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| Boyah et al v Horace LRSC 12; 2 LLR 265 (1916) | 1916, Constitutional Law, Customary Law | aborigines, capital offenses, compelled confession, constitutional law, county jurisdiction, customary law, district commissioner, Due Process, exclusive judicial jurisdiction, executive officer, executive overreach, forty-mile limit, hinterland administration, illegality of ordeal, Injunction, Interior Department, judicial functions, murder, native courts, native customary law, native tribes, Quarterly Sessions Court, sassy-wood, self-incrimination, separation of powers, statutory construction, travelling commissioner, trial by ordeal | boyah-et-al-v-horace-lrsc-12-2-llr-265-1916 | aborigines capital-offenses compelled-confession constitutional-law county-jurisdiction customary-law district-commissioner due-process exclusive-judicial-jurisdiction executive-officer executive-overreach forty-mile-limit hinterland-administration illegality-of-ordeal injunction interior-department judicial-functions murder native-courts native-customary-law native-tribes quarterly-sessions-court sassy-wood self-incrimination separation-of-powers statutory-construction travelling-commissioner trial-by-ordeal | 1916-1 constitutional-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Davis v RL LRSC 2; 1 LLR 17 (1862) | 1862, Civil Procedure 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 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Decedents Estates Law (1972) Title 8 – Liberian Code of Laws Revised | 1972, Customary Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1972 Acts, access to justice, administration of insolvent estates, administrator de bonis non, administrator duties, adopted children inheritance, ancillary administration, ancillary letters, ancillary probate, appeals procedure, appearance of parties, appraiser fees, authentication of foreign wills, charitable trust, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, claims and debts, commissions, compulsory accounting, constitutional equality, continuation of decedent’s business, court decrees and enforcement, court fees, creditors’ rights, curatorship of intestate estates, customary law, customary marriage integration, customary wife rights, decedents estates, deposit of inheritance, disposition of real property, domestic relations, Due Process, equal rights of customary marriage, Equitable Relief, Estate Administration, estate costs and allowances, estate costs on appeal, estate distribution, estate liabilities, estate property disputes, estate property management, Executive Law, executor duties, executor renunciation, executor responsibilities, family law, family rights, fiduciary accounting, fiduciary bond, fiduciary bonds, fiduciary commissions, fiduciary compensation, fiduciary discovery proceedings, fiduciary duties, fiduciary investment of funds, fiduciary law, fiduciary legal expenses, fiduciary misconduct, fiduciary petitions, fiduciary profit and loss, fiduciary qualification, fiduciary release, fiduciary relief, fiduciary removal, fiduciary report, fiduciary resignation, fiduciary settlements, foreign wills, funeral expenses, gender equality, Good Governance Law, guardian ad litem, guardianship, human rights law, illegitimate children inheritance, inheritance law, inheritance rights, intestate administration, intestate distribution, Intestate Succession, intestate succession order, inventory and appraisement, judicial decrees, judicial law, judicial settlement, judicial settlement of accounts, jury trials, land law, legal fees, Letters of Administration, letters testamentary, Liberia Code of Laws Revised Title 8, lost or destroyed will, Marital Property, mortgage or lease of estate property, payment of estate debts, persons under disability, pleadings and process, probate appeals, probate court fees, probate court jurisdiction, probate court procedure, probate jurisdiction, Probate Law, probate of wills, probate procedure, probate proceedings, proof of service, Property Law, property ownership, real property distribution, recording of wills, registrar of deeds, Republic of Liberia, restitution from discovered assets, retention of property, Rule of Law, safe-keeping of wills, sale of estate property, Service of Process, settlement of accounts, Statutory interpretation, succession law, supplementary inventory, surviving spouse rights, tax law, temporary administration, testamentary trust, testamentary trustee, testamentary trusts, trustee commissions, unknown heirs, voluntary accounting, widow inheritance protection, widow’s dower, Will Construction, wills and testaments | decedents-estates-law-1972-title-8-liberian-code-of-laws-revised | 1972-acts access-to-justice administration-of-insolvent-estates administrator-de-bonis-non administrator-duties adopted-children-inheritance ancillary-administration ancillary-letters ancillary-probate appeals-procedure appearance-of-parties appraiser-fees authentication-of-foreign-wills charitable-trust civil-law civil-procedure-law claims-and-debts commissions compulsory-accounting constitutional-equality continuation-of-decedents-business court-decrees-and-enforcement court-fees creditors-rights curatorship-of-intestate-estates customary-law customary-marriage-integration customary-wife-rights decedents-estates deposit-of-inheritance disposition-of-real-property domestic-relations due-process equal-rights-of-customary-marriage equitable-relief estate-administration estate-costs-and-allowances estate-costs-on-appeal estate-distribution estate-liabilities estate-property-disputes estate-property-management executive-law executor-duties executor-renunciation executor-responsibilities family-law family-rights fiduciary-accounting fiduciary-bond fiduciary-bonds fiduciary-commissions fiduciary-compensation fiduciary-discovery-proceedings fiduciary-duties fiduciary-investment-of-funds fiduciary-law fiduciary-legal-expenses fiduciary-misconduct fiduciary-petitions fiduciary-profit-and-loss fiduciary-qualification fiduciary-release fiduciary-relief fiduciary-removal fiduciary-report fiduciary-resignation fiduciary-settlements foreign-wills funeral-expenses gender-equality good-governance-law guardian-ad-litem guardianship human-rights-law illegitimate-children-inheritance inheritance-law inheritance-rights intestate-administration intestate-distribution intestate-succession intestate-succession-order inventory-and-appraisement judicial-decrees judicial-law judicial-settlement judicial-settlement-of-accounts jury-trials land-law legal-fees letters-of-administration letters-testamentary liberia-code-of-laws-revised-title-8 lost-or-destroyed-will marital-property mortgage-or-lease-of-estate-property payment-of-estate-debts persons-under-disability pleadings-and-process probate-appeals probate-court-fees probate-court-jurisdiction probate-court-procedure probate-jurisdiction probate-law probate-of-wills probate-procedure probate-proceedings proof-of-service property-law property-ownership real-property-distribution recording-of-wills registrar-of-deeds republic-of-liberia restitution-from-discovered-assets retention-of-property rule-of-law safe-keeping-of-wills sale-of-estate-property service-of-process settlement-of-accounts statutory-interpretation succession-law supplementary-inventory surviving-spouse-rights tax-law temporary-administration testamentary-trust testamentary-trustee testamentary-trusts trustee-commissions unknown-heirs voluntary-accounting widow-inheritance-protection widows-dower will-construction wills-and-testaments | 1972-legislative-acts-by-year customary-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases legislative-acts-by-year supreme-court | |
| Gofah et al v Peter LRSC 5; 1 LLR 458 (1905) | 1905, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Family Law | abduction of wife, absconding spouse, acceptance after breach of bond, Appeal, bond for return of wife, bride price, burden of proof, Costs, customary law, damages, dowry, Estoppel, family responsibility, liability of sureties, marriage under native custom, Monthly and Probate Court, native custom, prying another man’s wife, reversal of judgment, suretyship | gofah-et-al-v-peter-lrsc-5-1-llr-458-1905 | abduction-of-wife absconding-spouse acceptance-after-breach-of-bond appeal bond-for-return-of-wife bride-price burden-of-proof costs customary-law damages dowry estoppel family-responsibility liability-of-sureties marriage-under-native-custom monthly-and-probate-court native-custom prying-another-mans-wife reversal-of-judgment suretyship | 1905-1 customary-law evidence-law family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gray v Beverly LRSC 2; 1 LLR 500 (1907) | 1907, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Family Law | aborigines, compulsory writ, constitutional law, customary law, Due Process, executive authority, habeas corpus, husband and wife, Judicial Review, ministerial duty, Montserrado County, native law, parent and child, personal liberty, Secretary of Interior, separation of powers, Sheriff’s Return, sufficiency of return, unlawful detention | gray-v-beverly-lrsc-2-1-llr-500-1907 | aborigines compulsory-writ constitutional-law customary-law due-process executive-authority habeas-corpus husband-and-wife judicial-review ministerial-duty montserrado-county native-law parent-and-child personal-liberty secretary-of-interior separation-of-powers sheriffs-return sufficiency-of-return unlawful-detention | 1907-1 constitutional-law-cases customary-law family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| IN RE Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) Report Against His Honor Joe Paegar LRSC 4 (2017) | 2017, Customary Law, Ethics | 2017 Opinions, abuse of judicial office, Amici Curiae, ancestral land, associate magistrate, Canon Thirty-One, Canon Twenty-Five, Conflict of Interest, customary land, Due Process, forfeiture of salary, Grand Bassa County, illegal sale of land, JIC report, Judicial Canons, judicial discipline, judicial ethics, Judicial Inquiry Commission, land administration, land grabbing, magistrates court, Professional Misconduct, public confidence in judiciary, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from office, Wee Statutory District | in-re-judicial-inquiry-commission-jic-report-against-his-honor-joe-paegar-lrsc-4-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-judicial-office amici-curiae ancestral-land associate-magistrate canon-thirty-one canon-twenty-five conflict-of-interest customary-land due-process forfeiture-of-salary grand-bassa-county illegal-sale-of-land jic-report judicial-canons judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-inquiry-commission land-administration land-grabbing magistrates-court professional-misconduct public-confidence-in-judiciary supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-office wee-statutory-district | 2017-1 customary-law ethics 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 | |
| Karmo et al v. Morris (1919) | 1919, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Customary Law | Anglo-Liberian boundary conventions, arrest without warrant, bail and bond, constitutional law, contempt power, customary governance, customary law, Ding, Due Process, enforcement of bond, executive overreach, forty-mile limit, Franco-Liberian boundary conventions, Golah country, habeas corpus, hinterland administration, Interior Department, International Law, judicial power, Jurisdiction, Liberian Frontier Force, native chiefs, public order, Secretary of the Interior, separation of powers, territorial sovereignty, Todee, treaties and conventions, unlawful detention, White Plains | karmo-et-al-v-morris-1919 | anglo-liberian-boundary-conventions arrest-without-warrant bail-and-bond constitutional-law contempt-power customary-governance customary-law ding due-process enforcement-of-bond executive-overreach forty-mile-limit franco-liberian-boundary-conventions golah-country habeas-corpus hinterland-administration interior-department international-law judicial-power jurisdiction liberian-frontier-force native-chiefs public-order secretary-of-the-interior separation-of-powers territorial-sovereignty todee treaties-and-conventions unlawful-detention white-plains | 1919-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law 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 | ||
| Lone v RL LRSC 31; 27 LLR 148 (1978) | 1978, Anti-Corruption, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 1978 Opinions, accounting for funds, Appellate Review, audit irregularities, audit report, bailment, Bopolu Chiefdom, Bopolu District, change of venue, clan funds, community development funds, conversion, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, documentary evidence, Due Process, embezzlement, evidentiary review, Fiduciary Duty, Grand Cape Mount County, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, local government, logging concession payments, misappropriation of funds, notice of accusation, Paramount Chief, proof beyond reasonable doubt, public funds, public officer, public project expenditures, receipt as evidence, Restitution, reversal of conviction, school construction, severance, signature by another at request, signature by mark, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribal funds, tribal treasury, unauthorized restitution, valid signature, variance, wrongful conviction | lone-v-rl-lrsc-31-27-llr-148-1978 | 1978-opinions accounting-for-funds appellate-review audit-irregularities audit-report bailment bopolu-chiefdom bopolu-district change-of-venue clan-funds community-development-funds conversion criminal-law criminal-procedure documentary-evidence due-process embezzlement evidentiary-review fiduciary-duty grand-cape-mount-county indictment insufficiency-of-evidence local-government logging-concession-payments misappropriation-of-funds notice-of-accusation paramount-chief proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt public-funds public-officer public-project-expenditures receipt-as-evidence restitution reversal-of-conviction school-construction severance signature-by-another-at-request signature-by-mark sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia tribal-funds tribal-treasury unauthorized-restitution valid-signature variance wrongful-conviction | 1978-1 anti-corruption concession-law-supreme-court constitutional-law-cases customary-law evidence-law natural-resource-law-case-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Memeh v Nahto LRSC 4; 2 LLR 7 (1908) | 1908, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Family Law | absence of evidence, Appeal, bride price, burden of proof, constitutional law, Costs, customary law, dowry, habeas corpus, jurisdictional error, Monthly and Probate Court, native marriage, personal liberty, proof of marriage, reversal of judgment, unlawful detention | memeh-v-nahto-lrsc-4-2-llr-7-1908 | absence-of-evidence appeal bride-price burden-of-proof constitutional-law costs customary-law dowry habeas-corpus jurisdictional-error monthly-and-probate-court native-marriage personal-liberty proof-of-marriage reversal-of-judgment unlawful-detention | 1908-1 constitutional-law-cases customary-law family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Sone et al LRSC 43; 35 LLR 126 (1988) | 1988, Customary Law, Property Law | 1988 Opinions, aborigine grant deed, cancellation of deed, civil law, deed cancellation, fraud, Fraudulent Deed, land law, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, pleading admissions, Property Dispute, public land, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, Vai Town, waiver of exceptions | rl-v-sone-et-al-lrsc-43-35-llr-126-1988 | 1988-opinions aborigine-grant-deed cancellation-of-deed civil-law deed-cancellation fraud fraudulent-deed land-law misrepresentation montserrado-county pleading-admissions property-dispute public-land supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute vai-town waiver-of-exceptions | 1988-1 customary-law property-law-cases 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 RL LRSC 9; 29 LLR 103 (1981) | 1981, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1981 Opinions, burden of proof, compulsory process, Confession, constitutional rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cruel treatment, custodial interrogation, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, Expert Testimony, fair trial, governmental misconduct, insanity defense, involuntary confession, Lofa County, medical evidence, murder, police interrogation, psychiatric examination, psychiatrist, retrial, reversal and remand, right to counsel, sanity, self-incrimination, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tenth Judicial Circuit, town chief interrogation, Voinjama | sheriff-v-rl-lrsc-9-29-llr-103-1981 | 1981-opinions burden-of-proof compulsory-process confession constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-treatment custodial-interrogation due-process evidentiary-insufficiency expert-testimony fair-trial governmental-misconduct insanity-defense involuntary-confession lofa-county medical-evidence murder police-interrogation psychiatric-examination psychiatrist retrial reversal-and-remand right-to-counsel sanity self-incrimination supreme-court-of-liberia tenth-judicial-circuit town-chief-interrogation voinjama | 1981-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law evidence-law health-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 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 | |
| Walker Nagbe et al v RL LRSC 38; 32 LLR 288 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law, Customary Law | 1984 Opinions, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, bark sassywood death, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, insufficient evidence, Jury Verdict, Life Imprisonment, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to remand, murder, prosecutorial negligence, remand for new trial, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, verification of pleadings | walker-nagbe-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-38-32-llr-288-1984 | 1984-opinions appellate-procedure appellate-review bark-sassywood-death civil-procedure-law criminal-law insufficient-evidence jury-verdict life-imprisonment motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-remand murder prosecutorial-negligence remand-for-new-trial sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia verification-of-pleadings | 1984-1 criminal-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Walker Nagbe et al v RL LRSC 56; 32 LLR 474 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law, Customary Law | 1984 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, conflicting testimony, Criminal Law, evidentiary confusion, homicide, insufficient evidence, murder, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, sassywood trial, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncertainty in trial record, witchcraft accusation | walker-nagbe-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-56-32-llr-474-1984 | 1984-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof conflicting-testimony criminal-law evidentiary-confusion homicide insufficient-evidence murder remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction sassywood-trial sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia uncertainty-in-trial-record witchcraft-accusation | 1984-1 criminal-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Zeegboe et al v RL LRSC 23 (2008) | 2008, Criminal Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law | 2008 Opinions, burden of proof, change of venue, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, cultural practices, Grand Gedeh County, hearsay evidence, improper judicial interference, jury instructions, life sentence vacated, missing body, murder, Nimba County, Poro Society, province of the jury, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Sanniquellie-Mah Statutory District, Supreme Court of Liberia | zeegboe-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-23-2008 | 2008-opinions burden-of-proof change-of-venue circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law cultural-practices grand-gedeh-county hearsay-evidence improper-judicial-interference jury-instructions life-sentence-vacated missing-body murder nimba-county poro-society province-of-the-jury reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sanniquellie-mah-statutory-district supreme-court-of-liberia | 2008-1 criminal-law-cases customary-law evidence-law supreme-court |