurisdiction, jurisdictional challenge, London arbitration, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mutual Benefit Assurance Company, perfection of appeal, performance bond, petition for prohibition, pretrial conference, preventive remedy, privity of contract, prohibition not substitute for appeal, remedial writs, statutory compliance, stay of enforcement, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error allegations, Writ of Prohibition | mutual-benefit-assurance-company-mbac-v-bea-mountains-mining-corporation-bmmc-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt affirmation affirmation-of-lower-court appeal-process appellate-review arbitration-award arbitration-proceedings article-iv bea-mountain-mining-corporation bill-of-costs bill-of-exceptions breach-of-contract chambers-justice-ruling civil-procedure commercial-code-section-7-54 commercial-court commercial-court-act commercial-law completion-of-appeal construction-contract contractual-liability corrective-remedy debt-action denial-of-writ enforcement-of-arbitral-award enforcement-of-award-as-judgment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account-deposit escrow-requirement foreign-arbitral-award guarantee-bond indemnity-obligation interlocutory-vs-final-judgment international-construction-engineering-ice jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge london-arbitration mandate monrovia montserrado-county mutual-benefit-assurance-company perfection-of-appeal performance-bond petition-for-prohibition pretrial-conference preventive-remedy privity-of-contract prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal remedial-writs statutory-compliance stay-of-enforcement summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error-allegations writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mutual Benefit Assurance Company v Bea Mountains Corporation (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, advance payment guarantee, Appeal, appeal process, Arbitration Award, arbitration clause, Aureus Mining Inc., Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, Bill of information, Chambers Justice ruling, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, contempt of court, Escrow Account, indemnity bond, International Construction & Engineering (Liberia) Inc., irregularity in execution, Jurisdiction, Mandate Enforcement, Montserrado County, Mutual Benefit Assurance Company, performance bond, Prohibition, Supreme Court of Liberia | mutual-benefit-assurance-company-vs-bea-mountains-corporation-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt advance-payment-guarantee appeal appeal-process arbitration-award arbitration-clause aureus-mining-inc bea-mountain-mining-corporation bill-of-information chambers-justice-ruling commercial-court commercial-court-act contempt-of-court escrow-account indemnity-bond international-construction-engineering-liberia-inc irregularity-in-execution jurisdiction mandate-enforcement montserrado-county mutual-benefit-assurance-company performance-bond prohibition supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| National Elections Commission (NEC) et al. v Kromah LRSC 11 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law | 2015 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, alternative writ, appellate procedure, Bill of information, certification of election results, Congress for Democratic Change, dismissal of appeal, Election Dispute, election fraud allegation, election irregularities, election magistrate, elections law, failure to file bill of exceptions, Grand Cape Mount County, judgment without opinion, judicial review of NEC decisions, Jurisdiction, lifting of stay order, mandate, mootness, National Elections Commission, NEC Board of Commissioners, Procedural Default, senator-elect, special senatorial election, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unity Party, Writ of Prohibition | national-elections-commission-nec-et-al-v-kromah-lrsc-11-2015 nec-et-al-v-kromah-lrsc-11-2015 | 2015-opinions abandonment-of-appeal alternative-writ appellate-procedure bill-of-information certification-of-election-results congress-for-democratic-change dismissal-of-appeal election-dispute election-fraud-allegation election-irregularities election-magistrate elections-law failure-to-file-bill-of-exceptions grand-cape-mount-county judgment-without-opinion judicial-review-of-nec-decisions jurisdiction lifting-of-stay-order mandate mootness national-elections-commission nec-board-of-commissioners procedural-default senator-elect special-senatorial-election stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia unity-party writ-of-prohibition | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| National Elections Commission (NEC) et al. v National Patriotic Party (NPP) LRSC 19 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Ethics | 2015 Opinions, 6.8(b)), appellate procedure, Article 83(c), Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, certification of election, constitutional law, contempt of court, Costs, dismissal for failure to perfect, Due Process, Election Dispute, elections law, frivolous pleadings, Jim Womba Tornonlah, Lawyer Misconduct, lifting of stay, mandate, Margibi County, misrepresentation, mootness, National Elections Commission, National Patriotic Party, NEC, New Elections Law (Sections 6.7, obstruction of justice, People’s Unification Party, perfection of appeal, political party dispute, professional ethics, recognizance bond, returns to bill of information, Rules 24 and 31 (Code of Moral and Professional Ethics), Service of Process, special senatorial election, stay order, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from practice, Writ of Prohibition | nec-et-al-v-npp-lrsc-19-2015 | 2015-opinions 6-8b appellate-procedure article-83c bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information certification-of-election constitutional-law contempt-of-court costs dismissal-for-failure-to-perfect due-process election-dispute elections-law frivolous-pleadings jim-womba-tornonlah lawyer-misconduct lifting-of-stay mandate margibi-county misrepresentation mootness national-elections-commission national-patriotic-party nec new-elections-law-sections-6-7 obstruction-of-justice peoples-unification-party perfection-of-appeal political-party-dispute professional-ethics recognizance-bond returns-to-bill-of-information rules-24-and-31-code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics service-of-process special-senatorial-election stay-order supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-practice writ-of-prohibition | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| National Elections Commission (NEC) v. Siebo (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law | 2017 Opinions, Administrative Law, appellate procedure, Article 79 Constitution, Bill of Exceptions, candidate nomination, constitutional law, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, District 1, Due Process, election law, electoral integrity, headquarters requirement, House of Representatives election, independent candidate, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, mandatory compliance, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, nomination rejection, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Procedural Default, Public Policy, recognizance requirement, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia | national-elections-commission-nec-v-siebo-2017 | 2017-opinions administrative-law appellate-procedure article-79-constitution bill-of-exceptions candidate-nomination constitutional-law dismissal-for-lack-of-jurisdiction district-1 due-process election-law electoral-integrity headquarters-requirement house-of-representatives-election independent-candidate judicial-review jurisdiction mandatory-compliance montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission nec-regulations nomination-rejection notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-default public-policy recognizance-requirement statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| National Patriotic Party (NPP) v National Elections Commission (NEC) LRSC 9 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2015 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, abandonment of complaint, Appellate Review, Bomi County, certification of election results, constitutional law, continuance, Due Process, election irregularities, elections law, electoral dispute, excuse for nonappearance, fraud allegation, Judicial Notice, Mootness Doctrine, Morris Saytumah, National Elections Commission, National Patriotic Party, NEC Board of Commissioners, political party, polling place discrepancy, recount of ballots', Res Judicata, senatorial election, Supreme Court of Liberia, transparency in elections, Unity Party, Writ of Prohibition | national-patriotic-party-npp-v-national-elections-commission-nec-lrsc-9-2015 npp-v-nec-lrsc-9-2015 | 2015-opinions abandonment-of-appeal abandonment-of-complaint appellate-review bomi-county certification-of-election-results constitutional-law continuance due-process election-irregularities elections-law electoral-dispute excuse-for-nonappearance fraud-allegation judicial-notice mootness-doctrine morris-saytumah national-elections-commission national-patriotic-party nec-board-of-commissioners political-party polling-place-discrepancy recount-of-ballots res-judicata senatorial-election supreme-court-of-liberia transparency-in-elections unity-party writ-of-prohibition | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC) v The Intestate Estate of Macdonald A. Wento (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | arbitration, Civil Law Court, contract sanctity, corporate shares, declaratory judgment, Jurisdiction, Liberian Constitution, London Court of International Arbitration, share purchase agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia | natural-resources-development-corporation-nrdc-v-the-intestate-estate-of-macdonald-a-wento-2025 | arbitration civil-law-court contract-sanctity corporate-shares declaratory-judgment jurisdiction liberian-constitution london-court-of-international-arbitration share-purchase-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC) v The Intestate of Macdonald A. Wento (2026) | 2026, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law | 2026 Opinions, actual controversy, agency relationship, alternative dispute resolution, Appellate Review, arbitration agreement, arbitration clause, arbitration vs court jurisdiction, authority of counsel, board resolution, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 43, Civil Procedure Law Section 1:64.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.5, Commercial Law, contractual arbitration, corporate concession dispute, corporate governance, Corporate Law, declaratory judgment, declaratory relief scope, dismissal of action, equity interest, Estate Administration, forest concession, injunction relief, interested party requirement, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, law firm authority, legal capacity, Liberia corporate dispute, logging rights, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, ownership dispute, petition for declaratory judgment, pleadings, preliminary injunction, proof of ownership, reversal on appeal, share certificates, share transfer, shareholders’ rights, shareholding dispute, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing to Sue, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order | natural-resources-development-corporation-nrdc-v-the-intestate-of-macdonald-a-wento-2026 | 2026-opinions actual-controversy agency-relationship alternative-dispute-resolution appellate-review arbitration-agreement arbitration-clause arbitration-vs-court-jurisdiction authority-of-counsel board-resolution civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-43 civil-procedure-law-section-164-1 civil-procedure-law-section-43-5 commercial-law contractual-arbitration corporate-concession-dispute corporate-governance corporate-law declaratory-judgment declaratory-relief-scope dismissal-of-action equity-interest estate-administration forest-concession injunction-relief interested-party-requirement intestate-estate jurisdiction law-firm-authority legal-capacity liberia-corporate-dispute logging-rights mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss ownership-dispute petition-for-declaratory-judgment pleadings preliminary-injunction proof-of-ownership reversal-on-appeal share-certificates share-transfer shareholders-rights shareholding-dispute sixth-judicial-circuit standing-to-sue subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order | 2026-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Ngangana et al v. His Honor Judge Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | acquiescence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, decedents estates, divorce, Estoppel, foreign divorce decree, foreign judgment, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, Laches, Letters of Administration, mandate, marriage, Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, negative averment, petition for revocation of letters of administration, presumptive widow, Probate Law, recognition of foreign judgment, revocation of letters for administration, Service of Process, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver, widow status | louise-c-ngangana-et-al-v-his-honor-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2024 ngangana-et-al-v-his-honor-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2024 | acquiescence appellate-review burden-of-proof decedents-estates divorce estoppel foreign-divorce-decree foreign-judgment intestate-estate jurisdiction laches letters-of-administration mandate marriage monthly-and-probate-court-for-montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss negative-averment petition-for-revocation-of-letters-of-administration presumptive-widow probate-law recognition-of-foreign-judgment revocation-of-letters-for-administration service-of-process supreme-court-of-liberia waiver widow-status | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Njoh V. Intestate Estate of C. Harry Gbesi (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, Appeal, Chain of Title, Charlesville land dispute, Civil Law Court, defaced deed, defective title, Ejectment, evidentiary burden, general and special damages, insufficiency of evidence, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Margibi County, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, preponderance of evidence, proof of ownership, Real Property, reversal of jury verdict, ruling reversed, Supreme Court of Liberia, technical survey, title deed, wrongful withholding | njoh-v-intestate-estate-of-c-harry-gbesi-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-deed appeal chain-of-title charlesville-land-dispute civil-law-court defaced-deed defective-title ejectment evidentiary-burden general-and-special-damages insufficiency-of-evidence justice-yamie-q-gbeisay margibi-county metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-ownership real-property reversal-of-jury-verdict ruling-reversed supreme-court-of-liberia technical-survey title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Novomatic Gaming Industry GmbH v. Palm Spring Gaming Company (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action to recover chattel, Appellate Review, arbitration clause, arbitration enforceability, Article 25 Constitution of Liberia, breach of contract, Chicri Brothers v. Isuzu Motors, Civil Law Court, contractual waiver, corporate authorization, enforcement of contract, foreign governing law, gaming machines, international chamber of commerce arbitration, international commercial arbitration, judgment affirmed, Jurisdiction, lease agreement, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, obligation of contracts, power of attorney, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, Vienna Austria | novomatic-gaming-industry-gmbh-v-palm-spring-gaming-company-2025 | 2025-opinions action-to-recover-chattel appellate-review arbitration-clause arbitration-enforceability article-25-constitution-of-liberia breach-of-contract chicri-brothers-v-isuzu-motors civil-law-court contractual-waiver corporate-authorization enforcement-of-contract foreign-governing-law gaming-machines international-chamber-of-commerce-arbitration international-commercial-arbitration judgment-affirmed jurisdiction lease-agreement montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss obligation-of-contracts power-of-attorney standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia vienna-austria | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Nurse v RL LRSC 44; 20 LLR 351 (1971) | 1971, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1971 opinions, affirmance, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, change of plea, Charles D. B. Nurse, conversion of property, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, embezzlement, factual issues, Firestone Plantations, First Judicial Circuit, fraud, Jury Verdict, loss of right to appeal, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, plea of guilty, prerequisite for appeal, public official misconduct, Restitution, right of appeal, sentencing, stipendiary magistrate, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver, waiver of rights, withdrawal of motion for new trial | nurse-v-rl-lrsc-44-20-llr-351-1971 | 1971-opinions affirmance appellate-review bill-of-exceptions change-of-plea charles-d-b-nurse conversion-of-property criminal-law criminal-procedure embezzlement factual-issues firestone-plantations first-judicial-circuit fraud jury-verdict loss-of-right-to-appeal montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment plea-of-guilty prerequisite-for-appeal public-official-misconduct restitution right-of-appeal sentencing stipendiary-magistrate supreme-court-of-liberia waiver waiver-of-rights withdrawal-of-motion-for-new-trial | 1971-1 anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Nyazeebuo v. NASSCORP LRSC 36 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinion, Appeal Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, Clerk’s Certificate, Compensation, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Judicial Modification, Jurisdictional Defect, Labour Practices Law, Liberia Supreme Court, Motion to dismiss appeal, NASSCORP, Nonappearance of Counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Reinstatement Option, Substantive Justice, Transparent Justice, Unfair Labour Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | nyazeebuo-v-nasscorp-lrsc-36-2016 | 2016-opinion appeal-procedure civil-procedure-law clerks-certificate compensation failure-to-perfect-appeal judicial-modification jurisdictional-defect labour-practices-law liberia-supreme-court motion-to-dismiss-appeal nasscorp nonappearance-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal reinstatement-option substantive-justice transparent-justice unfair-labour-practice wrongful-dismissal | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Nyei et al v. The Intestate Estate of Varfee Siryon, Sr. et al (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2024, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, arbitral finality, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, board of arbitration, Bushrod Island, civil law, confirmation of arbitral award, Ejectment, estoppel by acquiescence, eviction, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, Logan Town, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion to vacate award, objection to arbitration report, ouster, possession of real property, senior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title deed | faud-nyei-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-varfee-siryon nyei-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-varfee-siryon | 2024 action-of-ejectment appellate-review arbitral-finality arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award board-of-arbitration bushrod-island civil-law confirmation-of-arbitral-award ejectment estoppel-by-acquiescence eviction land-dispute liberia-land-authority logan-town metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-award objection-to-arbitration-report ouster possession-of-real-property senior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-deed | 2024-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| OXFAM Liberia v. David (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, admissions by a party or agent, Appeal, Appellate Review, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, computation of compensation for wrongful dismissal, Decent Work Act, employee misconduct, employer-employee relationship, employment termination, fraud, fraud allegation, gross misconduct, internal investigation, judicial discretion, Labour Law, Ministry of Labor, mitigation of damages, modification of award, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, Petition for Judicial Review, procurement, procurement policy, reinstatement, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfair dismissal, unfair labor practices | oxfam-liberia-v-david-2024 oxfam-liberia-v-frederick-g-david-2024 | 2024-opinions admissions-by-a-party-or-agent appeal appellate-review compensation-in-lieu-of-reinstatement computation-of-compensation-for-wrongful-dismissal decent-work-act employee-misconduct employer-employee-relationship employment-termination fraud fraud-allegation gross-misconduct internal-investigation judicial-discretion labour-law ministry-of-labor mitigation-of-damages modification-of-award montserrado-county national-labor-court petition-for-judicial-review procurement procurement-policy reinstatement supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-dismissal unfair-labor-practices | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Parkinsons v. Parker LRSC 35 (2016) | 2016, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law | 2016 Opinion, Affidavit of Impossibility, Appeal bond, Appeal Perfection, Arbitration Award, Buzzy Quarter, Camp Johnson Road, Civil Procedure Law §§51.4 & 51.8, Civil Procedure Law §1.7(1), Ejectment, Hylton R. Parkinson, Johnetta L. Parkinson, Judge’s Ruling Received Date, Julius Parker, Jurisdiction, Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie, Law Firm Service Practices, Liberia Supreme Court, MONCO Inc., Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, Service of Process, Sixty-Day Rule, Time Computation, UN Drive | parkinsons-v-parker-lrsc-35-2016 | 2016-opinion affidavit-of-impossibility appeal-bond appeal-perfection arbitration-award buzzy-quarter camp-johnson-road civil-procedure-law-%c2%a7%c2%a751-4-51-8 civil-procedure-law-%c2%a71-71 ejectment hylton-r-parkinson johnetta-l-parkinson judges-ruling-received-date julius-parker jurisdiction justice-jamesetta-howard-wolokolie law-firm-service-practices liberia-supreme-court monco-inc monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default service-of-process sixty-day-rule time-computation un-drive | 2016-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Patrick Vision Inc. v Arcelor Mittal Liberia (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration clause, civil law, contracts, Damages for Wrong, destruction of property, international chamber of commerce arbitration, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, reversal and remand, sanctity of contracts, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of contract, tortious conduct, wrongful seizure of property | patrick-vision-inc-v-arcelor-mittal-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-review arbitration arbitration-clause civil-law contracts damages-for-wrong destruction-of-property international-chamber-of-commerce-arbitration jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss reversal-and-remand sanctity-of-contracts supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-contract tortious-conduct wrongful-seizure-of-property | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Payne et al v. R.L. LRSC 8; 1 LLR 101 (1878) | 1878, Civil Procedure Law, Common Law | 1878 Opinions, Appellate Review, breach of the peace, common law reception, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Criminal Law, indictable offence, infractions of the peace, jurisdiction of courts, lewdness, misdemeanor, Montserrado County, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia | payne-et-al-v-r-l-lrsc-8-1-llr-101-1878 | 1878-opinions appellate-review breach-of-the-peace common-law-reception court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas criminal-law indictable-offence infractions-of-the-peace jurisdiction-of-courts lewdness misdemeanor montserrado-county reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1878-1 civil-procedure-law-cases common-law supreme-court | |
| 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 | 1866-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Peace Clinic v Cooper (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, admission against interest, admissions, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Caldwell–Louisiana Highway, Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Ejectment, eviction, intervention, Investigative Survey, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Real Property, Rev. Code 1.11.3, Rev. Code 1.62.1, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to real property, trial of facts, Waiver, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | peace-clinic-v-cooper-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal admission-against-interest admissions appeal-bond appellate-review bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information caldwell-louisiana-highway capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law ejectment eviction intervention investigative-survey jury-trial land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate montserrado-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal real-property rev-code-1-11-3 rev-code-1-62-1 sixth-judicial-circuit standing summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-real-property trial-of-facts waiver writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Pearson Cooper et al. v. His Honor J. Boima Kontoe et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Accrued Costs, Civil Procedure, Ejectment, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Procedural Default, Rule of Law, Stare Decisis, Time Limitation, Writ of Error | pearson-cooper-et-al-v-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions accrued-costs civil-procedure ejectment jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court procedural-default rule-of-law stare-decisis time-limitation writ-of-error | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Pioneer Construction Company v Her Honor Morgan et al. LRSC 41 (2015) | 2015, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law | 2015 Opinions, action of debt, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Article 20(b), Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, condition precedent to appeal, constitutional law, constitutionality of statute, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, judicial discretion, Judicial Review, Judiciary Law, legislative authority, loan agreement, mandamus denied, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage deed, payment of judgment, personal guarantee, petition for writ of mandamus, Pioneer Construction Company, prerogative writs, promissory note, restructured loan, right of appeal, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, stay of execution, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Title 17 | pioneer-construction-company-v-her-honor-morgan-et-al-lrsc-41-2015 | 2015-opinions action-of-debt appeal-bond appellate-procedure article-20b banking-law civil-procedure commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law condition-precedent-to-appeal constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statute enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account international-bank-liberia-limited judicial-discretion judicial-review judiciary-law legislative-authority loan-agreement mandamus-denied monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-deed payment-of-judgment personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-mandamus pioneer-construction-company prerogative-writs promissory-note restructured-loan right-of-appeal separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation stay-of-execution summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-17 | 2015-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Pol v His Honor James E. Jones (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law | action of debt, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, attachment, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, computation of time, Debt Court, denial of motion to dismiss, Evidence, insurance bond, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Due Process, service of judgment, statutory time limits, surety certification, trial court ruling | mr-diego-pol-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-2024 pol-v-his-honor-james-e-jones-2024 | action-of-debt appeal-bond appellate-procedure attachment bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof computation-of-time debt-court denial-of-motion-to-dismiss evidence insurance-bond jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-due-process service-of-judgment statutory-time-limits surety-certification trial-court-ruling | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Pratt et al v RL LRSC 1; 2 LLR 289 (1918) | 1918, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law | abuse of authority, alien residence, Alien Residence Act, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Certiorari, Circuit Court, constitutional law, deportation of aliens, Due Process, equality before the law, errors of law and fact, executive authority, immigration law, insufficiency of complaint, Judicial Review, Jurisdictional Defect, police power, protection of aliens, revocation of residence permit, Secretary of the Interior, Sinoe County, sovereignty of the state, strict construction of statutes, Summary Proceedings, writ of certiorari | pratt-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-1-2-llr-289-1918 | abuse-of-authority alien-residence alien-residence-act appellate-review burden-of-proof certiorari circuit-court constitutional-law deportation-of-aliens due-process equality-before-the-law errors-of-law-and-fact executive-authority immigration-law insufficiency-of-complaint judicial-review jurisdictional-defect police-power protection-of-aliens revocation-of-residence-permit secretary-of-the-interior sinoe-county sovereignty-of-the-state strict-construction-of-statutes summary-proceedings writ-of-certiorari | 1918-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases immigration-law supreme-court | |
| Prince D. Jegbadai et al. v The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Foreclosure of Mortgage, Letters of Administration, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Probate Law, Procedural Law, Reasonable Time, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia | prince-d-jegbadai-et-al-vs-the-liberian-bank-for-development-investment-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure-of-mortgage letters-of-administration motion-for-relief-from-judgment probate-law procedural-law reasonable-time standing supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Quality Construction Group v. His Honor Othello Payman et al (2025) (Petition for re argument) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Act Creating the Commercial Court, Appellate Review, breach of contract, business contract, Commercial Court of Liberia, debt recovery, Final Judgment, jurisdiction by averment, Petition for re-argument, Procedural Law, Prohibition, remedial writ, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | quality-construction-group-v-his-honor-othello-payman-et-al-2025-petition-for-re-argument | 2025-opinions act-creating-the-commercial-court appellate-review breach-of-contract business-contract commercial-court-of-liberia debt-recovery final-judgment jurisdiction-by-averment petition-for-re-argument procedural-law prohibition remedial-writ subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Raspal and Sachdeva v Dukuly LRSC 23 (April 2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, attorney suspension, Bill of Exceptions, cancellation of lease, civil law, Contract Law, Costs, enlargement of time, excusable neglect, fraud, Jurisdiction, lack of jurisdiction, law office negligence, lease agreement, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Property Law, Section 51.10, Section 51.4, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Sixty-Day Rule, Statutory Time Limit, Supreme Court of Liberia, tolling of time | raspal-and-sachdeva-v-dukuly-lrsc-23-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure attorney-suspension bill-of-exceptions cancellation-of-lease civil-law contract-law costs enlargement-of-time excusable-neglect fraud jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction law-office-negligence lease-agreement misrepresentation montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal property-law section-51-10 section-51-4 sixth-judicial-circuit sixty-day-rule statutory-time-limit supreme-court-of-liberia tolling-of-time | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia (RL) v His Honor Kaba et al. LRSC 1 (2015) | 2015, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appeal, Beatrice Munah Sieh Brown, constitutional avoidance, constitutional law, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Court C, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, denial of appeal, double jeopardy, Due Process, economic sabotage, extraordinary writ, Final Judgment, Harris Manneh Dunn, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, Kaymah N. Zeon, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), Liberia National Police, mandamus, Ministry of Finance, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Nebo Garlo, new trial, Nunc Pro Tunc, petition for writ of mandamus, Prince O.A. Akinremi, reinstatement of verdict, Relief from Judgment, remedial proceedings, right of appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, unanimous verdict | rl-v-his-honor-kaba-et-al-lrsc-1-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion appeal beatrice-munah-sieh-brown constitutional-avoidance constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-court-c criminal-facilitation criminal-law criminal-procedure denial-of-appeal double-jeopardy due-process economic-sabotage extraordinary-writ final-judgment harris-manneh-dunn indictment judicial-discretion jury-verdict kaymah-n-zeon liberia-anti-corruption-commission-lacc liberia-national-police mandamus ministry-of-finance montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-for-relief-from-judgment nebo-garlo new-trial nunc-pro-tunc petition-for-writ-of-mandamus prince-o-a-akinremi reinstatement-of-verdict relief-from-judgment remedial-proceedings right-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property unanimous-verdict | 2015-1 anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v Ayika LRSC 39 (2013) | 2013, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, International Law (Case) | republic-of-liberia-v-ayika-lrsc-39-2013 | 2013-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases international-law-case supreme-court | |||
| Republic of Liberia v Afric Diam Company, Inc. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Tax Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, administrative tax review, Appeal Procedure, appellate jurisdiction, Civil Procedure Law, clerk of court duties, discretionary sanction, failure to pay tax, government revenue, late transmission of records, Liberia Revenue Authority, monetary fine, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, ninety-day statutory period, payment for transcription, penalties and interest, Revenue Code of Liberia, revenue law, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax assessment, tax audit, tax court, tax law, transcription of records | republic-of-liberia-v-afric-diam-company | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal administrative-tax-review appeal-procedure appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure-law clerk-of-court-duties discretionary-sanction failure-to-pay-tax government-revenue late-transmission-of-records liberia-revenue-authority monetary-fine montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal ninety-day-statutory-period payment-for-transcription penalties-and-interest revenue-code-of-liberia revenue-law superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia tax-assessment tax-audit tax-court tax-law transcription-of-records | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases tax-law supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v The Management of Comprehensive Realty Co (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Tax Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, admission and concession, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Review, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 2.51.11, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to transcribe records, judgment without opinion, Liberia Revenue Authority, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville City, Procedural Default, revenue law, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax court, tax law | republic-of-liberia-v-the-management-of-comprehensive-realty-co-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal admission-and-concession appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-rev-code-2-51-11 enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-transcribe-records judgment-without-opinion liberia-revenue-authority mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville-city procedural-default revenue-law supreme-court-of-liberia tax-court tax-law | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law tax-law supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v. Blackwell Group SA (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Alternative Remedy, arbitration, Civil Law Court, Contract Enforcement, Court-approved Stipulation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Passport Contract, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia | republic-of-liberia-v-blackwell-group-sa-2025 | 2025-opinions alternative-remedy arbitration civil-law-court contract-enforcement court-approved-stipulation ministry-of-foreign-affairs ministry-of-justice passport-contract specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v. Smith 1 LLR13; LRSC 6 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Maritime Law, Tax Law | 1861 Opinions, 1LLR13, admiralty law, Appeal, Court of Admiralty, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, enforcement of revenue laws, fine of one thousand dollars, fixed penalty, judicial discretion, maritime regulation, Montserrado County, Procedural Law, Republic of Liberia, revenue law violation, reversal of lower court judgment, statutory compliance, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, vessel cargo discharge | republic-of-liberia-v-smith-1-llr13-lrsc-6-1861 | 1861-opinions 1llr13 admiralty-law appeal court-of-admiralty court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas enforcement-of-revenue-laws fine-of-one-thousand-dollars fixed-penalty judicial-discretion maritime-regulation montserrado-county procedural-law republic-of-liberia revenue-law-violation reversal-of-lower-court-judgment statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia vessel-cargo-discharge | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases maritime-law tax-law supreme-court | |
| Richard-Townsend v. Estate of Momo Mbolon (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, absence of surveyor signature, action of ejectment, affirmation, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, arbitration board, arbitration instructions, arbitration report, board of arbitration procedure, burden of proof, Caldwell, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 64, competing title claims, confirmation of arbitration award, corruption allegation, damages, Ejectment, encroachment, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary rules, exclusion of unpleaded evidence, failure to plead documents, failure to timely object, finality of arbitration, fraud allegation, general damages, Investigative Survey, judicial deference to arbitration findings, King Governor Farms, Land Dispute, litigation strategy, majority decision rule, mandate, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, misconduct of arbitrators, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, notice and participation, objection to arbitration award, objection to award, pleadings requirement, Procedural Compliance, proof of fraud, property law doctrine, property ownership, public land sale deed, punitive damages, Real Property, recovery on strength of own title, resistance to objection, Section 64.11 Civil Procedure Law, self-serving evidence, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, statutory grounds to vacate award, strength of title rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, survey notice, surveyor evidence, Tay v. Teh doctrine, technical representative, title deed, trial court ruling, Upper Caldwell, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | richard-townsend-v-estate-of-momo-mbolon-2023 | 2023-opinions absence-of-surveyor-signature action-of-ejectment affirmation appellate-review arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award arbitration-board arbitration-instructions arbitration-report board-of-arbitration-procedure burden-of-proof caldwell civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-64 competing-title-claims confirmation-of-arbitration-award corruption-allegation damages ejectment encroachment enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-rules exclusion-of-unpleaded-evidence failure-to-plead-documents failure-to-timely-object finality-of-arbitration fraud-allegation general-damages investigative-survey judicial-deference-to-arbitration-findings king-governor-farms land-dispute litigation-strategy majority-decision-rule mandate metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy misconduct-of-arbitrators misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county notice-and-participation objection-to-arbitration-award objection-to-award pleadings-requirement procedural-compliance proof-of-fraud property-law-doctrine property-ownership public-land-sale-deed punitive-damages real-property recovery-on-strength-of-own-title resistance-to-objection section-64-11-civil-procedure-law self-serving-evidence sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages statutory-grounds-to-vacate-award strength-of-title-rule supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute survey-notice surveyor-evidence tay-v-teh-doctrine technical-representative title-deed trial-court-ruling upper-caldwell vacating-arbitration-award waiver warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Anderson LRSC 33; 28 LLR 190 (1979) | 1979, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1979 Opinions, appeal requirements, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bailey v. Sancea precedent, burden on movant, Civil Procedure Law, criminal assizes court, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, defective motion, denial of motion, dismissal of appeal, failure to state facts, First Judicial Circuit, invocation of statute, Jurisdiction, legal drafting, Montserrado County, motion practice, Motion to Dismiss, Notice of Completion of Appeal, pleading requirements, procedural defects, Service of Process, specificity requirement, statutory compliance, sufficiency of motion, Supreme Court of Liberia | rl-v-anderson-lrsc-33-28-llr-190-1979 | 1979-opinions appeal-requirements appellate-procedure appellate-review bailey-v-sancea-precedent burden-on-movant civil-procedure-law criminal-assizes-court criminal-law criminal-procedure-law defective-motion denial-of-motion dismissal-of-appeal failure-to-state-facts first-judicial-circuit invocation-of-statute jurisdiction legal-drafting montserrado-county motion-practice motion-to-dismiss notice-of-completion-of-appeal pleading-requirements procedural-defects service-of-process specificity-requirement statutory-compliance sufficiency-of-motion supreme-court-of-liberia | 1979-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Kenneh LRSC 22; 33 LLR 114 (1985) | 1985, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1985 Opinions, Appellate Practice, Civil Procedure, damages action, delay, direct interest, government intervention, intervention, Jurisdiction, Laches, Lofa County, Lofa County Agricultural Development Project, motion to intervene, necessary party, pleading requirements, proper party, standing to intervene, Statutory interpretation, substantial interest, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness | rl-v-kenneh-lrsc-22-33-llr-114-1985 | 1985-opinions appellate-practice civil-procedure damages-action delay direct-interest government-intervention intervention jurisdiction laches lofa-county lofa-county-agricultural-development-project motion-to-intervene necessary-party pleading-requirements proper-party standing-to-intervene statutory-interpretation substantial-interest supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness | 1985-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Kermue et al LRSC 23 (2007) | 2007, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | 2007 Opinions, Appellate Review, committal proceedings, constitutional law, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Due Process, Extradition, foreign relations, habeas corpus, health care fraud, international cooperation, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, mandate to lower court, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, money laundering, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, procedural irregularity, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, treaty interpretation, United States–Liberia Extradition Treaty | rl-v-kermue-et-al-lrsc-23-2007 | 2007-opinions appellate-review committal-proceedings constitutional-law criminal-assizes-a criminal-law due-process extradition foreign-relations habeas-corpus health-care-fraud international-cooperation judicial-review jurisdiction mandate-to-lower-court ministry-of-foreign-affairs ministry-of-justice money-laundering montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss procedural-irregularity reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia treaty-interpretation united-states-liberia-extradition-treaty | 2007-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| RL v Leadership of LNBA et al LRSC 26; 40 LLR 635 (2001) | 2001, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2001 Opinions, bar boycott, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, Corporate Law, Due Process, equal protection, Judicial Review, Legal Profession, legislative contempt, Liberian National Bar Association, ministerial duty, public officials, remedy, Republic of Liberia, separation of powers, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of mandamus | rl-v-leadership-of-lnba-et-al-lrsc-26-40-llr-635-2001 | 2001-opinions bar-boycott civil-procedure constitutional-law corporate-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-profession legislative-contempt liberian-national-bar-association ministerial-duty public-officials remedy republic-of-liberia separation-of-powers standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-mandamus | 2001-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Liberia Company LRSC 10 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Procedure, corporate entity, costs disallowed, declaratory judgment, dismissibility of appeal, Eighth Judicial Circuit Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Government of Liberia, Jurisdiction, mandate, Ministry of Justice, Motion to dismiss appeal, Nimba County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, petition for declaratory judgment, resumption of jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | rl-v-liberia-company-lrsc-10-2015 the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-v-liberia-company-lrsc-10-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-law civil-procedure corporate-entity costs-disallowed declaratory-judgment dismissibility-of-appeal eighth-judicial-circuit-court enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal government-of-liberia jurisdiction mandate ministry-of-justice motion-to-dismiss-appeal nimba-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal petition-for-declaratory-judgment resumption-of-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Tipoteh et al LRSC 21; 38 LLR 324 (1996) | 1996, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 1996 Opinions, Appellate Practice, attorney general, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, Due Process, judgment without opinion, motion withdrawn, peace and reconciliation, Prosecutorial Discretion, striking from records, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of proceedings | rl-v-tipoteh-et-al-lrsc-21-38-llr-324-1996 | 1996-opinions appellate-practice attorney-general civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judgment-without-opinion motion-withdrawn peace-and-reconciliation prosecutorial-discretion striking-from-records supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-proceedings | 1996-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Tolbert et al LRSC 11; 36 LLR 739 (1990) | 1990, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1990 Opinions, administrators and administratrix, admissions in pleadings, Bill of Exceptions, Bong County, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, constitutional duty of the executive, constitutional law, contempt of court, decedents estates, deemed admissions, enforcement of mandate, estate property, executive power, finality of judgment, Gbalatuah Farm, Intestate Succession, inventory of estate, January 9, judicial admissions, judicial review prohibited, Letters of Administration, mandate of court, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, obstruction of justice, predecessor judge, presidential prerogative, Probate Law, Res Judicata, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia | rl-v-tolbert-et-al-lrsc-11-36-llr-739-1990 | 1990-opinions administrators-and-administratrix admissions-in-pleadings bill-of-exceptions bong-county civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-duty-of-the-executive constitutional-law contempt-of-court decedents-estates deemed-admissions enforcement-of-mandate estate-property executive-power finality-of-judgment gbalatuah-farm intestate-succession inventory-of-estate january-9 judicial-admissions judicial-review-prohibited letters-of-administration mandate-of-court ninth-judicial-circuit-court obstruction-of-justice predecessor-judge presidential-prerogative probate-law res-judicata separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia | 1990-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Wright et al LRSC 37; 38 LLR 110 (1995) | 1985, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1995 Opinions, alteration of judgment, Appeal, Banking Law, Bare Denial, breach of deposit contract, civil law, Civil Procedure, court-appointed counsel, damages, denial of day in court, exceptions to judgment, Final Judgment, government intervention, intervention, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, notice of assignment, police power, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | rl-v-wright-et-al-lrsc-37-38-llr-110-1995 | 1995-opinions alteration-of-judgment appeal banking-law bare-denial breach-of-deposit-contract civil-law civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel damages denial-of-day-in-court exceptions-to-judgment final-judgment government-intervention intervention ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-intervene notice-of-assignment police-power sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 1985-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v. Ayika LRSC 34 (2013) | 2013, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Law (Case) | 2013 Opinions, Bill of information, Central Bank of Liberia, confiscation of currency, constitutional law, contempt of court, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Due Process, ECOWAS Court of Justice, First Judicial Circuit, International Law, Jurisdiction, mandamus, Ministry of Justice, money laundering, Montserrado County, sovereignty, Supreme Court of Liberia, treaty ratification, Writ of Error | rl-v-ayika-lrsc-34-2013 | 2013-opinions bill-of-information central-bank-of-liberia confiscation-of-currency constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-assizes-c criminal-law due-process ecowas-court-of-justice first-judicial-circuit international-law jurisdiction mandamus ministry-of-justice money-laundering montserrado-county sovereignty supreme-court-of-liberia treaty-ratification writ-of-error | 2013-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Roland v. Allison et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, appellate procedure, Austin B. Taylor, Board of Commissioners, burden of evidence, burden of proof, Coalition for Democratic Change, confirmation of election results, election appeal, election petition dismissal, electoral complaint, electoral dispute resolution, Electoral District #3, electoral irregularities, electoral law, Hon. Isaac B. Roland, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Maryland County, motion for diminution of records, National Elections Commission, NEC hearing officer ruling, NEC regulations, notice and pleadings, poll watchers, Procedural Compliance, representative election, Supreme Court of Liberia | roland-v-allison-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-procedure austin-b-taylor board-of-commissioners burden-of-evidence burden-of-proof coalition-for-democratic-change confirmation-of-election-results election-appeal election-petition-dismissal electoral-complaint electoral-dispute-resolution electoral-district-3 electoral-irregularities electoral-law hon-isaac-b-roland justice-yamie-q-gbeisay maryland-county motion-for-diminution-of-records national-elections-commission nec-hearing-officer-ruling nec-regulations notice-and-pleadings poll-watchers procedural-compliance representative-election supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases elections-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Ross vs. Burnette (2020) | 2020, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law, Tax Law | 2020 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 51.8 and 63.2.1, costs taxed, damages, defective appeal bond, dismissibility of appeal, Ejectment, Evidence, insurance company as surety, jurisdiction of trial court, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Revenue Authority, mandate, Mentor Initiative v. Fardoun, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, perfection of appeal, property ownership, Reeves v. Quiah Brothers, resumption of jurisdiction, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, Surety Qualification, tax clearance requirement | ross-vs-burnette-2020 | 2020-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-51-8-and-63-2-1 costs-taxed damages defective-appeal-bond dismissibility-of-appeal ejectment evidence insurance-company-as-surety jurisdiction-of-trial-court jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-revenue-authority mandate mentor-initiative-v-fardoun montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville perfection-of-appeal property-ownership reeves-v-quiah-brothers resumption-of-jurisdiction sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia surety-qualification tax-clearance-requirement | 2020-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases tax-law supreme-court | |
| Salala Rubber Co. v Onadeke LRSC 2; 24 LLR 441 (1976) | 1976, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law | 1976 Opinions, Acquittal, Bong County, Chief Justice Pierre, Civil Law Court, clarity of pleadings, damages, Due Process, early Liberian jurisprudence., evidentiary burden, excessive verdict, malicious prosecution, Montserrado County, native trial by ordeal, pleading, proof of malice, reversal of judgment, sassywood, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconstitutional practice | 1976-opinions acquittal bong-county chief-justice-pierre civil-law-court clarity-of-pleadings damages due-process early-liberian-jurisprudence evidentiary-burden excessive-verdict malicious-prosecution montserrado-county native-trial-by-ordeal pleading proof-of-malice reversal-of-judgment sassywood supreme-court-of-liberia unconstitutional-practice | 1976-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases customary-law evidence-law supreme-court | ||
| Samuels v Samuels LRSC 24; 11 LLR 276 (1952) | 1952, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law | 1952 Opinions, civil law, Constructive Notice, coordinate jurisdiction, divorce, Due Process, equity, fraud, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, publication of summons, service of summons, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | samuels-v-samuels-lrsc-24-11-llr-276-1952 | 1952-opinions civil-law constructive-notice coordinate-jurisdiction divorce due-process equity fraud jurisdiction montserrado-county publication-of-summons service-of-summons supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | 1952-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sarpo Community v The Central Bank of Liberia et al (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law | 2008 National Population and Housing Census, 2025 Opinions, Administrative Law, Article 34(d)(ii), Article 5, Article 65, banknote design, Capacity to Sue, Central Bank of Liberia, Civil Procedure, Constitution of Liberia, constitutional law, currency issuance, declaratory judgment, discrimination, equal protection, ethnic group recognition, executive branch, justiciability, legislative authority, Liberian dollar, LISGIS, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, national unity, political question doctrine, real party in interest, separation of powers, Sinoe County, Standing, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribalism | sarpo-community-v-the-central-bank-of-liberia-et-al-2025 | 2008-national-population-and-housing-census 2025-opinions administrative-law article-34dii article-5 article-65 banknote-design capacity-to-sue central-bank-of-liberia civil-procedure constitution-of-liberia constitutional-law currency-issuance declaratory-judgment discrimination equal-protection ethnic-group-recognition executive-branch justiciability legislative-authority liberian-dollar lisgis ministry-of-justice monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss national-unity political-question-doctrine real-party-in-interest separation-of-powers sinoe-county standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia tribalism | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Sayeh v The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Supreme Court Opinion, Civil Law Court, Damages for Wrong, Defamation of Character, Double Recovery, Employment Law, Jury Trial, Labor Dispute, Liberia Telecommunications Authority, LTA, Professional Reputation, Res Judicata, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, Wrongful Dismissal | sayeh-v-the-liberia-telecommunications-authority-2025 | 2025-supreme-court-opinion civil-law-court damages-for-wrong defamation-of-character double-recovery employment-law jury-trial labor-dispute liberia-telecommunications-authority lta professional-reputation res-judicata reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law wrongful-dismissal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sayeneh et al. v Ecobank LRSC 24 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, costs taxed, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, judgment without opinion, Jurisdiction, Labour Law, mandate, Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labour Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, Supreme Court of Liberia | sayeneh-et-al-v-ecobank-lrsc-24-april-2015 | appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions costs-taxed dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal judgment-without-opinion jurisdiction labour-law mandate monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labour-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default supreme-court-of-liberia | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sayon et al v. The 14th Episcopal District AME Church (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, civil law, Ejectment, Estoppel, eviction, fraudulent title claim, general damages, judgment during trial, Jury Trial, lease agreement, missionary property exception, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, property ownership, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, title deed, trustee ownership, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | sayon-et-al-v-the-14th-episcopal-district-ame-church-2017 | 2017-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review civil-law ejectment estoppel eviction fraudulent-title-claim general-damages judgment-during-trial jury-trial lease-agreement missionary-property-exception montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial property-ownership sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy title-deed trustee-ownership writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Scanship (Lib) Inc. v Flomo LRSC 21; 41 LLR 181 (2002) | 2002, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Property Law | Appeal, bailor-bailee relationship, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Debt Court, declaratory judgment, employer-employee relationship, jurisdictional error, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, redundancy, Reversal, Statute of Limitations, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | scanship-lib-inc-v-flomo-lrsc-21-41-llr-181-2002 | appeal bailor-bailee-relationship civil-law-court civil-procedure debt-court declaratory-judgment employer-employee-relationship jurisdictional-error montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss redundancy reversal statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | 2002-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Selma v. Gorpudolo (2025) (Bill of Information) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal Procedure, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of information, child support, civil law, custody of children, divorce, domestic relations, Due Process, improper use of bill of information, Mandate Enforcement, Montserrado County, parental rights, Supreme Court of Liberia, visitation rights | selma-v-gorpudolo-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions appeal-procedure appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-information child-support civil-law custody-of-children divorce domestic-relations due-process improper-use-of-bill-of-information mandate-enforcement montserrado-county parental-rights supreme-court-of-liberia visitation-rights | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sethi Brothers Inc. v. Jenteh (2021) | 2021, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2021 Opinions, abandonment by counsel, appeal limitation period (30 days), burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law, Decent Work Act 2015 s.10.1, Default Judgment, employer–employee relationship proof, Enforcement of Judgment, Evidence Law, Frederick Jenteh, judicial review (failure to file), Labor Law, Labour Law, Ministry of Labour hearing officer, modification of damages, National Labor Court, procedural default/waiver, Sethi Brothers Inc., Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labour Practice, Wrongful Dismissal, wrongful dismissal damages (months of salary) | sethi-brothers-inc-v-jenteh-2021 | 2021-opinions abandonment-by-counsel appeal-limitation-period-30-days burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law decent-work-act-2015-s-10-1 default-judgment employer-employee-relationship-proof enforcement-of-judgment evidence-law frederick-jenteh judicial-review-failure-to-file labor-law labour-law ministry-of-labour-hearing-officer modification-of-damages national-labor-court procedural-default-waiver sethi-brothers-inc supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labour-practice wrongful-dismissal wrongful-dismissal-damages-months-of-salary | 2021-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Settro v Johnson et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, admissions, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burial dispute, certified records, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, declaratory judgment, dismissal of appeal, Evidence, family law, Injunction, judicial admission, jurisdictional steps of appeal, mandate, marital status, marriage, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, petition for declaratory judgment, Rev. Code 1:25.8, Rev. Code 1:51.11, Rev. Code 1:51.4, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, traditional marriage, transcription of records, widow’s rights | settro-v-johnson-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal admissions appeal-bond appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burial-dispute certified-records civil-law-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-law constitutional-law declaratory-judgment dismissal-of-appeal evidence family-law injunction judicial-admission jurisdictional-steps-of-appeal mandate marital-status marriage monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal petition-for-declaratory-judgment rev-code-125-8 rev-code-151-11 rev-code-151-4 sixth-judicial-circuit superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia traditional-marriage transcription-of-records widows-rights | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Sheriff v Parwon et al. LRSC 25 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, completion of appeal, counsel’s duty, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, enlargement of time, excusable neglect, Force Majeure, ineffective service, Jurisdiction, Land Dispute, late filing, leasehold interest, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Housing Authority, non-lawyer filing, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Property Law, Rev. Code 1:1.7.2, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, statutory time limits, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, vis major | sheriff-v-parwon-et-al-lrsc-25-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-procedure-law completion-of-appeal counsels-duty ejectment enforcement-of-judgment enlargement-of-time excusable-neglect force-majeure ineffective-service jurisdiction land-dispute late-filing leasehold-interest mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-housing-authority non-lawyer-filing notice-of-completion-of-appeal property-law rev-code-11-7-2 sixth-judicial-circuit-court statutory-time-limits summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed vis-major | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Simpson v A.I.D. Enterprise et al LRSC 38 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, civil law, Ejectment, evidentiary error, general damages, intervention, Joinder of Parties, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease agreement, Montserrado County, non-party pleading, Procedural Law, reversal of judgment, right to possession, service of summons, statute of frauds, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | simpson-v-a-i-d-enterprise-et-al-lrsc-38-2015 | 2025-opinions appeal civil-law ejectment evidentiary-error general-damages intervention joinder-of-parties jury-verdict land-dispute lease-agreement montserrado-county non-party-pleading procedural-law reversal-of-judgment right-to-possession service-of-summons statute-of-frauds supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sirleaf v Sheriff LRSC 70; 30 LLR 378 (1982) | 1982, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1982 Opinions, affidavit of sureties, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, bond sufficiency, civil law, Ejectment, liens and encumbrances, Lofa County, mandatory statutory requirements, metes and bounds, Motion to dismiss appeal, property description, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety bond | sirleaf-v-sheriff-lrsc-70-30-llr-378-1982 | 1982-opinions affidavit-of-sureties appeal-bond appellate-procedure bond-sufficiency civil-law ejectment liens-and-encumbrances lofa-county mandatory-statutory-requirements metes-and-bounds motion-to-dismiss-appeal property-description supreme-court-of-liberia surety-bond | 1982-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Smallwood v Korla LRSC 35; 22 LLR 54 (1973) | 1973, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate procedure, apportionment of land, apportionment principle, burden on trial court, civil law, Civil Law Court, clean hands doctrine, co-ownership, confession and avoidance, conveyance by co-owner, costs to abide final determination, de novo trial, deed cancellation, delay and laches, ejectment proceedings, equity, failure to determine issues of law, failure to rule on legal issues, fraud, fraud allegations, improper pleading, issues of fact, issues of law, joinder of issues, joint ownership rights, Land Dispute, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, pleading practice, pleadings, procedural error, Property Law, Real Property, remand, reply to answer, resumption of jurisdiction, Reversible Error, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularity, trial procedure, undue advantage, unpartitioned property, validity of deed | smallwood-v-korla-lrsc-35-22-llr-54-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-procedure apportionment-of-land apportionment-principle burden-on-trial-court civil-law civil-law-court clean-hands-doctrine co-ownership confession-and-avoidance conveyance-by-co-owner costs-to-abide-final-determination de-novo-trial deed-cancellation delay-and-laches ejectment-proceedings equity failure-to-determine-issues-of-law failure-to-rule-on-legal-issues fraud fraud-allegations improper-pleading issues-of-fact issues-of-law joinder-of-issues joint-ownership-rights land-dispute mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss pleading-practice pleadings procedural-error property-law real-property remand reply-to-answer resumption-of-jurisdiction reversible-error sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularity trial-procedure undue-advantage unpartitioned-property validity-of-deed | 1973-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Snow Hill Community Play Ground v. Snow Hill Baptist Church (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, arbitration, board of arbitrators, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 64, declaratory and possessory rights, Due Process, Ejectment, fraud investigation, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, non-discovery, objection to arbitration award, Real Property, Snow Hill Baptist Church, Snow Hill Community Playground, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, title deed | snow-hill-community-play-ground-v-snow-hill-baptist-church-2025 | 2025-opinions arbitration board-of-arbitrators civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-64 declaratory-and-possessory-rights due-process ejectment fraud-investigation land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county non-discovery objection-to-arbitration-award real-property snow-hill-baptist-church snow-hill-community-playground supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute title-deed | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sonnie et al v King et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2025 Supreme Court Opinion, Abandonment of Appeal, Administrative Sanctions, Administrator Removal, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Practice, Civil Procedure Law §51.11, Clerk Negligence, Clerk’s Duty, Intestate Estate, Judicial Administration, Motion to dismiss appeal, Probate Court, Record Transmission, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia | sonnie-et-al-v-king-et-al-2025 | 2025-supreme-court-opinion abandonment-of-appeal administrative-sanctions administrator-removal appeal-procedure appellate-practice civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-11 clerk-negligence clerks-duty intestate-estate judicial-administration motion-to-dismiss-appeal probate-court record-transmission superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Speaker J. Fonati Koffa et al. v. Representative Richard N. Koon (2025) Dissenting Opinion | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions | acceptance of benefits, amended bill of information, appellate mandate, Article 2, Article 20, Article 3, Article 31, Article 33, Article 35, Article 49, Article 50, Article 66, Article 90, Bill of information, budget passage process, Conflict of Interest, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, contempt powers, definition of mandate, Dissenting Opinion, Due Process, elections commission precedent, enforcement limits, Estoppel, executive approval, fiscal policy, FY2025 budget, House of Representatives, Jr., Jurisdiction, Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, LAMCO v. Azzam, legislative impasse, legislature, mandamus, mandate, national budget, oath of office, political question doctrine, presidential powers, presiding officer, Prohibition, Public Policy, quorum, removal of speaker, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IV Part 12, self-preservation doctrine, Senate concurrence, separation of powers, Speaker dispute, state necessity, three coordinate branches, Timeliness, Waiver | speaker-j-fonati-koffa-et-al-v-representative-richard-n-koon-2025-dissenting-opinion | acceptance-of-benefits amended-bill-of-information appellate-mandate article-2 article-20 article-3 article-31 article-33 article-35 article-49 article-50 article-66 article-90 bill-of-information budget-passage-process conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy contempt-powers definition-of-mandate dissenting-opinion due-process elections-commission-precedent enforcement-limits estoppel executive-approval fiscal-policy fy2025-budget house-of-representatives jr jurisdiction justice-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay lamco-v-azzam legislative-impasse legislature mandamus mandate national-budget oath-of-office political-question-doctrine presidential-powers presiding-officer prohibition public-policy quorum removal-of-speaker revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-iv-part-12 self-preservation-doctrine senate-concurrence separation-of-powers speaker-dispute state-necessity three-coordinate-branches timeliness waiver | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases dissenting-opinions supreme-court | |
| Srimex Oil and Gas Company v His Honor George W. Smith et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2025 Opinions, 50/50 revenue sharing, access to evidence, administrative costs, appellate jurisdiction, auditing and accounting, Bill of information, capital expenditure, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, comprehensive financial audit, construction costs, cost allocation, court-ordered audit, Credit Suisse records, deviation from mandate, dilatory tactics, Due Process, improper execution of mandate, instructions to trial court, insurance, international commercial dispute, legal fees, Mandate Enforcement, mandate to resume jurisdiction, Monrovia, Montserrado County, notice and opportunity to be heard, oil and gas, operational expenses, outstanding balance liability, petroleum terminal, reimbursement of investment, remand, rent, revenue accounting, salaries and wages, scope of mandate, Sixth Judicial Circuit, storage and sale of petroleum products, supervisory jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Switzerland, third-party confirmations, transparency and fairness, underlying source documents, waiver and laches | srimex-oil-and-gas-company-v-his-honor-george-w-smith-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions 50-50-revenue-sharing access-to-evidence administrative-costs appellate-jurisdiction auditing-and-accounting bill-of-information capital-expenditure civil-law-court civil-procedure comprehensive-financial-audit construction-costs cost-allocation court-ordered-audit credit-suisse-records deviation-from-mandate dilatory-tactics due-process improper-execution-of-mandate instructions-to-trial-court insurance international-commercial-dispute legal-fees mandate-enforcement mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction monrovia montserrado-county notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard oil-and-gas operational-expenses outstanding-balance-liability petroleum-terminal reimbursement-of-investment remand rent revenue-accounting salaries-and-wages scope-of-mandate sixth-judicial-circuit storage-and-sale-of-petroleum-products supervisory-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia switzerland third-party-confirmations transparency-and-fairness underlying-source-documents waiver-and-laches | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Stoner Liberia Inc. vs. Ecobank Liberia Limited (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2023 Opinions, action of debt, admission of indebtedness, Article III(4), Banking Law, Civil Procedure, collateral source of repayment, Commercial Court of Liberia Act, Commercial Law, costs taxed, damages award, debt by attachment, Ecobank Liberia Limited, Eva Mappy Morgan, extraordinary writ, guaranty/third-party responsibility, interlocutory ruling, Joinder of Parties, Judicial Notice, Jurisdiction, loan facility, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, moot by operation of law, mootness, motion to join indispensable party, no genuine issue of material fact, prior Supreme Court judgment, proceeding by wrong rules, prohibition as remedy, prohibition not substitute for appeal, prompt determination of commercial disputes, remand to court below, res judicata principles, review of interlocutory ruling, single judge ruling, Stoner Liberia Inc., sua sponte dismissal, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Total Liberia Inc., window for review, Writ of Prohibition | stoner-liberia-inc-vs-ecobank-liberia-limited-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-debt admission-of-indebtedness article-iii4 banking-law civil-procedure collateral-source-of-repayment commercial-court-of-liberia-act commercial-law costs-taxed damages-award debt-by-attachment ecobank-liberia-limited eva-mappy-morgan extraordinary-writ guaranty-third-party-responsibility interlocutory-ruling joinder-of-parties judicial-notice jurisdiction loan-facility mandate monrovia montserrado-county moot-by-operation-of-law mootness motion-to-join-indispensable-party no-genuine-issue-of-material-fact prior-supreme-court-judgment proceeding-by-wrong-rules prohibition-as-remedy prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal prompt-determination-of-commercial-disputes remand-to-court-below res-judicata-principles review-of-interlocutory-ruling single-judge-ruling stoner-liberia-inc sua-sponte-dismissal summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel total-liberia-inc window-for-review writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Subah Belleh v Oniyama LRSC 4 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, civil law, Decree of Sale, defects in title, Ejectment, Estoppel, Four-Month Rule, Intestate Estate, Judicial Notice, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, notice, older deed principle, probate and registration, Property Law, same grantor, strength of plaintiff’s title, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, waiver and laches | subah-belleh-v-oniyama-lrsc-4-2015 | 2015-opinions administrators-deed affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof civil-law decree-of-sale defects-in-title ejectment estoppel four-month-rule intestate-estate judicial-notice jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county notice older-deed-principle probate-and-registration property-law same-grantor strength-of-plaintiffs-title superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver-and-laches | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Subah Belleh v Oniyama LRSC 5 (2015) (Dissent) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Dissenting Opinions, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, administrator deed, Adverse Possession, Appellate Review, arbitration, Bushrod Island, Chain of Title, civil law, common grantor, damages, Decree of Sale, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, Four-Month Rule, Intestate Estate, judicial disagreement, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, mediation, metes and bounds, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, New Kru Town, Prior Title Doctrine, probate court procedure, probation and registration of deed, Property Law, Race Statute, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, St. Paul Bridge, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, waiver and laches, weight of evidence, wrongful withholding of property | subah-belleh-v-oniyama-lrsc-5-2015 | 2015-opinions administrator-deed adverse-possession appellate-review arbitration bushrod-island chain-of-title civil-law common-grantor damages decree-of-sale dissenting-opinion ejectment four-month-rule intestate-estate judicial-disagreement jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration mediation metes-and-bounds monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial new-kru-town prior-title-doctrine probate-court-procedure probation-and-registration-of-deed property-law race-statute sixth-judicial-circuit-court st-paul-bridge substantive-justice supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver-and-laches weight-of-evidence wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases dissenting-opinions inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sumo v Bongay et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abandonment of defense, abuse of discretion, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Appleby v Freeman, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, burden of proof, Burney v Jantzen, Civil Law Court, conflicting title, continuance, credibility of witnesses, denial of continuance, documentary evidence, Due Process, Ejectment, Estate Administration, eviction, failure to appear, failure to file post-trial motion, failure to superintend precept, Fraudulent Deed, inheritance, interference with possession, Intestate Estate, Intestate Estate of Massaquoi v AME Church, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, Kpoto v Williams, Land Dispute, Ledlow v. Republic, Legal Ethics, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, Margibi County, Marshall City, Massaquoi v Republic, Metco v Chase Manhattan Bank, Montserrado County, National Archives, notice and opportunity to be heard, Possession, preponderance of evidence, probate and registration, probate venue requirement, Professional Misconduct, property ownership, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, restitution of possession, Richards v Barclay, Salifu v Lassannah, sanction of counsel, Schiefflin Township, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, suspension from practice, title deed, Togba v Republic, Vijayaraman v Xoanon Liberia Ltd., waiver of rights, warranty deed, Wolo v. Wolo, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | sumo-v-bongay-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abandonment-of-defense abuse-of-discretion affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review appleby-v-freeman article-20a-constitution-of-liberia burden-of-proof burney-v-jantzen civil-law-court conflicting-title continuance credibility-of-witnesses denial-of-continuance documentary-evidence due-process ejectment estate-administration eviction failure-to-appear failure-to-file-post-trial-motion failure-to-superintend-precept fraudulent-deed inheritance interference-with-possession intestate-estate intestate-estate-of-massaquoi-v-ame-church judicial-discipline jurisdiction jury-verdict kpoto-v-williams land-dispute ledlow-v-republic legal-ethics letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority margibi-county marshall-city massaquoi-v-republic metco-v-chase-manhattan-bank montserrado-county national-archives notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard possession preponderance-of-evidence probate-and-registration probate-venue-requirement professional-misconduct property-ownership quiet-enjoyment real-property restitution-of-possession richards-v-barclay salifu-v-lassannah sanction-of-counsel schiefflin-township subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence suspension-from-practice title-deed togba-v-republic vijayaraman-v-xoanon-liberia-ltd waiver-of-rights warranty-deed wolo-v-wolo writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases ethics evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tamba et al v RL LRSC 39 (2005) | 2005, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2005 Opinions, constitutional law, expiration of commission, extraordinary writs, judicial removal, justice of the peace, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, public office, quo warranto, Supreme Court of Liberia, usurpation of office | tamba-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-39-2005 | 2005-opinions constitutional-law expiration-of-commission extraordinary-writs judicial-removal justice-of-the-peace ministry-of-justice montserrado-county public-office quo-warranto supreme-court-of-liberia usurpation-of-office | 2005-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tandapolie et al. v. Tweh (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Citizenship Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, administrative investigation, Aliens and Nationality Law, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Article 30 Constitution of Liberia, Board of Commissioners NEC, Caldwell, candidate eligibility, challenge to nomination, citizenship eligibility, Civil Procedure Law, consolidation of actions, constitutional law, denial of motion, disqualification, District 11, documentary evidence, domicile definition, domicile requirement, dual citizenship, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral maps, electoral procedures, eligibility to contest election, eminent citizen, evidentiary burden, GIS evidence, hearing officers, jurisdiction of NEC, lack of standing, legal standing, locus standi, Louisiana community, mandate, Montserrado County, motion for newly discovered evidence, Motion to Dismiss, National Elections Commission, NEC, nomination and registration procedures 2023, objection to nomination, political party standing, preponderance of evidence, provisional listing of candidates, registered voter, renunciation of citizenship, representative aspirant, residency requirement, Rule of Law, Statutory interpretation, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia | tandapolie-al-v-national-election-commission-et-al-2023 tandapolie-et-al-v-tweh-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-investigation aliens-and-nationality-law appellate-reversal appellate-review article-30-constitution-of-liberia board-of-commissioners-nec caldwell candidate-eligibility challenge-to-nomination citizenship-eligibility civil-procedure-law consolidation-of-actions constitutional-law denial-of-motion disqualification district-11 documentary-evidence domicile-definition domicile-requirement dual-citizenship elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-maps electoral-procedures eligibility-to-contest-election eminent-citizen evidentiary-burden gis-evidence hearing-officers jurisdiction-of-nec lack-of-standing legal-standing locus-standi louisiana-community mandate montserrado-county motion-for-newly-discovered-evidence motion-to-dismiss national-elections-commission nec nomination-and-registration-procedures-2023 objection-to-nomination political-party-standing preponderance-of-evidence provisional-listing-of-candidates registered-voter renunciation-of-citizenship representative-aspirant residency-requirement rule-of-law statutory-interpretation subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 administrative-law citizenship-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Tandapolie et al v National Elections Commission (NEC) (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law | 2023 general and presidential elections, 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, alliances, Appeal Dismissal, Article 11, Article 2, Article 30, bank balance requirement, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Board of Commissioners, candidate nomination requirements, case or controversy, coalitions, constitutional challenge, constitutional law, District 1, District 11, election law, hearing officers, House of Representatives elections, indemnity insurance policy, independent candidates, Judicial Review, jurisdictional steps, Montserrado County, mootness, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, perfection of appeal, political parties, public consultation, Standing, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | tandapolie-and-dalieh-vs-national-elections-commission-and-amos-siebo-v-national-elections-commission-consolidated-2024 tandapolie-et-al-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2024 tandapolie-vs-national-elections-commission-nec-2024 | 2023-general-and-presidential-elections 2024-opinions administrative-law alliances appeal-dismissal article-11 article-2 article-30 bank-balance-requirement bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information board-of-commissioners candidate-nomination-requirements case-or-controversy coalitions constitutional-challenge constitutional-law district-1 district-11 election-law hearing-officers house-of-representatives-elections indemnity-insurance-policy independent-candidates judicial-review jurisdictional-steps montserrado-county mootness motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission nec-regulations perfection-of-appeal political-parties public-consultation standing statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tarpeh v. National Elections Commission (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation, Appellate Review, Board of Commissioners NEC, candidate eligibility, constitutional law, dismissal of action, District 5, election dispute resolution, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral regulations, filing deadline, hearing officer ruling, judicial restraint, jurisdictional threshold, lack of standing, legal capacity, Liberia First Movement Party, locus standi, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, motion to join, National Elections Commission, NEC, nomination and registration procedures 2023, objection to nomination, political party participation, pre-election objection, precedent adherence, procedural bar, provisional listing of candidates, registered voter, representative aspirant, Rule of Law, Section 5.9 New Elections Law, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of complaint | tarpeh-v-national-elections-commission-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation appellate-review board-of-commissioners-nec candidate-eligibility constitutional-law dismissal-of-action district-5 election-dispute-resolution elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-regulations filing-deadline hearing-officer-ruling judicial-restraint jurisdictional-threshold lack-of-standing legal-capacity liberia-first-movement-party locus-standi monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss motion-to-join national-elections-commission nec nomination-and-registration-procedures-2023 objection-to-nomination political-party-participation pre-election-objection precedent-adherence procedural-bar provisional-listing-of-candidates registered-voter representative-aspirant rule-of-law section-5-9-new-elections-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-complaint | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Teah vs Awacotata et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal Procedure, Chambers Justice jurisdiction, denial of motion to dismiss, effect of stay order on appeal timeline, Johnson Teah v. Philip Orega Awacotata and Sylvester, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Kailondo Petroleum v. GT Bank precedent, Motion to dismiss appeal, restoration of remaining appeal time after stay, statutory compliance with Civil Procedure Law §51.4, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of appeal bond and notice of completion | teah-vs-awacotata-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal-procedure chambers-justice-jurisdiction denial-of-motion-to-dismiss effect-of-stay-order-on-appeal-timeline johnson-teah-v-philip-orega-awacotata-and-sylvester justice-yussif-d-kaba kailondo-petroleum-v-gt-bank-precedent motion-to-dismiss-appeal restoration-of-remaining-appeal-time-after-stay statutory-compliance-with-civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tengbeh et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Samuel B. Cole (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property law (case law) | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Brewerville, civil law, Civil Law Court, Costs, Due Process, eviction and ouster, failure of service, illegal possession, improper designation of parties, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, jurisdiction of court, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Parties not brought under court's jurisdiction not boud by judgment emanating therefrom, real property dispute, Resummons, Service by Publication, service of summons, severance of parties, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title deed, wrongful withholding | keturah-tengbeh-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-samuel-b-cole-2024 tengbeh-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-samuel-b-cole-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review brewerville civil-law civil-law-court costs due-process eviction-and-ouster failure-of-service illegal-possession improper-designation-of-parties intestate-estate investigative-survey jurisdiction-of-court jury-verdict letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial parties-not-brought-under-courts-jurisdiction-not-boud-by-judgment-emanating-therefrom real-property-dispute resummons service-by-publication service-of-summons severance-of-parties sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| The Campaign Team of Mr. Julius K. Kanubah for the Press Union of Liberia 2022 Elections v. His Honor Joseph Nagbe et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2023 Opinions, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Campaign Team of Julius K. Kanubah v. His Honor Joseph Nagbe and the Press Union of Liberia, Chambers Justice authority, declaratory judgment, Due Process, expansion of bill of information, improper execution of Supreme Court mandate, irregular enforcement, issuance of alternative writ, judicial discretion, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Karen-Gaydou Sehkeporh v. Nagbe, May 2 hearing, preliminary injunction, Press Union of Liberia elections, procedural error, remedial writs, right to be heard, scope of bill of information, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order (TRO), Writ of Prohibition | the-campaign-team-of-mr-julius-k-kanubah-for-the-press-union-of-liberia-2022-elections-v-his-honor-joseph-nagbe-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information campaign-team-of-julius-k-kanubah-v-his-honor-joseph-nagbe-and-the-press-union-of-liberia chambers-justice-authority declaratory-judgment due-process expansion-of-bill-of-information improper-execution-of-supreme-court-mandate irregular-enforcement issuance-of-alternative-writ judicial-discretion justice-yussif-d-kaba karen-gaydou-sehkeporh-v-nagbe may-2-hearing preliminary-injunction press-union-of-liberia-elections procedural-error remedial-writs right-to-be-heard scope-of-bill-of-information supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order-tro writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2015-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| The Citizens of Du Wollee Township v The Citizens of Worteh Clan (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, aborigines deed, civil law, clan land, customary land rights, declaratory judgment, Evidence, Golden Veroleum, Hinterland Regulations, Kpanyan Statutory District, Land Dispute, legislative acts, Matro/Nemo Chiefdom, metes and bounds, oil palm concession, property ownership, Real Property, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, township incorporation | the-citizens-of-du-wollee-township-v-the-citizens-of-worteh-clan-2025 | 2025-opinions aborigines-deed civil-law clan-land customary-land-rights declaratory-judgment evidence golden-veroleum hinterland-regulations kpanyan-statutory-district land-dispute legislative-acts matro-nemo-chiefdom metes-and-bounds oil-palm-concession property-ownership real-property sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed township-incorporation | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases customary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) Vs United Commodities Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Health Law, Insurance Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, banking and finance law, breach of contract, civil law, collateral management, Commercial Law, contractual interpretation, Costs, damaged goods, default on loan, Ebola outbreak, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Escrow Account, field warehousing agreement, Force Majeure, foreclosure rights, impossibility of performance, insurance obligation, international finance, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), loan agreement, mandate, Montserrado County, mortgage security, personal guarantees, petition for declaratory judgment, reversal of trial court judgment, risk of loss, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconditional liability, United Commodities Inc., unjust enrichment | the-ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid-vs-united-commodities-inc-2020 | 2020-opinions appellate-review banking-and-finance-law breach-of-contract civil-law collateral-management commercial-law contractual-interpretation costs damaged-goods default-on-loan ebola-outbreak ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid escrow-account field-warehousing-agreement force-majeure foreclosure-rights impossibility-of-performance insurance-obligation international-finance liberia-bank-for-development-and-investment-lbdi loan-agreement mandate montserrado-county mortgage-security personal-guarantees petition-for-declaratory-judgment reversal-of-trial-court-judgment risk-of-loss supreme-court-of-liberia unconditional-liability united-commodities-inc unjust-enrichment | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases health-law insurance-law supreme-court | |
| The Government of the Republic of Liberia v Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) 2025 | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Executive Law | 2025 Opinions, arbitration clause, civil law, concession agreement, Contract Termination, Due Process, extraordinary writs, government contracts, Jurisdiction, Liberia Revenue Authority, Liberia Traffic Management Incorporated, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Transport, Montserrado County, non-judicial bodies, PPP contracts, public procurement, Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, public-private partnership, sanctity of contracts, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-v-modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-2025 | 2025-opinions arbitration-clause civil-law concession-agreement contract-termination due-process extraordinary-writs government-contracts jurisdiction liberia-revenue-authority liberia-traffic-management-incorporated ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning ministry-of-justice ministry-of-transport montserrado-county non-judicial-bodies ppp-contracts public-procurement public-procurement-and-concessions-commission public-private-partnership sanctity-of-contracts supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| The House of Representatives v. Hon. Yekeh Koluba (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, Chambers Justice, constitutional law, Due Process, enforcement of Supreme Court mandate, House of Representatives, Judicial Review, legislative discipline, legislative procedure, Montserrado County, salaries and benefits, separation of powers, Speaker authority, status quo ante, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of lawmaker, Writ of Prohibition | the-house-of-representatives-v-hon-yekeh-koluba-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-law appeal appellate-review bill-of-information chambers-justice constitutional-law due-process enforcement-of-supreme-court-mandate house-of-representatives judicial-review legislative-discipline legislative-procedure montserrado-county salaries-and-benefits separation-of-powers speaker-authority status-quo-ante supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-lawmaker writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of AB Mars v. Freeman et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, administrators and administratrix, Appeal bond, appeal process, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Brown v. General Construction, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law, clerk of court duties, continuation of appeal, Dayrell v. Thomas and Moore, denial of motion, dismissal grounds, Estate Administration, excusable neglect, failure to prosecute appeal, Gbartoe v. Doe, Intestate Estate, judicial discretion, Liberia Telecommunications Corp v. Tyler, litigation costs, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Morgan v. Barclay, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Housing and Savings Bank v. Gordon, Notice of Completion of Appeal, precedent, preponderance of evidence, Probate Law, procedural requirements, Property Dispute, refund of costs, Section 51.11 Civil Procedure Law, Section 51.16 Civil Procedure Law, Statutory interpretation, superintendence of records, transcription of records, transmittal of records, upreme Court of Liberia, VH Timber v. Naca Logging Company | the-intestate-estate-of-ab-mars-v-freeman-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions abandonment-of-appeal administrators-and-administratrix appeal-bond appeal-process appellate-procedure appellate-review bill-of-exceptions brown-v-general-construction burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law clerk-of-court-duties continuation-of-appeal dayrell-v-thomas-and-moore denial-of-motion dismissal-grounds estate-administration excusable-neglect failure-to-prosecute-appeal gbartoe-v-doe intestate-estate judicial-discretion liberia-telecommunications-corp-v-tyler litigation-costs monrovia montserrado-county morgan-v-barclay motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-housing-and-savings-bank-v-gordon notice-of-completion-of-appeal precedent preponderance-of-evidence probate-law procedural-requirements property-dispute refund-of-costs section-51-11-civil-procedure-law section-51-16-civil-procedure-law statutory-interpretation superintendence-of-records transcription-of-records transmittal-of-records upreme-court-of-liberia vh-timber-v-naca-logging-company | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Benjamin Franklin v. CICO (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appellate Review, assent, Bong County, Chain of Title, CICO Company, civil law, credibility of evidence, damages, duty of lawyers to object to hearsay testimonies, Ejectment, estoppel by laches, estoppel for failure to object, Garyea Clan, Gbatala, hearsay, intervention, issues of fact, judgment as a matter of law, jury to determine fraud, Jury Trial, land boundary, lease agreement, mandate, metes and bounds, motion for judgment during trial, motion to intervene, objection, Possession, Property Law, public land sale deed, Real Property, remand for new trial, resurvey, Reversal, rock quarrying, Suakoko District, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey, title dispute, trespass, tribal certificate, Waiver, wrongful withholding | the-intestate-estate-of-benjamin-franklin-v-cico-2024 | 2024-opinions appellate-review assent bong-county chain-of-title cico-company civil-law credibility-of-evidence damages duty-of-lawyers-to-object-to-hearsay-testimonies ejectment estoppel-by-laches estoppel-for-failure-to-object garyea-clan gbatala hearsay intervention issues-of-fact judgment-as-a-matter-of-law jury-to-determine-fraud jury-trial land-boundary lease-agreement mandate metes-and-bounds motion-for-judgment-during-trial motion-to-intervene objection possession property-law public-land-sale-deed real-property remand-for-new-trial resurvey reversal rock-quarrying suakoko-district superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey title-dispute trespass tribal-certificate waiver wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases customary-law evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Daniel W. Urey v. His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2025) Bill of Information | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, demarcative survey, Ejectment, Evidence, improper execution of mandate, Investigative Survey, judicial discretion, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, Mandate Enforcement, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-daniel-w-urey-v-his-honor-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court demarcative-survey ejectment evidence improper-execution-of-mandate investigative-survey judicial-discretion land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-enforcement metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey v The Intestate Estate of Karboyah (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, boundary dispute, Careysburg District, Chain of Title, competing deeds, deed closure error, deed plotting, demarcation survey, Due Process, Ejectment, evidentiary value of survey report, excess land claim, imputed findings, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, judicial interpretation of evidence, Land Dispute, legal capacity to sue, Letters of Administration, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest deed doctrine, Possession, purpose of investigative survey, re-demarcation, re-survey order, Republic of Liberia grant, title deed, trial court discretion, variance in bearings and distances | the-intestate-estate-of-daniel-webster-urey-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-karboyah-2024 | appellate-review bill-of-exceptions boundary-dispute careysburg-district chain-of-title competing-deeds deed-closure-error deed-plotting demarcation-survey due-process ejectment evidentiary-value-of-survey-report excess-land-claim imputed-findings intestate-estate investigative-survey judicial-interpretation-of-evidence land-dispute legal-capacity-to-sue letters-of-administration metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-deed-doctrine possession purpose-of-investigative-survey re-demarcation re-survey-order republic-of-liberia-grant title-deed trial-court-discretion variance-in-bearings-and-distances | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Diana Coleman Cooper v. the Estate of the Late Johnson LRSC 3 (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Estate Administration, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, mandatory statutory requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Procedural Default, Property Dispute, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standing and capacity to sue, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-diana-coleman-cooper-v-the-estate-of-the-late-johnson-lrsc-3-2017 | 2017-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court dismissal-of-appeal ejectment estate-administration intestate-estate jurisdiction mandatory-statutory-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-default property-dispute sixth-judicial-circuit standing-and-capacity-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John N. Lewis v Kumba Bendu and Sons (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024, action of debt, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, commercial tenancy, competing judgments, Debt Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, interlocutory ruling, Judicial Review, lease agreement, Montserrado County, party of interest, petition for certiorari, prejudicial error, property ownership dispute, Rental Arrears, standing and capacity, sub-lease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to real property, writ of certiorari | the-intestate-estate-of-john-n-lewis-vs-kumba-bendu-and-sons-2024 | 2024 action-of-debt appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-tenancy competing-judgments debt-court due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account interlocutory-ruling judicial-review lease-agreement montserrado-county party-of-interest petition-for-certiorari prejudicial-error property-ownership-dispute rental-arrears standing-and-capacity sub-lease supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-real-property writ-of-certiorari | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John W. Gbedze Vs Mr. Aboubakar Diallo (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, declaratory judgment, due diligence, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of termination, Procedural Default, Statutory interpretation, sub-lease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, transcription of records | the-intestate-estate-of-john-w-gbedze-vs-mr-aboubakar-diallo-2024 | 2024-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure civil-law-court civil-procedure-law declaratory-judgment due-diligence montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-termination procedural-default statutory-interpretation sub-lease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy transcription-of-records | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Joseph N. Boley Vs. Oldman Gaye et. al. (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, absence of trial judge not justification, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Bill of Exceptions, dismissal of appeal for lateness, evidentiary requirement for delay, Intestate Estate of Joseph N. Boley v. Oldman Gaye, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, late filing of bill of exceptions, Liberia Sheng Xin De Yuan Mining Co. v. Saah, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, sequential appeal steps, statutory timeline for appeal, strict compliance with appeal statute, Supreme Court of Liberia, violation of Civil Procedure Law §51.4 | the-intestate-estate-of-joseph-n-boley-vs-oldman-gaye-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions absence-of-trial-judge-not-justification appeal-bond appeal-procedure bill-of-exceptions dismissal-of-appeal-for-lateness evidentiary-requirement-for-delay intestate-estate-of-joseph-n-boley-v-oldman-gaye justice-yamie-q-gbeisay late-filing-of-bill-of-exceptions liberia-sheng-xin-de-yuan-mining-co-v-saah motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal sequential-appeal-steps statutory-timeline-for-appeal strict-compliance-with-appeal-statute supreme-court-of-liberia violation-of-civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara v The intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | appeal pending, appellate jurisdiction, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Section 9.11, Criminal Procedure Law Section 22.1, distinction between civil and criminal procedure, Due Process, evidentiary competence, fact-finding prohibition on appeal, Final Judgment, fraud allegations, interlocutory applications, Intestate Estate, limitation of appellate review, motion denied, motion for new trial, motion for newly discovered evidence, newly discovered evidence doctrine, procedural bar, Statutory interpretation, trial court jurisdiction, venue of motions | the-intestate-estate-of-kaifa-kamara-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-rebecca-thomas-2024 | appeal-pending appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-section-9-11 criminal-procedure-law-section-22-1 distinction-between-civil-and-criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-competence fact-finding-prohibition-on-appeal final-judgment fraud-allegations interlocutory-applications intestate-estate limitation-of-appellate-review motion-denied motion-for-new-trial motion-for-newly-discovered-evidence newly-discovered-evidence-doctrine procedural-bar statutory-interpretation trial-court-jurisdiction venue-of-motions | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Margaret Stubblefield v. Ma Bendu Kamara and Children (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, burden of proof, Civil Procedure, Ejectment, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Jamaica Road, Jury Verdict, land title, Montserrado County, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey objection timeline, wrongful withholding | the-intestate-estate-of-margaret-stubblefield-v-ma-bendu-kamara-and-children-2025 | 2025-opinions burden-of-proof civil-procedure ejectment intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey jamaica-road jury-verdict land-title montserrado-county supreme-court-of-liberia survey-objection-timeline wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Rachel Quelleh Crottaz v Sendolo (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2025 Opinions, admission by counsel, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Practice, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, concession of motion, costs taxed against respondent, dismissal of appeal, enforcement of final ruling, Estate Administration, Failure to Perfect Appeal, finality of judgment, Intestate Estate, judgment without opinion, mandate of Supreme Court, mandatory steps of appeal, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Probate Law, Procedural Default, resumption of jurisdiction, Rev. Code 1:25.8(1), Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver and admission | the-intestate-estate-of-rachel-quelleh-crottaz-v-sendolo-2025 | 2025-opinions admission-by-counsel appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-practice civil-procedure civil-procedure-law concession-of-motion costs-taxed-against-respondent dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-final-ruling estate-administration failure-to-perfect-appeal finality-of-judgment intestate-estate judgment-without-opinion mandate-of-supreme-court mandatory-steps-of-appeal motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal probate-law procedural-default resumption-of-jurisdiction rev-code-125-81 supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-and-admission | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of the late John P. Harmon v Saydee (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, Evidence, Grand Gedeh County, interlocutory appeal, interlocutory ruling, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, motion for new trial, property ownership, Real Property, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-john-p-harmon-v-saydee-2025 the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-john-p-harmon-v-goldy-william-saydee-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court ejectment encroachment evidence grand-gedeh-county interlocutory-appeal interlocutory-ruling jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds motion-for-new-trial property-ownership real-property supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The intestate Estate of the late Martha Stubblefield Bernard v Intestate Estate of the late Danielette P. Tucker Bernard (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | action of ejectment, Administrator’s Deed, Adverse Possession, Appeal, Chief Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie, Conveyance Validity, Decedents Estates Law, Divorce Effect on Property, Dower Rights, Ejectment Procedure, Estate by Entirety, Estate Law, Fraudulent Deed, Heirship, Intestate Estate, Judicial Review of Property Title, Letters of Administration, Liberia Case Law 2025, Marital Home Purchase, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Petit Jury Trial, Probate Authorization, Probate Court, Probate Law, Property Dispute, Property Transfer, Real Estate Ownership, Real Property, Rev. Code 11:8.3.2, Rev. Code 11:8.4.1, right of election, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, Survivorship, Tenancy in Common, Testate Estate, Title and Possession, Widow’s Election | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-martha-stubblefield-bernard-v-intestate-estate-of-the-late-danielette-p-tucker-bernard-2025 | action-of-ejectment administrators-deed adverse-possession appeal chief-justice-jamesetta-howard-wolokollie conveyance-validity decedents-estates-law divorce-effect-on-property dower-rights ejectment-procedure estate-by-entirety estate-law fraudulent-deed heirship intestate-estate judicial-review-of-property-title letters-of-administration liberia-case-law-2025 marital-home-purchase marital-property montserrado-county petit-jury-trial probate-authorization probate-court probate-law property-dispute property-transfer real-estate-ownership real-property rev-code-118-3-2 rev-code-118-4-1 right-of-election sixth-judicial-circuit-court statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia survivorship tenancy-in-common testate-estate title-and-possession widows-election | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of the late Philips v Payne LRSC 22 (April 2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, administrator, Appeal, appellate procedure, attorney-in-fact, civil law, Estate Administration, Intestate Estate, joint stipulation of withdrawal, judgment without opinion, Land Dispute, legal representation, lots, mandate, Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, non-participation of justice, out-of-court settlement, Probate Law, Real Property, resumption of jurisdiction, Rule III Part II (1999 Revised Rules), Rules of Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary withdrawal, withdrawal of appeal | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-philips-v-payne-lrsc-22-april-2015 | 2015-opinions administrator appeal appellate-procedure attorney-in-fact civil-law estate-administration intestate-estate joint-stipulation-of-withdrawal judgment-without-opinion land-dispute legal-representation lots mandate monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal non-participation-of-justice out-of-court-settlement probate-law real-property resumption-of-jurisdiction rule-iii-part-ii-1999-revised-rules rules-of-court supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-withdrawal withdrawal-of-appeal | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of the late Toure v Barh et al. LRSC 16 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, administrator, Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, civil law, concession of motion, costs adjudged, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Estate Administration, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Intestate Estate, judgment without opinion, Land Dispute, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, prior Supreme Court decision, Procedural Law, Real Property, Res Judicata, resumption of jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-toure-v-barh-et-al-lrsc-16-2015 | 2015-opinions administrator appeal appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-law concession-of-motion costs-adjudged ejectment enforcement-of-judgment estate-administration failure-to-perfect-appeal intestate-estate judgment-without-opinion land-dispute mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal prior-supreme-court-decision procedural-law real-property res-judicata resumption-of-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Toe Blopleh v The Intestate Estate of Victoria v Marsh (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | action of ejectment, Appeal, Bare Denial, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:5.51.1, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:5.54, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:5.61, Constructive Notice, Due Process, Estate Law, Finality of Judgments, Gardnersville, Golda A. Bonah-Elliott, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Joinder of Parties, Laches, Letters of Administration, Liberia Case Law 2025, Montserrado County, Motion for Joinder, Probate Law, Real Property, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-toe-blopleh-v-the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-v-marsh-2025 | action-of-ejectment appeal bare-denial civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-rev-code-15-51-1 civil-procedure-law-rev-code-15-54 civil-procedure-law-rev-code-15-61 constructive-notice due-process estate-law finality-of-judgments gardnersville golda-a-bonah-elliott intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey joinder-of-parties laches letters-of-administration liberia-case-law-2025 montserrado-county motion-for-joinder probate-law real-property service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell v Her Honor Elliot (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | appellate jurisdiction, Bill of information, Civil Procedure, demarcation of land, Due Process, ejectment principles, Enforcement of Judgment, execution of Supreme Court mandate, heirs and administrators, improper execution of mandate, interference with mandate, Intestate Estate, joint stipulation of voluntary discontinuance, Land Dispute, land possession, Letters of Administration, limitation on fact-finding, party to stipulation, prohibition against taking evidence on appeal, revocation of letters of administration, scope of bill of information, standing and capacity, writ of possession | the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-v-her-honor-elliot-2024 the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-vs-golda-a-bonah-elliot-2024 | appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-information civil-procedure demarcation-of-land due-process ejectment-principles enforcement-of-judgment execution-of-supreme-court-mandate heirs-and-administrators improper-execution-of-mandate interference-with-mandate intestate-estate joint-stipulation-of-voluntary-discontinuance land-dispute land-possession letters-of-administration limitation-on-fact-finding party-to-stipulation prohibition-against-taking-evidence-on-appeal revocation-of-letters-of-administration scope-of-bill-of-information standing-and-capacity writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell v. Her Honor Golda A. Bonah Elliott (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Evidence, execution of mandate, factual issues, Intestate Estate, irregular execution of mandate, joint stipulation of voluntary discontinuance, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, Probate Law, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of possession | the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-v-her-honor-golda-a-bonah-elliott-2024 | 2019-opinions appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure evidence execution-of-mandate factual-issues intestate-estate irregular-execution-of-mandate joint-stipulation-of-voluntary-discontinuance land-dispute letters-of-administration montserrado-county probate-law standing supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate of Gobbeh Kamara v. The Intestate of J. Lamark Cox (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 2023 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Civil Procedure Law §51.11, denied motion to intervene, duty to superintend appeal, ejectment action, failure to transmit records, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Motion to dismiss appeal, Nat’l Housing & Savings Bank v. Gordon, Sixth Judicial Circuit Montserrado, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubman v. Lacquoi distinguished | the-intestate-of-gobbeh-kamara-v-the-intestate-of-j-lamark-cox-2023 | 2023-opinions abandonment-of-appeal civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-11 denied-motion-to-intervene duty-to-superintend-appeal ejectment-action failure-to-transmit-records justice-yamie-q-gbeisay motion-to-dismiss-appeal natl-housing-savings-bank-v-gordon sixth-judicial-circuit-montserrado supreme-court-of-liberia tubman-v-lacquoi-distinguished | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate of the late Shad Kaydea v The Turay Family LRSC 37 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 15-day service rule, agreement for reorganization and distribution, amendment of pleadings, Appellate Review, Associations Law, Bill of Exceptions, board approval, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, closed corporation, Corporate Law, corporate separateness, declaratory judgment, distribution of corporate assets, estoppel by contract, illegality of contract, interpretation of contract, joinder, jurisdiction over the person, law issues, misjoinder, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, necessary party, notice of assignment, real party in interest, receivables, reversal with modification, sale or disposition of substantially all assets, Section 10.6 Associations Law, service of summons, severability, shareholder liability, shareholder vote, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | the-intestate-of-the-late-shad-kaydea-v-the-turay-family-lrsc-37-2015 | 15-day-service-rule agreement-for-reorganization-and-distribution amendment-of-pleadings appellate-review associations-law bill-of-exceptions board-approval civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure closed-corporation corporate-law corporate-separateness declaratory-judgment distribution-of-corporate-assets estoppel-by-contract illegality-of-contract interpretation-of-contract joinder jurisdiction-over-the-person law-issues misjoinder montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss necessary-party notice-of-assignment real-party-in-interest receivables reversal-with-modification sale-or-disposition-of-substantially-all-assets section-10-6-associations-law service-of-summons severability shareholder-liability shareholder-vote sixth-judicial-circuit special-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| The J. E. Acquah English Arabic School VS. His Honor S. Geevon Smith et. al. (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, Chambers Justice, Estoppel, eviction, landlord-tenant, Magisterial Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, New Kru Town, possession of real property, privy, Res Judicata, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | the-j-e-acquah-english-arabic-school-vs-his-honor-s-geevon-smith-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions appellate-review bushrod-island chambers-justice estoppel eviction landlord-tenant magisterial-court monrovia montserrado-county new-kru-town possession-of-real-property privy res-judicata sixth-judicial-circuit summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment v BMC Workers of Bong Mining Company (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2010 Settlement, Appeal, Attorney Ethics, Banker–Depositor Relationship, Bong Mining Company (BMC), Civil Law Court Montserrado, Client Consent, Damages for Wrong, Judgment Satisfaction (10-year), Judicial Notice, LBDI, Liberia Case Law 2025, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Ministry of Finance Circular 1-1983, Redundancy Payments, Settlement Release, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unmeritorious Suit, Writ of Prohibition | the-liberian-bank-for-development-investment-v-bmc-workers-of-bong-mining-company-2025 | 2010-settlement appeal attorney-ethics banker-depositor-relationship bong-mining-company-bmc civil-law-court-montserrado client-consent damages-for-wrong judgment-satisfaction-10-year judicial-notice lbdi liberia-case-law-2025 memorandum-of-understanding-mou ministry-of-finance-circular-1-1983 redundancy-payments settlement-release statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia unmeritorious-suit writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| The Management of Access Bank Liberia v His Honor Joseph Kollie et al (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Access Bank Liberia, adequacy of remedy at law, administrative action, affirmation of lower court, Appellate Review, banking dispute, Banking Law, Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Commercial Law, contempt proceedings, creditor rights, debtor–creditor relationship, Due Process, enforcement of obligations, error of law, excess of jurisdiction, extraordinary writs, fair hearing, financial institution regulation, injunction proceedings, interlocutory ruling, judicial authority, Judicial Review, jurisdictional error, Legal Remedies, legal standing, Liberia judiciary procedure, loan agreement, mandate to trial court, Montserrado County, motion practice, Motion to Dismiss, parties to action, petition for writ of certiorari, petition for writ of mandamus, petition for writ of prohibition, procedural irregularity, remand to lower court, reversal of lower court, right to be heard, Sixth Judicial Circuit, stay order, supervisory control of courts, supervisory jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, threshold requirements for writs, trial judge conduct, writ proceedings, writ standards | the-management-of-access-bank-liberia-v-his-honor-joseph-kollie-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion access-bank-liberia adequacy-of-remedy-at-law administrative-action affirmation-of-lower-court appellate-review banking-dispute banking-law capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court commercial-law contempt-proceedings creditor-rights debtor-creditor-relationship due-process enforcement-of-obligations error-of-law excess-of-jurisdiction extraordinary-writs fair-hearing financial-institution-regulation injunction-proceedings interlocutory-ruling judicial-authority judicial-review jurisdictional-error legal-remedies legal-standing liberia-judiciary-procedure loan-agreement mandate-to-trial-court montserrado-county motion-practice motion-to-dismiss parties-to-action petition-for-writ-of-certiorari petition-for-writ-of-mandamus petition-for-writ-of-prohibition procedural-irregularity remand-to-lower-court reversal-of-lower-court right-to-be-heard sixth-judicial-circuit stay-order supervisory-control-of-courts supervisory-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia threshold-requirements-for-writs trial-judge-conduct writ-proceedings writ-standards | 2026-1 administrative-law banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Arcelor Mittal v His Honor Joseph M. Kollie et al (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, administrative justice, Appeal, Appellate Review, appellees, Civil Procedure, Due Process, employment dispute, Enforcement of Judgment, judicial authority, judicial conduct, jurisdiction of labor court, Labor Dispute, Labor Law, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, resident judge, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfair labor practices, wrongful termination | the-management-of-arcelor-mittal-v-his-honor-joseph-m-kollie-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions administrative-justice appeal appellate-review appellees civil-procedure due-process employment-dispute enforcement-of-judgment judicial-authority judicial-conduct jurisdiction-of-labor-court labor-dispute labor-law mandate monrovia montserrado-county national-labor-court resident-judge supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practices wrongful-termination | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Auto Spare Garage v Heyek (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Health Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, abandonment of work, admissions by party, annual leave, Appellate Review, Auto Spare Garage, compensation for wrongful dismissal, Decent Work Act (2015), Default Judgment, Due Process, employer-employee relationship, Enforcement of Judgment, Labor Law, leave entitlement, mandate, medical leave, Ministry of Labor, modification of judgment, Mohammed Heyek, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, notice of assignment, overtime compensation, Petition for Judicial Review, salary in lieu of notice, Section 14.3(d)(vii), sick leave, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfair labor practices, Waiver, Wrongful Dismissal | the-management-of-auto-spare-garage-v-heyek-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-work admissions-by-party annual-leave appellate-review auto-spare-garage compensation-for-wrongful-dismissal decent-work-act-2015 default-judgment due-process employer-employee-relationship enforcement-of-judgment labor-law leave-entitlement mandate medical-leave ministry-of-labor modification-of-judgment mohammed-heyek monrovia montserrado-county national-labor-court notice-of-assignment overtime-compensation petition-for-judicial-review salary-in-lieu-of-notice section-14-3dvii sick-leave supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practices waiver wrongful-dismissal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law health-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) v Fayiah LRSC 50 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, concession on the minutes, Default Judgment, Employment Law, evidentiary hearing, hearing officer, imperfect judgment, judgment without opinion, judicial error, Labor Dispute, Labour Law, making default judgment perfect, mandate, Ministry of Labour, Monrovia, motion to rescind, National Labor Court, Procedural Due Process, production of evidence, remand, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, use of prior investigation record, vacated ruling | crs-v-fayiah-lrsc-50-2015 the-management-of-catholic-relief-services-crs-v-fayiah-lrsc-50-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal appellate-review concession-on-the-minutes default-judgment employment-law evidentiary-hearing hearing-officer imperfect-judgment judgment-without-opinion judicial-error labor-dispute labour-law making-default-judgment-perfect mandate ministry-of-labour monrovia motion-to-rescind national-labor-court procedural-due-process production-of-evidence remand reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia use-of-prior-investigation-record vacated-ruling | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Catholic Relief Services v Whenyou (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Alex Whenyou, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Catholic Relief Services, certified records, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:15.25, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:51.11, clerk of court duties, dismissal of appeal, enforcement of lower court judgment, failure to superintend appeal, failure to transmit certified records, jurisdictional challenge, Labor Law, mandate, Ministry of Labor, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labor Court, ninety-day rule, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Petition for Judicial Review, resumption of jurisdiction, superintendent obligation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice, waiver and acquiescence | the-management-of-catholic-relief-services-v-whenyou-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal alex-whenyou appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions catholic-relief-services certified-records civil-procedure-law-rev-code-115-25 civil-procedure-law-rev-code-151-11 clerk-of-court-duties dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-lower-court-judgment failure-to-superintend-appeal failure-to-transmit-certified-records jurisdictional-challenge labor-law mandate ministry-of-labor monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labor-court ninety-day-rule notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal petition-for-judicial-review resumption-of-jurisdiction superintendent-obligation supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice waiver-and-acquiescence | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of ELWA Vs. Her Honor Comfort Natt et al. (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2019 Opinions, accrued annual leave, casual workers, continuous service, employment benefits, ethical conduct, hearing officer, Jurisdiction, Labor Practices Law, legal representation, Ministry of Labor, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, Paynesville, permanent employment, petition for enforcement of judgment, Petition for Judicial Review, severance pay, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice | the-management-of-elwa-vs-her-honor-comfort-natt-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions accrued-annual-leave casual-workers continuous-service employment-benefits ethical-conduct hearing-officer jurisdiction labor-practices-law legal-representation ministry-of-labor montserrado-county national-labor-court paynesville permanent-employment petition-for-enforcement-of-judgment petition-for-judicial-review severance-pay supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Firestone Liberia Inc. v. His Honor Koboi Nuta et al. (2022) | 2022, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Labor Law | 2022 Opinions, alternative writ, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Article 21(a) Constitution of Liberia, Chapter 22 Decent Work Act, Coca-Cola v. Nat & Doweh precedent, concurrent pensions, Decent Work Act of 2015, declaratory judgment, dormant pension files, double pension ban, due process of law, employer obligations, employer pension schemes, Employment Law, ex post facto law, Firestone Liberia Inc., Firestone Liberia pension policy, forfeiture of pension, fraud prevention, gratuity, Harbel plantation, interim order, J. Feay Roberts, Judge Korboi K. Nuta, Judge Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, jurisdiction of circuit courts, Justice Joseph N. Nagbe, Labor Law, Labor Practices Law of 1961, later statute prevails, Margibi County, motion to vacate, NASSCORP, NASSCORP Act of 1980, National Social Security and Welfare Corporation, pension law, peremptory writ, petition for certiorari, PRC Decree No.14, provident fund, repeal by implication, retirees of Firestone Liberia, retirees’ rights, retirement benefits, Section 22.1 Decent Work Act, Section 2501 Labour Practices Law, Sections 89.20 and 89.21 NASSCORP Act, Sections 89.3(c) 89.9 89.44 89.47 NASSCORP Act, Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, social security law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court remand, verification of pensioners | the-management-of-firestone-liberia-inc-v-his-honor-koboi-nuta-et-al-2022 | 2022-opinions alternative-writ article-20a-constitution-of-liberia article-21a-constitution-of-liberia chapter-22-decent-work-act coca-cola-v-nat-doweh-precedent concurrent-pensions decent-work-act-of-2015 declaratory-judgment dormant-pension-files double-pension-ban due-process-of-law employer-obligations employer-pension-schemes employment-law ex-post-facto-law firestone-liberia-inc firestone-liberia-pension-policy forfeiture-of-pension fraud-prevention gratuity harbel-plantation interim-order j-feay-roberts judge-korboi-k-nuta judge-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay jurisdiction-of-circuit-courts justice-joseph-n-nagbe labor-law labor-practices-law-of-1961 later-statute-prevails margibi-county motion-to-vacate nasscorp nasscorp-act-of-1980 national-social-security-and-welfare-corporation pension-law peremptory-writ petition-for-certiorari prc-decree-no-14 provident-fund repeal-by-implication retirees-of-firestone-liberia retirees-rights retirement-benefits section-22-1-decent-work-act section-2501-labour-practices-law sections-89-20-and-89-21-nasscorp-act sections-89-3c-89-9-89-44-89-47-nasscorp-act sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh social-security-law supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-remand verification-of-pensioners | 2022-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of German Technical Corporation (GTZ) v. His Honor Nathaniel Dixon (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 1983), 2025 Opinion, 48-Hour Weekly Limit, Affirmed with Modification, Appeal, Costs Against Appellant, Evidence and Hearsay, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Hearing Officer Nathaniel Dixon, Joe Gborie et al., Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Labor Law, Labor Practices Law §701, Labor Practices Law §704, Lunch Break Dispute, Ministry of Labor, National Labor Court, Overtime Calculation Formula, Overtime Pay, Petition for Judicial Review, Recalculation Ordered, Statute of Limitations (Reg. No. 4, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice | the-management-of-german-technical-corporation-gtz-v-his-honor-nathaniel-dixon-2025 | 1983 2025-opinion 48-hour-weekly-limit affirmed-with-modification appeal costs-against-appellant evidence-and-hearsay german-technical-cooperation-gtz hearing-officer-nathaniel-dixon joe-gborie-et-al justice-yussif-d-kaba labor-law labor-practices-law-%c2%a7701 labor-practices-law-%c2%a7704 lunch-break-dispute ministry-of-labor national-labor-court overtime-calculation-formula overtime-pay petition-for-judicial-review recalculation-ordered statute-of-limitations-reg-no-4 supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Intercon Security Systems v. His Honor Klah et al. (2022) | 2022, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2022 Opinions, accrued benefits, breach of employment contract, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Decent Work Act (2015), Due Process, employee rights, employer obligations, excessive damages award, Intercon Security Systems, Judicial Review, Labor Law, Labour Law, Ministry of Labour, National Labor Court, private security services, procedural delay, reversal and remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination by operation of law, U.S. Embassy Monrovia, Unfair Labour Practice, unlawful strike, unpaid wages, Willie D. Kerkula et al., Wrongful Dismissal | the-management-of-intercon-security-systems-v-his-honor-klah-et-al-2022 | 2022-opinions accrued-benefits breach-of-employment-contract civil-procedure-law contract-law decent-work-act-2015 due-process employee-rights employer-obligations excessive-damages-award intercon-security-systems judicial-review labor-law labour-law ministry-of-labour national-labor-court private-security-services procedural-delay reversal-and-remand supreme-court-of-liberia termination-by-operation-of-law u-s-embassy-monrovia unfair-labour-practice unlawful-strike unpaid-wages willie-d-kerkula-et-al wrongful-dismissal | 2022-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Lee Group Ent. Inc. Vs. His Honor J. Boima Kontoe et al (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Labor Law | 2019 Opinions, acting cashier duties, appellate procedure, Bong County, Contract Law, Debt Court, Decent Work Act (2015), employment benefits, Judicial Notice, Labor Commissioner, Labor Law, lack of jurisdiction, overtime compensation, Petition for Judicial Review, release and settlement, Salala District, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice | the-management-of-lee-group-ent-inc-vs-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions acting-cashier-duties appellate-procedure bong-county contract-law debt-court decent-work-act-2015 employment-benefits judicial-notice labor-commissioner labor-law lack-of-jurisdiction overtime-compensation petition-for-judicial-review release-and-settlement salala-district subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Lee Group Enterprise, Inc. v. A. Blamo Dixon et al (2022) | 2022, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law | 2022 Opinions, accrued salaries during suspension, Bong County Labour Commissioner, Civil Procedure Law, computation of damages (max 24 months), constructive dismissal, Criminal Law, Debt Court lacking labour jurisdiction, Decent Work Act 2015 s.14.10, employer’s duty to pursue prosecution, Labor Law, Lee Group Enterprise Inc., Michael Fortune, Petition for Judicial Review, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension pending criminal investigation, Unfair Labor Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | inc-v-a-blamo-dixon-et-al-2022 the-management-of-lee-group-enterprise | 2022-opinions accrued-salaries-during-suspension bong-county-labour-commissioner civil-procedure-law computation-of-damages-max-24-months constructive-dismissal criminal-law debt-court-lacking-labour-jurisdiction decent-work-act-2015-s-14-10 employers-duty-to-pursue-prosecution labor-law lee-group-enterprise-inc michael-fortune petition-for-judicial-review supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-pending-criminal-investigation unfair-labor-practice wrongful-dismissal | 2022-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Liberia Services Corp. v. Monrovia City Corporation (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 2016 Opinions, Appeal, cancellation of contract, Certificate of Withdrawal, civil law, contract dispute, costs and fees, docket stricken, Escrow Account, joint notice of withdrawal, Liberia Services Corporation, Monrovia, Monrovia City Corporation, Montserrado County, municipal governance, out-of-court settlement, release of escrow funds, service contract, settlement agreement, sheriff of the court, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary discontinuance, voluntary withdrawal | the-management-of-liberia-services-corp-v-monrovia-city-corporation-2017 | 2016-opinions appeal cancellation-of-contract certificate-of-withdrawal civil-law contract-dispute costs-and-fees docket-stricken escrow-account joint-notice-of-withdrawal liberia-services-corporation monrovia monrovia-city-corporation montserrado-county municipal-governance out-of-court-settlement release-of-escrow-funds service-contract settlement-agreement sheriff-of-the-court supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-discontinuance voluntary-withdrawal | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Mamba Point Hotel v. Dee (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, breach of duty, Civil Law Court, compensatory damages, Damages for Wrong, Decent Work Act (2015), Duty of Care, employer liability, Evidence, Jury Verdict, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Negligence, personal injury, property maintenance, reasonable care, spinal injury, Supreme Court of Liberia, workplace injury | the-management-of-mamba-point-hotel-v-dee-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review breach-of-duty civil-law-court compensatory-damages damages-for-wrong decent-work-act-2015 duty-of-care employer-liability evidence jury-verdict medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county negligence personal-injury property-maintenance reasonable-care spinal-injury supreme-court-of-liberia workplace-injury | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of MONCO Liberia Limited v The Management of Global Bank Liberia Limited (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, 63.1, 63.2, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, bank certificate, Banking Law, cash bond, certificate of deposit, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, corporate surety, Damages for Wrong, Global Bank Liberia Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, indemnification, insufficiency of bond, judicial discretion, jurisdictional steps, MONCO Liberia Limited, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, perfection of appeal, plain statement rule, rule of conformity, Sections 51.8, Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court, Sky Insurance Company, Statutory interpretation, substance over form, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety, Tort Law | monco-lib-ltd-vs-global-bank-lib-ltd-2024 the-management-of-monco-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-global-bank-liberia-limited-2024 | 2024-opinions 63-1 63-2 abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure bank-certificate banking-law cash-bond certificate-of-deposit civil-law civil-procedure-law corporate-surety damages-for-wrong global-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited indemnification insufficiency-of-bond judicial-discretion jurisdictional-steps monco-liberia-limited montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal perfection-of-appeal plain-statement-rule rule-of-conformity sections-51-8 sixth-judicial-circuit-civil-law-court sky-insurance-company statutory-interpretation substance-over-form supreme-court-of-liberia surety tort-law | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Notre Dame Investment, Ltd. v The Ministry of Mines & Energy (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2026 Opinions, 60 percent Liberian ownership, administrative agency, administrative hearing, Administrative Law, administrative record, affirmance, amendment of articles of incorporation, Appellate Review, Article 7 Constitution of Liberia, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Class B mining license, constitutional law, corporate compliance, credibility of evidence, cure of statutory defect, Due Process, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to commence operations, failure to prove payment, failure to pursue remedies, Force Majeure, foreign ownership restriction, government estoppel, governmental interference, hearing officer, impossibility of performance, judicial deference, Judicial Review, Liberian participation in natural resources, license revocation, mandate, mineral law, Minerals and Mining Law of 2000, Mining Law, mining license eligibility, Ministry of Mines and Energy, natural resource governance, non-payment of fees, preponderance of evidence, procedural fairness, public law, regulatory compliance, regulatory enforcement, remand, retroactive validation, statutory compliance, statutory grounds for revocation, substantial evidence rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires, validity of license, Void ab initio, Waiver | the-management-of-notre-dame-investment-ltd-v-the-ministry-of-mines-energy-2026 | 2026-opinions 60-percent-liberian-ownership administrative-agency administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-record affirmance amendment-of-articles-of-incorporation appellate-review article-7-constitution-of-liberia best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof class-b-mining-license constitutional-law corporate-compliance credibility-of-evidence cure-of-statutory-defect due-process estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-commence-operations failure-to-prove-payment failure-to-pursue-remedies force-majeure foreign-ownership-restriction government-estoppel governmental-interference hearing-officer impossibility-of-performance judicial-deference judicial-review liberian-participation-in-natural-resources license-revocation mandate mineral-law minerals-and-mining-law-of-2000 mining-law mining-license-eligibility ministry-of-mines-and-energy natural-resource-governance non-payment-of-fees preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness public-law regulatory-compliance regulatory-enforcement remand retroactive-validation statutory-compliance statutory-grounds-for-revocation substantial-evidence-rule supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires validity-of-license void-ab-initio waiver | 2026-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases concession-law-supreme-court constitutional-law-cases evidence-law natural-resource-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| The Management of Omega Insurance v Gbala (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, administration of justice, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Review, attorney responsibility, bill of costs, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:45.5, Code for the Moral and Ethical Conduct of Lawyers, contempt of court, Decent Work Act of 2015, dignity of the court, disclosure procedure, Employment Law, Enforcement of Judgment, ethical discipline, fine and penalty, judgment enforcement, judicial authority, Judicial Review, jurisdiction of National Labor Court, Labor Law, Legal Ethics, Ministry of Labor, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to compel, National Labor Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, payment in lieu of reinstatement, Procedural Law, professional accountability, Professional Misconduct, reinstatement, Republic of Liberia, Rev. Code 1:44.33, sanctions against lawyers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice, unmeritorious litigation, waiver and laches, Wrongful Dismissal | otis-gbala-v-omega-insurance-2024 the-management-of-omega-insurance-v-gbala-2024 | 2024-opinions administration-of-justice appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-review attorney-responsibility bill-of-costs bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-rev-code-145-5 code-for-the-moral-and-ethical-conduct-of-lawyers contempt-of-court decent-work-act-of-2015 dignity-of-the-court disclosure-procedure employment-law enforcement-of-judgment ethical-discipline fine-and-penalty judgment-enforcement judicial-authority judicial-review jurisdiction-of-national-labor-court labor-law legal-ethics ministry-of-labor monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-compel national-labor-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal payment-in-lieu-of-reinstatement procedural-law professional-accountability professional-misconduct reinstatement republic-of-liberia rev-code-144-33 sanctions-against-lawyers supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice unmeritorious-litigation waiver-and-laches wrongful-dismissal | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Samaritan’s Purse, International et al v Moulton (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2026 Opinions, affirmation with modification, agency relationship, American Life Insurance Co v Holder, Appellate Review, assessment of damages, Association of Regulatory Boards v Quaye, authenticity of documents, bench trial, breach of duty, burden of proof, causation, checkpoint incident, civil law, Civil Law Court, contradiction of evidence, credibility of witnesses, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, employee misconduct, employer liability, evidentiary burden, failure to prove damages, Gbarpolu County, general damages, Immigration Service officer, injury to person, International Trust Co v Cooper Hayes, Intrusco Corp v Ossely, liability, Liberia Telecommunications Corporation v Sayon, mandate to lower court, medical bill dispute, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motorbike accident, Negligence, personal injury, preponderance of evidence, proof of special damages, proportionality of damages, Proximate Cause, reduction of damages, respondeat superior, scope of employment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, trier of fact and law, vicarious liability, waiver of jury trial, witness testimony, wrongful act | the-management-of-samaritans-purse-international-et-al-v-moulton-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-with-modification agency-relationship american-life-insurance-co-v-holder appellate-review assessment-of-damages association-of-regulatory-boards-v-quaye authenticity-of-documents bench-trial breach-of-duty burden-of-proof causation checkpoint-incident civil-law civil-law-court contradiction-of-evidence credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care employee-misconduct employer-liability evidentiary-burden failure-to-prove-damages gbarpolu-county general-damages immigration-service-officer injury-to-person international-trust-co-v-cooper-hayes intrusco-corp-v-ossely liability liberia-telecommunications-corporation-v-sayon mandate-to-lower-court medical-bill-dispute medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motorbike-accident negligence personal-injury preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-special-damages proportionality-of-damages proximate-cause reduction-of-damages respondeat-superior scope-of-employment sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law trier-of-fact-and-law vicarious-liability waiver-of-jury-trial witness-testimony wrongful-act | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of SEGAL v. His Honor Roland F. Dahn et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, affirmation with modification, annual leave, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Eighth Judicial Circuit, employment benefits, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Judicial Review, Labor Commissioner, Labor Dispute, Labour Law, mandate, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to rescind judgment, National Labor Court, Nimba County, Overtime Pay, Procedural Default, prohibition not substitute for appeal, severance pay, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice, unjust enrichment, verification of beneficiaries, writ of certiorari, Writ of Prohibition, Wrongful Dismissal | the-management-of-segal-v-his-honor-roland-f-dahn-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions affirmation-with-modification annual-leave appeal appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information eighth-judicial-circuit employment-benefits enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal judicial-review labor-commissioner labor-dispute labour-law mandate modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-rescind-judgment national-labor-court nimba-county overtime-pay procedural-default prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal severance-pay supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice unjust-enrichment verification-of-beneficiaries writ-of-certiorari writ-of-prohibition wrongful-dismissal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of the National Port Authority (NPA) v The Aggrieved Members of the National Customs Brokers of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, access to port, adequacy of remedy at law, administrative action, Administrative Law, administrative sanction, aggrieved party, altered deposit slips, alternative writ, Appellate Review, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, audit findings, Chambers Justice ruling, Chariff Pharmacy v Pharmacy Board, Chronicles Newspaper v Republic of Liberia, Citizens Solidarity Council v. Republic of Liberia, civil law, contractual relationship, customs brokers, denial of access, denial of writ, discretionary authority, Due Process, en banc review, excess of jurisdiction, exhaustion of remedies, extraordinary writs, financial irregularities, fraud investigation, freeport of monrovia, Henries v Fahnbulleh, In re Petition of Cox, judicial vs administrative acts, jurisdictional error, Legal Remedies, Liberia Revenue Authority, locus standi, mandate to parties, ministerial acts, National Port Authority, National Port Authority Act 1971, peremptory writ, petition for prohibition, port regulation, prohibition limitations, quasi-judicial function, regulatory authority, regulatory compliance, Republic v Dennis, Republic v Jimmy, reversal on appeal, right to hearing, security and compliance measures, Standing to Sue, statutory mandate, stop order, supervisory jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tweh v LPRC, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition | the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-npa-v-the-aggrieved-members-of-the-national-customs-brokers-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion access-to-port adequacy-of-remedy-at-law administrative-action administrative-law administrative-sanction aggrieved-party altered-deposit-slips alternative-writ appellate-review article-20a-constitution-of-liberia audit-findings chambers-justice-ruling chariff-pharmacy-v-pharmacy-board chronicles-newspaper-v-republic-of-liberia citizens-solidarity-council-v-republic-of-liberia civil-law contractual-relationship customs-brokers denial-of-access denial-of-writ discretionary-authority due-process en-banc-review excess-of-jurisdiction exhaustion-of-remedies extraordinary-writs financial-irregularities fraud-investigation freeport-of-monrovia henries-v-fahnbulleh in-re-petition-of-cox judicial-vs-administrative-acts jurisdictional-error legal-remedies liberia-revenue-authority locus-standi mandate-to-parties ministerial-acts national-port-authority national-port-authority-act-1971 peremptory-writ petition-for-prohibition port-regulation prohibition-limitations quasi-judicial-function regulatory-authority regulatory-compliance republic-v-dennis republic-v-jimmy reversal-on-appeal right-to-hearing security-and-compliance-measures standing-to-sue statutory-mandate stop-order supervisory-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia tweh-v-lprc ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition | 2026-1 administrative-law anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of the National Port Authority et al v. Bull et al(2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, bank statement liquidity, Civil Procedure Law, composite insurance license, consolidation of actions, costs of court, dismissal of action, employment-related litigation, indemnification, insurance company competence, jurisdictional compliance, libel and slander, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Port Authority, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety bond, tax clearance validity, technical defects | the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-et-al-v-bull-et-al2024 the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-v-sekou-h-dukuly-2024 | appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review bank-statement-liquidity civil-procedure-law composite-insurance-license consolidation-of-actions costs-of-court dismissal-of-action employment-related-litigation indemnification insurance-company-competence jurisdictional-compliance libel-and-slander mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-port-authority substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia surety-bond tax-clearance-validity technical-defects | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The United Muslims in Fiamah Lelhi v Marsh (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, Appeal Dismissal, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Review, Civil Procedure, Montserrado County, Petition for re-argument, Procedural Default, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IX, Sinkor, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety requirements, transcription of records | the-united-muslims-in-fiamah-lelhi-v-marsh-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appeal-dismissal appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure montserrado-county petition-for-re-argument procedural-default revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-ix sinkor supreme-court-of-liberia surety-requirements transcription-of-records | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Togbe et al v Cooper et al LRSC 8; 41 LLR 403 (2003) | 2003, Civil Procedure Law | 2003 Opinions, Accrued Costs, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, court-appointed counsel, Default Judgment, Due Process, Ejectment, judgment enforcement, judicial remedy, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Procedural Law, Prohibition, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | togbe-et-al-v-cooper-et-al-lrsc-8-41-llr-403-2003 | 2003-opinions accrued-costs appeal-procedure appellate-review civil-law-court court-appointed-counsel default-judgment due-process ejectment judgment-enforcement judicial-remedy jurisdiction montserrado-county procedural-law prohibition statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 2003-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Toure v Ross et al. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Law Court, discretion to deny declaratory relief, Henry S. Soue, Intestate Estate of Robert T. Toe and Rebecca Toe, judgment affirmed with modification, Lavan S. Browne, lump-sum demand, Michael N. Toe, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado, Morris V. Toure, Munah S. Toe Gibson, oral real estate agreement, ownership dispute, partial payment, petition for declaratory judgment, Philip T. Ross, Prince T. Toe Sr., probate court approval, Real Property, refund of purchase monies, right of first refusal, Robert N. Toe, Rudolph N. Horace, sale to third party, Sarah G. Soue, statute of frauds, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tony (Praise O. T. Lawal), unenforceable oral contract, unfinished building lease, Velma B. Ross, Wilmot W. Toe | toure-v-ross-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-law-court discretion-to-deny-declaratory-relief henry-s-soue intestate-estate-of-robert-t-toe-and-rebecca-toe judgment-affirmed-with-modification lavan-s-browne lump-sum-demand michael-n-toe monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado morris-v-toure munah-s-toe-gibson oral-real-estate-agreement ownership-dispute partial-payment petition-for-declaratory-judgment philip-t-ross prince-t-toe-sr probate-court-approval real-property refund-of-purchase-monies right-of-first-refusal robert-n-toe rudolph-n-horace sale-to-third-party sarah-g-soue statute-of-frauds supreme-court-of-liberia tony-praise-o-t-lawal unenforceable-oral-contract unfinished-building-lease velma-b-ross wilmot-w-toe | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| TRADEVCO v Mathies et al LRSC 12; 39 LLR 449 (1999) | 1999, Civil Procedure Law | 1999 Opinions, Appellate Review, Certiorari, Chambers Justice, citation, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, contempt of court, Debt Court, Default Judgment, interlocutory decision, judicial error, Montserrado County, motion to strike, procedural fairness, returns, special proceedings, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia | tradevco-v-mathies-et-al-lrsc-12-39-llr-449-1999 | 1999-opinions appellate-review certiorari chambers-justice citation civil-procedure civil-procedure-law contempt-of-court debt-court default-judgment interlocutory-decision judicial-error montserrado-county motion-to-strike procedural-fairness returns special-proceedings substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia | 1999-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tubman v Tubman (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissions, Appeal, co-heirs, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Elizabeth Williette Tubman, estate closure, Estoppel, Heirship, Intestate Estate of John Hilary Tubman, Judicial Notice, Letters of Administration, Malita Martha Tubman, mandate to lower court, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado County, probate practice, Reversal, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver | tubman-v-tubman-2025 | 2025-opinions admissions appeal co-heirs concurrent-jurisdiction elizabeth-williette-tubman estate-closure estoppel heirship intestate-estate-of-john-hilary-tubman judicial-notice letters-of-administration malita-martha-tubman mandate-to-lower-court monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado-county probate-practice reversal supreme-court-of-liberia waiver | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tucker v. Sumo (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, Evidence, foreclosure boundary, Grand Bassa County, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, property ownership, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | tucker-v-sumo-2019 | 2019-opinions civil-law-court ejectment encroachment eviction evidence foreclosure-boundary grand-bassa-county investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds property-ownership real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tunkara v His Honor J. Boima Kontoe (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, arrest and detention, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:51.4, Class C Mining License, completion of appeal, contempt proceedings, Diamond Dealers Association, Diamond Dispute, Due Process, enforcement of mandate, export voucher, Gbarpolu County, improper execution of mandate, Kimberley Process certification, market value of property, Mining Law, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, notice and service of process, Restitution, Rule IV Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, submission to jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary appearance, Waiver | tunkara-v-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-jurisdiction arrest-and-detention bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law-rev-code-151-4 class-c-mining-license completion-of-appeal contempt-proceedings diamond-dealers-association diamond-dispute due-process enforcement-of-mandate export-voucher gbarpolu-county improper-execution-of-mandate kimberley-process-certification market-value-of-property mining-law ministry-of-mines-and-energy montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss notice-and-service-of-process restitution rule-iv-revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court submission-to-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-appearance waiver | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Turay v Kamara (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law | 2024, action of ejectment, allegation of fraud, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law §51.10, Civil Procedure Law §51.4, client failure to superintend appeal, Costs, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, enlargement of time, Failure to Perfect Appeal, mandate to lower court, mandatory appeal statute, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Paynesville, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tolling of appeal period, withdrawal of counsel | siaka-turay-vs-ma-konneh-kamara-2024 turay-v-kamara-2024 | 2024 action-of-ejectment allegation-of-fraud appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-10 civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 client-failure-to-superintend-appeal costs dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enlargement-of-time failure-to-perfect-appeal mandate-to-lower-court mandatory-appeal-statute montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal paynesville sixth-judicial-circuit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia tolling-of-appeal-period withdrawal-of-counsel | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Turpin et Al v. Roberts 1 LLR 8; LRSC 4 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, appeal bond requirement, appellate procedure, bond, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, diminution of record, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, filing of bond, judicial recordkeeping, Jurisdictional Defect, legal requisites, Montserrado County, omission of evidence, Procedural Law, Record evidence, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia | turpin-et-al-v-roberts-1-llr-8-lrsc-4-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal appeal-bond-requirement appellate-procedure bond court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas diminution-of-record dismissal-of-appeal due-process filing-of-bond judicial-recordkeeping jurisdictional-defect legal-requisites montserrado-county omission-of-evidence procedural-law record-evidence superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Tweah et al v His Honor Roosevelt Willie et al (2026) (Petition for Re-argument) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, National Security Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, constitutional law, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, economic sabotage, functional immunity, indictment, money laundering, Montserrado County, National Security Council, National Security Law, National Security Reform and Intelligence Act, Petition for re-argument, presidential immunity, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, trial court jurisdiction, Writ of Prohibition | tweah-et-al-v-his-honor-roosevelt-willie-et-al-2026-petition-for-re-argument | 2026-opinions appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law economic-sabotage functional-immunity indictment money-laundering montserrado-county national-security-council national-security-law national-security-reform-and-intelligence-act petition-for-re-argument presidential-immunity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property trial-court-jurisdiction writ-of-prohibition | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases national-security-law supreme-court | |
| Tweh v. Tandapolie (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, All Liberian Party, ALP, Appellate Review, application by special leave, Application for Special Leave, Article IX, Board of Commissioners NEC, constitutional law, denial of special leave, discretionary relief, dismissal of application, District 11, domicile requirement, election procedure, elections law, electoral dispute, eligibility to contest, excusable neglect, Final Judgment, Force Majeure, good cause shown, Granting of Special Leave is not a right but a privilege, judicial discretion, mandate, mandatory filing period, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, NEC, New Liberia Party, nomination challenge, noncompliance with rules, Nunc Pro Tunc, objection to nomination, overlooked fact, overlooked point of law, palpable substantial mistake, Petition for re-argument, political party challenge, procedural bar, Procedural Default, Re-argument, recall of mandate, representative candidate, representative seat, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IX, Rule of Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Three-day requirement for filing of petition for re-argument mandatory, Timeliness | tweh-v-tandapolie-2023 | 2023-opinions all-liberian-party alp appellate-review application-by-special-leave application-for-special-leave article-ix board-of-commissioners-nec constitutional-law denial-of-special-leave discretionary-relief dismissal-of-application district-11 domicile-requirement election-procedure elections-law electoral-dispute eligibility-to-contest excusable-neglect final-judgment force-majeure good-cause-shown granting-of-special-leave-is-not-a-right-but-a-privilege judicial-discretion mandate mandatory-filing-period montserrado-county national-elections-commission nec new-liberia-party nomination-challenge noncompliance-with-rules nunc-pro-tunc objection-to-nomination overlooked-fact overlooked-point-of-law palpable-substantial-mistake petition-for-re-argument political-party-challenge procedural-bar procedural-default re-argument recall-of-mandate representative-candidate representative-seat revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-ix rule-of-law supreme-court-of-liberia three-day-requirement-for-filing-of-petition-for-re-argument-mandatory timeliness | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Unity Party V. National Elections Commission (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrative discretion, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Board of Commissioners NEC, constitutional law, constitutional right to vote, construction of statutes, elections law, electoral disputes, electoral fairness, electoral integrity, equal distribution of voters, hearing officer rulings, interpretation of statutes, judiciary authority, Koffah v. Republic of Liberia, legislative intent, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, NEC powers and duties, overcrowding, Plain language important in statutory interpretation, plain meaning rule, polling places, precinct demarcation, precinct limits, quasi-judicial review, Richard v. Monrovia Brewery, Section 2.9 Elections Law, Section 4.1(2) Elections Law, separation of powers, Statutes must be construed with reference to legislative intent, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, voter access, voter registration, Voters registration, voting precincts | unity-party-v-national-elections-commission-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-discretion administrative-law appellate-review bill-of-exceptions board-of-commissioners-nec constitutional-law constitutional-right-to-vote construction-of-statutes elections-law electoral-disputes electoral-fairness electoral-integrity equal-distribution-of-voters hearing-officer-rulings interpretation-of-statutes judiciary-authority koffah-v-republic-of-liberia legislative-intent monrovia montserrado-county national-elections-commission nec-powers-and-duties overcrowding plain-language-important-in-statutory-interpretation plain-meaning-rule polling-places precinct-demarcation precinct-limits quasi-judicial-review richard-v-monrovia-brewery section-2-9-elections-law section-4-12-elections-law separation-of-powers statutes-must-be-construed-with-reference-to-legislative-intent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia voter-access voter-registration voters-registration voting-precincts | 2023-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases elections-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Universal Printing Press, v. Blue Cross Insurance Company LRSC 43 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, admission of documents, annexation of exhibits, Appeal, Appellate Review, authentication of documents, award of damages, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, cancellation of insurance policy, challenges for cause, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 22, Contract Law, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary rules, flood damage, general damages, indemnity, insurance law, insurance policy interpretation, judicial discretion, Judiciary Law Section 18.2, juror qualification, jury selection, jury service within preceding year, Jury Verdict, mandate, mitigation of damages, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, notice of cancellation, notice principle, peremptory challenges, pleading requirements, pollution of jury, preponderance of evidence, property damage, reversal of judgment, Reversible Error, special damages, specificity requirement, Supreme Court of Liberia, voir dire, waiver of challenge, weight of evidence | universal-printing-press v-blue-cross-insurance-company-lrsc-43-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion admission-of-documents annexation-of-exhibits appeal appellate-review authentication-of-documents award-of-damages bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cancellation-of-insurance-policy challenges-for-cause civil-law civil-procedure-law-chapter-22 contract-law enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-rules flood-damage general-damages indemnity insurance-law insurance-policy-interpretation judicial-discretion judiciary-law-section-18-2 juror-qualification jury-selection jury-service-within-preceding-year jury-verdict mandate mitigation-of-damages montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial notice-of-cancellation notice-principle peremptory-challenges pleading-requirements pollution-of-jury preponderance-of-evidence property-damage reversal-of-judgment reversible-error special-damages specificity-requirement supreme-court-of-liberia voir-dire waiver-of-challenge weight-of-evidence | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| UPA Import Corp. Inc. v Citizen of Bokomu District LRSC 29 (2005) | 2005, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2005 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appeal, arbitration, arbitration clause, Bokomu District, breach of contract, cancellation of contract, citizen representation, Civil Procedure, concession agreement, condition precedent, Contract Law, forest management agreement, Forestry Development Authority, forestry law, Jury Trial, land rent, Motion to Dismiss, natural resources law, notice, permit, premature filing, public law, remand, royalty, ruling reversed, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of jury trial | upa-import-corp-inc-v-citizen-of-bokomu-district-lrsc-29-2005 | 2005-opinions administrative-law appeal arbitration arbitration-clause bokomu-district breach-of-contract cancellation-of-contract citizen-representation civil-procedure concession-agreement condition-precedent contract-law forest-management-agreement forestry-development-authority forestry-law jury-trial land-rent motion-to-dismiss natural-resources-law notice permit premature-filing public-law remand royalty ruling-reversed supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-jury-trial | 2005-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| Urban Marketing Group, Inc. v. John Hilary Tubman (2025) (Re argument) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, arbitral tribunal, arbitration, Arbitration Award, binding arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, contractual dispute, contractual obligation, Due Process, enforcement of award, Estoppel, John Hilary Tubman, joint venture agreement, Montserrado County, motion to vacate arbitration award, notice of assignment, Petition for re-argument, re-argument denied, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IX, sanctity of contract, scope of authority, Section 64.11, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires, Urban Marketing Group, Waiver | urban-marketing-group-inc-v-john-hilary-tubman-2025-re-argument | 2025-opinions arbitral-tribunal arbitration arbitration-award binding-arbitration civil-procedure-law contractual-dispute contractual-obligation due-process enforcement-of-award estoppel john-hilary-tubman joint-venture-agreement montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-arbitration-award notice-of-assignment petition-for-re-argument re-argument-denied revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-ix sanctity-of-contract scope-of-authority section-64-11 supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires urban-marketing-group waiver | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Urey v. Keita et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law | 2025 Opinions, admission by counsel, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Law Court, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, judgment without opinion, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia | urey-v-keita-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions admission-by-counsel appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law-court dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal judgment-without-opinion mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Vargas v Eid LRSC 25; 40 LLR 624 (2001) | 2001, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2001 Opinions, breach of contract, cancellation of sublease, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Default Judgment, harmless error, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, Monrovia, Montserrado County, procedural defect, Real Property, Receivership, rent arrears, service of pleadings, statutory deadline, sublease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubman Boulevard | vargas-v-eid-lrsc-25-40-llr-624-2001 | 2001-opinions breach-of-contract cancellation-of-sublease civil-law-court civil-procedure default-judgment harmless-error jurisdiction jury-trial monrovia montserrado-county procedural-defect real-property receivership rent-arrears service-of-pleadings statutory-deadline sublease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia tubman-boulevard | 2001-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Venn v Johnson et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law, Property law (case law) | action of ejectment, Appeal, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Default Judgment, Duazon, Due Process, Liberia Case Law 2025, Margibi County, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Personal Service, Prohibition, Real Property, Service by Publication, Service of Process, Sheriff’s Return, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Void Judgment | venn-v-johnson-et-al-2025 | action-of-ejectment appeal civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction default-judgment duazon due-process liberia-case-law-2025 margibi-county montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment personal-service prohibition real-property service-by-publication service-of-process sheriffs-return supreme-court-of-liberia thirteenth-judicial-circuit-court void-judgment | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases property-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| VH Timber v Nacca Logging Co. LRSC 13; 42 LLR 527 (2005) | 2005, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | affidavit evidence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Costs, Debt Court, Default Judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, Jurisdiction, ministerial officer, Montserrado County, Reversal, Service of Process, sheriff’s returns, sum certain, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of execution | vh-timber-v-nacca-logging-co-lrsc-13-42-llr-527-2005 | affidavit-evidence appellate-review burden-of-proof concurrent-jurisdiction costs debt-court default-judgment enforcement-of-judgment jurisdiction ministerial-officer montserrado-county reversal service-of-process sheriffs-returns sum-certain supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-execution | 2005-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Voss et al v Hooke et al LRSC 3; 2 LLR 184 (1915) | 1915, Civil Procedure Law | alteration of judgment, Appellate Review, attorney representation, Civil Procedure, Debt Action, Default Judgment, failure to appear, finality of judgment, mistake of law or fact, motion to vacate judgment, notice to parties, Procedural Due Process, rehearing, reversal with costs, Writ of Error | voss-et-al-v-hooke-et-al-lrsc-3-2-llr-184-1915 | alteration-of-judgment appellate-review attorney-representation civil-procedure debt-action default-judgment failure-to-appear finality-of-judgment mistake-of-law-or-fact motion-to-vacate-judgment notice-to-parties procedural-due-process rehearing reversal-with-costs writ-of-error | 1915-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Vrex Remodeling Inc. v. LPRC (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Procurement Law | 2016 Opinion, Administrative Procedure Act, Agency error, Arbitrary and capricious, CARP, Conditional award, Docket advancement, Enforcement petition, Judicial Review, Liberia Supreme Court, LPRC, Lutech Engineering, Ministry of Justice, PPCC, Prequalification, Procurement law, Public safety, Record evidence, Technical requirements, Vrex Remodeling | vrex-remodeling-inc-v-lprc-2016 | 2016-opinion administrative-procedure-act agency-error arbitrary-and-capricious carp conditional-award docket-advancement enforcement-petition judicial-review liberia-supreme-court lprc lutech-engineering ministry-of-justice ppcc prequalification procurement-law public-safety record-evidence technical-requirements vrex-remodeling | 2016-1 administrative-law anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases procurement-law supreme-court | |
| Wales et al. v. Intestate Estate of Arthur and Reuben Hart (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law, Property law (case law) | 2025 Opinions, arbitration, Civil Procedure, CPL §41.7, Due Process, Ejectment, Investigative Survey, Johnsonville Land Dispute, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Privity, Property Law, Relief from Judgment | wales-et-al-v-intestate-estate-of-arthur-and-reuben-hart-2025 | 2025-opinions arbitration civil-procedure cpl-%c2%a741-7 due-process ejectment investigative-survey johnsonville-land-dispute jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court privity property-law relief-from-judgment | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases property-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| Wesley et al vs. His Honor Yamie Gbeisay et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Amos Geah-Doe, Appellate Review, Barnersville, Bill of information, biological heirship, bona fide ownership, civil law, Civil Law Court, closure of estate, constitutional rights, court decree of sale, Decree of Sale, denial of day in court, determination of heirs, Due Process, Ejectment, ELWA Road, Enforcement of Judgment, estate distribution, estates and trusts, eviction, heirs and beneficiaries, improper execution of mandate, improper transfer, Intestate Estate, judgment not binding on nonparties, judicial overreach, Jurisdiction, King Gray Town, lack of probate jurisdiction, Letters of Administration, long possession, mandate compliance, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, nonparty rights, Paynesville, petition for revocation of letters of administration, possession of real property, Probate Law, Property Rights, quashing writ, real property dispute, revocation of letters of administration, right to property, Sheaplor R. Dunbar, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, title holders, unlawful eviction, Writ of Error, writ of execution, writ of possession, Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay | wesley-et-al-vs-his-honor-yamie-gbeisay-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions amos-geah-doe appellate-review barnersville bill-of-information biological-heirship bona-fide-ownership civil-law civil-law-court closure-of-estate constitutional-rights court-decree-of-sale decree-of-sale denial-of-day-in-court determination-of-heirs due-process ejectment elwa-road enforcement-of-judgment estate-distribution estates-and-trusts eviction heirs-and-beneficiaries improper-execution-of-mandate improper-transfer intestate-estate judgment-not-binding-on-nonparties judicial-overreach jurisdiction king-gray-town lack-of-probate-jurisdiction letters-of-administration long-possession mandate-compliance monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county nonparty-rights paynesville petition-for-revocation-of-letters-of-administration possession-of-real-property probate-law property-rights quashing-writ real-property-dispute revocation-of-letters-of-administration right-to-property sheaplor-r-dunbar sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia title-holders unlawful-eviction writ-of-error writ-of-execution writ-of-possession yamie-quiqui-gbeisay | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Western Steel and Allied Industries Liberia Inc. v Nimba County et al. LRSC 36 (2015) | 2015, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Procurement Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), bid evaluation panel, bid protest, Complaints Appeals and Review Panel (CARP), concession law, constitutional law, Due Process, exhaustion of administrative remedies, Judicial Review, Ministry of Justice, Nimba County, notice and hearing, procurement irregularities, Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC), Public Procurement and Concessions Act, public procurement law, remand for hearing, responsive bidder, scrap metal tender, status quo ante, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires administrative action, Writ of Prohibition | lrsc-36-2015 western-steel-and-allied-industries-liberia-inc-v-nimba-county-et-al-lrsc-36-2015 western-steel-inc-v-rl-et-al | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-review article-20a bid-evaluation-panel bid-protest complaints-appeals-and-review-panel-carp concession-law constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies judicial-review ministry-of-justice nimba-county notice-and-hearing procurement-irregularities public-procurement-and-concession-commission-ppcc public-procurement-and-concessions-act public-procurement-law remand-for-hearing responsive-bidder scrap-metal-tender status-quo-ante supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-administrative-action writ-of-prohibition | 2015-1 administrative-law anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases concession-law-supreme-court constitutional-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law procurement-law supreme-court | |
| White & White v. Moore 1 LLR 21; LRSC 2 (1863) | 1863, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1863 Opinions, Appellate Review, confirmation of judgment, costs awarded, deed validity, early Liberian jurisprudence., judicial sale, lawful conveyance, Montserrado County, Possession, sheriff’s sale, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to property, validity of proceedings | white-white-v-moore-1-llr-21-lrsc-2-1863 | 1863-opinions appellate-review confirmation-of-judgment costs-awarded deed-validity early-liberian-jurisprudence judicial-sale lawful-conveyance montserrado-county possession sheriffs-sale supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-property validity-of-proceedings | 1863-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Williams v Abraham LRSC 10; 20 LLR 220 (1971) | 1971, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 1971 opinions, Appellate Review, attachment of real property, civil law, Debt Court, Jurisdiction, legislative limits, Maryland County, monetary threshold, motion to vacate, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | williams-v-abraham-lrsc-10-20-llr-220-1971 | 1971-opinions appellate-review attachment-of-real-property civil-law debt-court jurisdiction legislative-limits maryland-county monetary-threshold motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | 1971-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Willie et al v. Fahnbulleh et al. (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, 72nd Community Paynesville, Appeal, board of arbitration, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 64 (Arbitration), Ejectment, Fallah Willie v. Yussif B. Fahnbulleh, grounds to vacate arbitration award, implied arbitration agreement, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority / former Lands Mines & Energy, majority arbitrators’ report, mix-shape garage encroachment, motion for arbitration, notice of survey, objection to arbitration report, ruling confirmed and affirmed, Somalia Drive frontage, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey and metes-and-bounds, waiver and laches | willie-et-al-v-fahnbulleh-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions 72nd-community-paynesville appeal board-of-arbitration civil-procedure-law-chapter-64-arbitration ejectment fallah-willie-v-yussif-b-fahnbulleh grounds-to-vacate-arbitration-award implied-arbitration-agreement justice-yamie-q-gbeisay land-dispute liberia-land-authority-former-lands-mines-energy majority-arbitrators-report mix-shape-garage-encroachment motion-for-arbitration notice-of-survey objection-to-arbitration-report ruling-confirmed-and-affirmed somalia-drive-frontage supreme-court-of-liberia survey-and-metes-and-bounds waiver-and-laches | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Woiwor v Pol (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, Appellate Review, breach of contract, civil law, Commercial Dispute, conditional contract, contractual interpretation, debt by attachment, Debt Court, directed verdict, disputed facts, documentary evidence, financial investment agreement, interest and commission, loan agreement, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for judgment during trial, post-dated cheque, preponderance of evidence, Prima Facie Case, remand for full trial, reversal of trial court, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | woiwor-v-pol-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt appellate-review breach-of-contract civil-law commercial-dispute conditional-contract contractual-interpretation debt-by-attachment debt-court directed-verdict disputed-facts documentary-evidence financial-investment-agreement interest-and-commission loan-agreement mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-during-trial post-dated-cheque preponderance-of-evidence prima-facie-case remand-for-full-trial reversal-of-trial-court sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wolo v Wolo LRSC 10; 8 LLR 36 (1942) | 1942, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Property Law | 1944 Opinions, cancellation of deeds, civil law, consideration, equity, fraud, interspousal conveyance, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Property Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, unity of person, Void ab initio | wolo-v-wolo-lrsc-10-8-llr-36-1942 | 1944-opinions cancellation-of-deeds civil-law consideration equity fraud interspousal-conveyance marital-property montserrado-county property-law supreme-court-of-liberia unity-of-person void-ab-initio | 1942-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases property-law-cases 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 | |
| Workers Union of Mesurado Group of Companies v The Management of Mesurado Group of Companies (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of process, accrual of cause of action, Administrative Law, Appeal bond, appeal requirements, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, certiorari proceedings, Civil Procedure Law, Concurrent Jurisdiction, delay tactics, denial of writ of certiorari, dismissal of appeal, employee benefits, Employment Law, evidentiary admissions, Failure to Perfect Appeal, finality of judgment, frivolous petition, Gaga v Pratt, INA Decree No. 21, judicial cognizance of jurisdiction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Jurisdictional Defect, Kanawaty v King, Kpotov v Kpotov, Labor Dispute, Labour Law, lack of jurisdiction, Lamco v Verdier, mandate to lower court, mandatory procedural requirements, Ministry of Labor, National Labor Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Petition for Judicial Review, prohibition on review by coordinate court, repetitive litigation, Republic v Aggrey, res judicata principles, Rogers v Universal Insurance, Sarnor v Sherman, Sarweh v NPA, severance pay, Statute of Limitations, subject matter jurisdiction, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, time-barred claims, tolling argument, unfair labor practices, Union National Bank v MCC, unpaid wages, waiver and laches | workers-union-of-mesurado-group-of-companies-v-the-management-of-mesurado-group-of-companies-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-process accrual-of-cause-of-action administrative-law appeal-bond appeal-requirements appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions certiorari-proceedings civil-procedure-law concurrent-jurisdiction delay-tactics denial-of-writ-of-certiorari dismissal-of-appeal employee-benefits employment-law evidentiary-admissions failure-to-perfect-appeal finality-of-judgment frivolous-petition gaga-v-pratt ina-decree-no-21 judicial-cognizance-of-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect kanawaty-v-king kpotov-v-kpotov labor-dispute labour-law lack-of-jurisdiction lamco-v-verdier mandate-to-lower-court mandatory-procedural-requirements ministry-of-labor national-labor-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal petition-for-judicial-review prohibition-on-review-by-coordinate-court repetitive-litigation republic-v-aggrey res-judicata-principles rogers-v-universal-insurance sarnor-v-sherman sarweh-v-npa severance-pay statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia time-barred-claims tolling-argument unfair-labor-practices union-national-bank-v-mcc unpaid-wages waiver-and-laches | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yangah v Melton LRSC 25; 12 LLR 128 (1954) | 1954, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1954 Opinions, Civil Procedure, dismissal, Ejectment, fifteen-day rule, Jurisdiction, lack of jurisdiction, Modderman v. Roberts (precedent), Montserrado County, Service of Process, summons, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness | yangah-v-melton-lrsc-25-12-llr-128-1954 | 1954-opinions civil-procedure dismissal ejectment fifteen-day-rule jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction modderman-v-roberts-precedent montserrado-county service-of-process summons supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness | 1954-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yardamah v Her Honor Natt et al. LRSC 28 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bill of information, budget records, chief training officer, Employment Law, enforcement of mandate, Evidence, judicial warning, Labour Law, National Labour Court, National Port Authority, NPA, payment in lieu of reinstatement, promotion, public corporation, retroactive salary, salary dispute, Supreme Court of Liberia, training officer, Unfair Labour Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | yardamah-v-natt-and-national-port-authority-unfair-labour-practice-and-bill-of-information | 2016-opinions appellate-review bill-of-information budget-records chief-training-officer employment-law enforcement-of-mandate evidence judicial-warning labour-law national-labour-court national-port-authority npa payment-in-lieu-of-reinstatement promotion public-corporation retroactive-salary salary-dispute supreme-court-of-liberia training-officer unfair-labour-practice wrongful-dismissal | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yardamah v Her Honor Natt et al. LRSC 33 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal, best evidence rule, burden of proof, change of status, classification and salary, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, Default Judgment, demotion, Employment Law, evidentiary error, gross insubordination, illegal dismissal, Judicial Review, Labour Law, lawful orders of employer, Liberia Seaport Police, managerial position, mandate of court, Ministry of Labour, Monrovia, Montserrado County, NASSCORP, National Labour Court, National Port Authority (NPA), occupational injury, promotion, reinstatement, release and discharge, remand, rescission of judgment, retroactive salary, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, unreasonable orders, Wrongful Dismissal | yardamah-v-her-honor-natt-et-al-lrsc-33-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof change-of-status classification-and-salary compensation-in-lieu-of-reinstatement default-judgment demotion employment-law evidentiary-error gross-insubordination illegal-dismissal judicial-review labour-law lawful-orders-of-employer liberia-seaport-police managerial-position mandate-of-court ministry-of-labour monrovia montserrado-county nasscorp national-labour-court national-port-authority-npa occupational-injury promotion reinstatement release-and-discharge remand rescission-of-judgment retroactive-salary subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia unreasonable-orders wrongful-dismissal | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yates v. Brother 1LLR2; LRSC 2 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, exceptions to rulings, Judicial Practice, judicial supervision, legal formalities, legal requisites, Montserrado County, Procedural Law, record deficiency, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial record | yates-v-brother-1llr2-lrsc-2-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas dismissal-of-appeal due-process exceptions-to-rulings judicial-practice judicial-supervision legal-formalities legal-requisites montserrado-county procedural-law record-deficiency statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia trial-record | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2023-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Youth for Development & Productivity (YODAP) v The Government of the Republic of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | 2026 Opinions, absence of contract, acknowledgment of debt, action of debt, affirmance of lower court, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, bilateral agreement, burden of proof, civil law, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Contract Law, corporate capacity, corporate entity, debt recovery, defective writ of summons, denial of claim, dismissal of action, documentary evidence, domestic debt validation, evidentiary insufficiency, failure of proof, failure to prove claim, financing arrangement, fraud allegation, government liability, Government of Liberia, Jurisdiction, lack of consideration, legal personality, limitation period, loan agreement, mandate, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Montserrado County, non-governmental organization, performance of contract, pre-financing claim, privity of contract, proof of performance, public finance, rebuttal evidence, remand, Republic of China (Taiwan), self-serving evidence, Service of Process, sovereign obligations, Standing, statute of frauds, Statute of Limitations, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party beneficiary, unenforceable contract, witness credibility, written contract requirement | youth-for-development-productivity-yodap-v-the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions absence-of-contract acknowledgment-of-debt action-of-debt affirmance-of-lower-court appellate-review best-evidence-rule bilateral-agreement burden-of-proof civil-law commercial-court commercial-law contract-law corporate-capacity corporate-entity debt-recovery defective-writ-of-summons denial-of-claim dismissal-of-action documentary-evidence domestic-debt-validation evidentiary-insufficiency failure-of-proof failure-to-prove-claim financing-arrangement fraud-allegation government-liability government-of-liberia jurisdiction lack-of-consideration legal-personality limitation-period loan-agreement mandate ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning montserrado-county non-governmental-organization performance-of-contract pre-financing-claim privity-of-contract proof-of-performance public-finance rebuttal-evidence remand republic-of-china-taiwan self-serving-evidence service-of-process sovereign-obligations standing statute-of-frauds statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-beneficiary unenforceable-contract witness-credibility written-contract-requirement | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2024-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Zayzay et. al. v. ABC Childrens Aid Lib. (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, aborigines deed, action of ejectment, Appeal, capacity to intervene, Civil Law Court, costs against appellants, Decree of Sale, encroachment, Estoppel, eviction, Gbengbah Town, idem sonans, intervention, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Laches, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Paynesville, preliminary injunction (vacated), property ownership, restitution of possession, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, Waiver, wrongful withholding | zayzay-et-al-v-abc-childrens-aid-lib-2019 | 2019-opinions aborigines-deed action-of-ejectment appeal capacity-to-intervene civil-law-court costs-against-appellants decree-of-sale encroachment estoppel eviction gbengbah-town idem-sonans intervention intestate-estate jury-verdict laches land-dispute letters-of-administration metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial paynesville preliminary-injunction-vacated property-ownership restitution-of-possession standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver wrongful-withholding | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court |