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| Abdullah Sheriff et al v. Republic of Liberia (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, consent and withdrawal, corroboration, Criminal Appeal, criminal conspiracy, evidentiary contradictions, involuntary sodomy, Liberia Penal Law, rape law, right to privacy, sentencing modification, sexual assault, SGBV, standard of proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubmanburg Bomi County | abdullah-sheriff-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions consent-and-withdrawal corroboration criminal-appeal criminal-conspiracy evidentiary-contradictions involuntary-sodomy liberia-penal-law rape-law right-to-privacy sentencing-modification sexual-assault sgbv standard-of-proof supreme-court-of-liberia tubmanburg-bomi-county | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Anderson v RL LRSC 26; 27 LLR 67 (1978) | 1978, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1978 Opinions, abuse of discretion, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, coerced confession, confession evidence, constitutional criminal protections, constitutional rights, contempt threat to counsel, criminal investigation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, defendant testimony, Due Process, evidentiary objections, evidentiary rulings, excessive peremptory challenges, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, impartial trial, indictment, involuntary confession, involuntary statements, joint defendants, judicial misconduct, judicial partiality, juror disqualification, jury prejudice, jury selection, Maryland County, murder, new trial, peremptory challenges, prosecutorial conduct, province of the jury, public officials, reversal and remand, Reversible Error, right to counsel, self-incrimination, sensational murder case, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial judge bias, voluntary confession, witness examination | anderson-v-rl-lrsc-26-27-llr-67-1978 | 1978-opinions abuse-of-discretion admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review coerced-confession confession-evidence constitutional-criminal-protections constitutional-rights contempt-threat-to-counsel criminal-investigation criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination defendant-testimony due-process evidentiary-objections evidentiary-rulings excessive-peremptory-challenges fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit impartial-trial indictment involuntary-confession involuntary-statements joint-defendants judicial-misconduct judicial-partiality juror-disqualification jury-prejudice jury-selection maryland-county murder new-trial peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-conduct province-of-the-jury public-officials reversal-and-remand reversible-error right-to-counsel self-incrimination sensational-murder-case supreme-court-of-liberia trial-judge-bias voluntary-confession witness-examination | |
| Bah v RL LRSC 42; 36 LLR 541 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1989 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, defective indictment, Due Process, grand jury, indictment, Jurisdiction, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, motion in arrest of judgment, nullity of judgment, presentment in open court, Presumption of Innocence, Restitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance between indictment and proof | bah-v-rl-lrsc-42-36-llr-541-1989 | 1989-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule criminal-court-c criminal-law criminal-procedure defective-indictment due-process grand-jury indictment jurisdiction misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county motion-in-arrest-of-judgment nullity-of-judgment presentment-in-open-court presumption-of-innocence restitution supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance-between-indictment-and-proof | |
| Banjoe v RL LRSC 48; 26 LLR 255 (1977) | 1977, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1977 Opinions, Appellate Review, autopsy requirement, best evidence rule, burden of proof, coroner’s inquest, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary proof, Expert Testimony, firearm evidence, First Judicial Circuit, homicide, indictment, lay witness, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, prosecutorial duty, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | banjoe-v-rl-lrsc-48-26-llr-255-1977 | 1977-opinions appellate-review autopsy-requirement best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof coroners-inquest corpus-delicti criminal-law due-process evidentiary-proof expert-testimony firearm-evidence first-judicial-circuit homicide indictment lay-witness medical-evidence montserrado-county murder prosecutorial-duty reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | |
| Barway et al. v. Republic of Liberia (2016) | 2016, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | Accomplice Testimony, Arson, AU Convention on Mercenarism, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Cavalla River, Confession & Miranda, Consolidation & Severance, Côte d’Ivoire Conflict, Criminal Appeal, Evidence Law, Extradition, Grand Gedeh, International Law, Jurisdiction, Jury Tampering, Liberia Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment, Mercenarism, murder, Para attack, Prima Facie, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rape, Security & Public Order, Theft of Property, UNOCI, Zwedru | barway-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2016 | accomplice-testimony arson au-convention-on-mercenarism beyond-a-reasonable-doubt cavalla-river confession-miranda consolidation-severance cote-divoire-conflict criminal-appeal evidence-law extradition grand-gedeh international-law jurisdiction jury-tampering liberia-supreme-court life-imprisonment mercenarism murder para-attack prima-facie prosecutorial-misconduct rape security-public-order theft-of-property unoci zwedru | |
| 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 | |
| Ben v RL [1983] LRSC 55_ 31 LLR 107 (1983) (6 July 1983) | Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, alibi, Appellate Review, autopsy, coroner’s inquest, coroner’s report, corpus delicti, corroboration, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, extra-judicial confession, indictment, judgment affirmed, jury instructions, murder, Nimba County, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia | 1983-opinions admissibility-of-evidence alibi appellate-review autopsy coroners-inquest coroners-report corpus-delicti corroboration criminal-law death-penalty extra-judicial-confession indictment judgment-affirmed jury-instructions murder nimba-county reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia | ||
| 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 | |
| Bestman v Republic of Liberia LRSC 5 (2013) | 2013, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | Appellate Review, Article 21(h) Constitution of Liberia, corroboration of witnesses, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 22.1, discharge of defendant, documentary evidence, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Verdict, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion for new trial, ownership of property, Penal Law Section 15.51, Presumption of Innocence, proforma invoice, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Restitution, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance in testimony, weight of the evidence | bestman-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-5-2013 | appellate-review article-21h-constitution-of-liberia corroboration-of-witnesses criminal-assizes-c criminal-law criminal-procedure-law-section-22-1 discharge-of-defendant documentary-evidence insufficiency-of-evidence jury-verdict monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-new-trial ownership-of-property penal-law-section-15-51 presumption-of-innocence proforma-invoice proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt restitution reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance-in-testimony weight-of-the-evidence | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Bility et al. v RL LRSC 18 (2015) | 2015, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2015 Opinions, Appellate Review, attempted theft of property, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Bushrod Island, circumstantial evidence, credibility of witnesses, criminal attempt, Criminal Law, deception, Due Process, emergency work order, evidentiary weight, indictment, intent, internal company policy, LPRC, Montserrado County, public corporation, reasonable doubt, sentencing, substantial step, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, trial without jury, waiver of jury trial, work request authorization | bility-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-18-2015 | 2015-opinions appellate-review attempted-theft-of-property best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof bushrod-island circumstantial-evidence credibility-of-witnesses criminal-attempt criminal-law deception due-process emergency-work-order evidentiary-weight indictment intent internal-company-policy lprc montserrado-county public-corporation reasonable-doubt sentencing substantial-step supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property trial-without-jury waiver-of-jury-trial work-request-authorization | |
| Blackie et al v The Intestate Estate of Patrick Wolo Saryene (2025) | 2025, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, cancellation of mortgage, capacity to sue and be sued, Chain of Title, civil law, decedent estates law, Ejectment, encroachment, Estate Administration, Estoppel, fraudulent conveyance, Gardnersville Township, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, mortgage agreement, National Housing Authority, Real Property, renewal of mortgage, Stephen A. Tolbert Housing Estate, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, validity of deed, void deed, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | blackie-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-patrick-wolo-saryene-2025 | 2025-opinions admissions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof cancellation-of-mortgage capacity-to-sue-and-be-sued chain-of-title civil-law decedent-estates-law ejectment encroachment estate-administration estoppel fraudulent-conveyance gardnersville-township intestate-estate jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration montserrado-county mortgage-agreement national-housing-authority real-property renewal-of-mortgage stephen-a-tolbert-housing-estate supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed validity-of-deed void-deed writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | |
| Blamo v RL LRSC 13; 17 LLR 232 (1966) | 1966, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1966 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, acquittal standard, admissibility of confession, adverse inference, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, Cavalla River, chain and restraint, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, constitutional rights of accused, contradictory evidence, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, custodial abuse, deliberation, denial of motion for new trial, discharge of defendant, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, exclusionary rule, extrajudicial confession, eyewitness testimony, failure of proof, failure to call key witness, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, homicide elements, improper bill of exceptions, improper investigation, indictment, insufficient evidence, involuntary confession, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, lack of corroboration, limitation on appellate review, malice aforethought, Maryland County, motion for new trial, murder, police coercion, premeditation, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutorial failure, reliability of evidence, reversal of conviction, Reversible Error, right against self-incrimination, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribal authority proceedings | blamo-v-rl-lrsc-13-17-llr-232-1966 | 1966-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion acquittal-standard admissibility-of-confession adverse-inference appellate-review best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cavalla-river chain-and-restraint circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession constitutional-rights-of-accused contradictory-evidence corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law custodial-abuse deliberation denial-of-motion-for-new-trial discharge-of-defendant due-process evidentiary-insufficiency exclusionary-rule extrajudicial-confession eyewitness-testimony failure-of-proof failure-to-call-key-witness fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit homicide-elements improper-bill-of-exceptions improper-investigation indictment insufficient-evidence involuntary-confession jury-trial jury-verdict lack-of-corroboration limitation-on-appellate-review malice-aforethought maryland-county motion-for-new-trial murder police-coercion premeditation proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecutorial-failure reliability-of-evidence reversal-of-conviction reversible-error right-against-self-incrimination supreme-court-of-liberia tribal-authority-proceedings | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Bolobo Man v RL LRSC 5; 21 LLR 423 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, adequate provocation, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, cause of death, coroner’s report, coroners jury, corpus delicti, criminal intent, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, domestic violence, evidentiary insufficiency, fists and feet as weapons, Fourth Judicial Circuit, heat of passion, homicide, indictment, intent, judgment modified to manslaughter., judgment reversed, Jury Verdict, kicking, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, mitigation, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, motion for new trial, murder, Penal Law, premeditation, provocation, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, sentencing, spousal homicide, sudden affray, Supreme Court of Liberia | bolobo-man-v-rl-lrsc-5-21-llr-423-1973 | 1973-opinions adequate-provocation appellate-review best-evidence-rule cause-of-death coroners-report coroners-jury corpus-delicti criminal-intent criminal-law deadly-weapon domestic-violence evidentiary-insufficiency fists-and-feet-as-weapons fourth-judicial-circuit heat-of-passion homicide indictment intent judgment-modified-to-manslaughter judgment-reversed jury-verdict kicking malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county mitigation modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence motion-for-new-trial murder penal-law premeditation provocation reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sentencing spousal-homicide sudden-affray supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Brown v. Brown 1LLR14 LRSC 7 (1861) | 1861, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, attestation, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Due Process, evidentiary standards, execution of wills, inheritance, invalid will, last will and testament, Probate Law, property succession, reversal of lower court judgment, signature requirement, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, testamentary validity, wills and estates, witnesses | brown-v-brown-1llr14-lrsc-7-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal attestation court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas due-process evidentiary-standards execution-of-wills inheritance invalid-will last-will-and-testament probate-law property-succession reversal-of-lower-court-judgment signature-requirement sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia testamentary-validity wills-and-estates witnesses | |
| Browne et al v RL LRSC 5; 22 LLR 398 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1974 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility of evidence, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, arrest without warrant, assassination plot, burden of proof, capital offense, circumstantial evidence, conspiracy, conspiracy against the State, constitutional law, constitutional safeguards, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Dissenting Opinion, Due Process, elements of indictment, excessive punishment, feigned accomplice, First Judicial Circuit, habeas corpus, illegal detention, indictment sufficiency, interpretation of statute, judicial bias, jury selection, Montserrado County, notice of charges, overt act requirement, peremptory challenges, recusal of judge, right to speedy trial, safety of the nation, sedition, Statutory interpretation, supplemental venire, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason-related offenses, warrant requirement | browne-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-5-22-llr-398-1973 | 1974-opinions accomplice-testimony admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review arrest-without-warrant assassination-plot burden-of-proof capital-offense circumstantial-evidence conspiracy conspiracy-against-the-state constitutional-law constitutional-safeguards corroboration-of-evidence criminal-law death-penalty dissenting-opinion due-process elements-of-indictment excessive-punishment feigned-accomplice first-judicial-circuit habeas-corpus illegal-detention indictment-sufficiency interpretation-of-statute judicial-bias jury-selection montserrado-county notice-of-charges overt-act-requirement peremptory-challenges recusal-of-judge right-to-speedy-trial safety-of-the-nation sedition statutory-interpretation supplemental-venire supreme-court-of-liberia treason-related-offenses warrant-requirement | |
| Brumskine et al V. NEC (2017) | 2017, Elections Law, Evidence Law | brumskine-et-al-v-nec-2017 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Collins v RL LRSC 1; 22 LLR 365 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1974 Opinions, Appellate Review, conviction reduced, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, domestic violence, evidentiary sufficiency, First Judicial Circuit, head injury, hearsay evidence, homicide, instrument causing death, intent, intracranial hemorrhage, judgment vacated, jury instructions, lesser included offense, malice aforethought, manslaughter, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, pathologist testimony, premeditation, reasonable doubt, rule against hearsay, sentencing reduction, spousal homicide, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful killing, variance between indictment and proof, verdict set aside, written request for instruction | collins-v-rl-lrsc-1-22-llr-365-1973 | 1974-opinions appellate-review conviction-reduced criminal-appeal criminal-law domestic-violence evidentiary-sufficiency first-judicial-circuit head-injury hearsay-evidence homicide instrument-causing-death intent intracranial-hemorrhage judgment-vacated jury-instructions lesser-included-offense malice-aforethought manslaughter medical-evidence montserrado-county murder pathologist-testimony premeditation reasonable-doubt rule-against-hearsay sentencing-reduction spousal-homicide supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-killing variance-between-indictment-and-proof verdict-set-aside written-request-for-instruction | |
| Consolidated Group, Inc. v. SATCON Communication Services et al (2025) | 2025, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Intellectual Property Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Agency Authority, beIN Sports, Broadcasting, Commercial Law, Content Rights, damages, DStv, English Premier League, Injunction, intellectual property, La Liga, Liberia Supreme Court, Liberia Telecommunication Authority, MultiChoice, Piracy, Representative Agreement, Standing to Sue, SuperSport, Telecommunications | consolidated-group inc-v-satcon-communication-services-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions agency-authority bein-sports broadcasting commercial-law content-rights damages dstv english-premier-league injunction intellectual-property la-liga liberia-supreme-court liberia-telecommunication-authority multichoice piracy representative-agreement standing-to-sue supersport telecommunications | |
| Cooper v RL LRSC 37; 20 LLR 43 (1970) | 1970, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1970 Opinions., absence of medical certificate, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, assault and battery with intent to kill, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, challenge for cause, confession and avoidance, courtroom disorder, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, declaration against interest, disqualified juror, Due Process, erroneous jury charge, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to produce weapon, fair trial rights, grand jury, improper conduct of witnesses, inconsistency between plea and evidence, indictment, juror incompetency, jury bias, jury impartiality, jury instructions, Jury Trial, lack of judicial atmosphere, medical evidence, missing physical evidence, motion for new trial, Nimba County, petit jury, procedural error, proof of injury, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, self-defense, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularities, weight of evidence | cooper-v-rl-lrsc-37-20-llr-43-1970 | 1970-opinions absence-of-medical-certificate admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review assault-and-battery-with-intent-to-kill best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof challenge-for-cause confession-and-avoidance courtroom-disorder credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law criminal-procedure declaration-against-interest disqualified-juror due-process erroneous-jury-charge evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-produce-weapon fair-trial-rights grand-jury improper-conduct-of-witnesses inconsistency-between-plea-and-evidence indictment juror-incompetency jury-bias jury-impartiality jury-instructions jury-trial lack-of-judicial-atmosphere medical-evidence missing-physical-evidence motion-for-new-trial nimba-county petit-jury procedural-error proof-of-injury remand-for-new-trial reversible-error self-defense supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularities weight-of-evidence | |
| CORNEH et al. v RL LRSC 32 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, conviction affirmed in part, criminal attempt to commit murder, Criminal Law, Montserrado County, partial reversal, reasonable doubt, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | corneh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-32-2014 | 2014-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof conviction-affirmed-in-part criminal-attempt-to-commit-murder criminal-law montserrado-county partial-reversal reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | |
| Dahn v RL LRSC 6; 34 LLR 565 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, alternate juror, coroner’s inquest, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, eyewitness testimony, homicide, intentional killing, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, motion for new trial, murder, single barrel gun, Sinoe County, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | dahn-v-rl-lrsc-6-34-llr-565-1988 | 1988-opinions alternate-juror coroners-inquest criminal-law deadly-weapon eyewitness-testimony homicide intentional-killing jury-verdict malice-aforethought motion-for-new-trial murder single-barrel-gun sinoe-county sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Darnenoh v RL LRSC 12; 4 LLR 308 | 1935, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1935 Opinions, Appellate Review, capital offense, conviction affirmed, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, dying declaration, express malice, homicide, implied malice, malice aforethought, Montserrado County, murder, presumption of malice, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness testimony | darnenoh-v-rl-lrsc-12-4-llr-308 | 1935-opinions appellate-review capital-offense conviction-affirmed criminal-appeal criminal-law dying-declaration express-malice homicide implied-malice malice-aforethought montserrado-county murder presumption-of-malice supreme-court-of-liberia witness-testimony | |
| Davis v RL LRSC 27; 40 LLR 659 (2001) | 2001, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2001 Opinions, Appellate Review, bailee liability, banking fraud, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, change of venue, circumstantial evidence, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Assizes, criminal intent, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, deception, Fiduciary Duty, First Judicial Circuit, imprisonment, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, larceny, Montserrado County, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony | davis-v-rl-lrsc-27-40-llr-659-2001 | 2001-opinions appellate-review bailee-liability banking-fraud bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof change-of-venue circumstantial-evidence corroboration-of-evidence criminal-assizes criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure deception fiduciary-duty first-judicial-circuit imprisonment indictment judicial-discretion jury-verdict larceny montserrado-county proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony | |
| Demann vs Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), Article 21(h), bench trial, beyond reasonable doubt, capital case procedure, capital offense, change of place of trial, change of venue, community service, compulsory process, constitutional law, constitutional violation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, defense evidence, denial of right to testify, denial of venue change, double jeopardy, Due Process, due process of law, fair and impartial hearing, fair trial, first degree felony, First Judicial Circuit, grand jury, guilty plea, impartial trial, indictment, law enforcement misconduct, local prejudice, media publicity, Montserrado County, murder, plea in capital case, police officer, Presumption of Innocence, probation, proportionality of sentence, prosecution burden, public trial, reasonable doubt standard, remand for new trial, Reversal, Reversible Error, right to confront witnesses, right to counsel, right to testify, self-incrimination, sentencing, speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, use of deadly force, waiver of jury trial, witness confrontation | demann-vs-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review article-20a article-21h bench-trial beyond-reasonable-doubt capital-case-procedure capital-offense change-of-place-of-trial change-of-venue community-service compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law criminal-procedure defense-evidence denial-of-right-to-testify denial-of-venue-change double-jeopardy due-process due-process-of-law fair-and-impartial-hearing fair-trial first-degree-felony first-judicial-circuit grand-jury guilty-plea impartial-trial indictment law-enforcement-misconduct local-prejudice media-publicity montserrado-county murder plea-in-capital-case police-officer presumption-of-innocence probation proportionality-of-sentence prosecution-burden public-trial reasonable-doubt-standard remand-for-new-trial reversal reversible-error right-to-confront-witnesses right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-incrimination sentencing speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error use-of-deadly-force waiver-of-jury-trial witness-confrontation | |
| Dennis et al v RL LRSC 38; 20 LLR 47 (1970) | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1970 Opinions., abuse of suspects, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, coerced confession, Confession, constitutional rights, constitutional safeguards, contradictory testimony, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, custodial interrogation, discharge without day, Dissenting Opinion, Due Process, evidentiary exclusion, failure to produce evidence, Harper City, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment, involuntary confession, judicial error, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, Maryland County, murder, National Intelligence and Security Service, Nolle Prosequi, police brutality, preliminary investigation, Presidential Commission, privileged communication, Prosecutorial Misconduct, qualified witness, reasonable doubt, retrial, reversal of conviction, Reversible Error, right against self-incrimination, right to counsel, right to fair trial, self-incrimination, severance of defendants, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, torture, trial by jury, unchallenged testimony, weight of evidence, witness sequestration | dennis-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-38-20-llr-47-1970 | 1970-opinions abuse-of-suspects admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof coerced-confession confession constitutional-rights constitutional-safeguards contradictory-testimony corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination custodial-interrogation discharge-without-day dissenting-opinion due-process evidentiary-exclusion failure-to-produce-evidence harper-city homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment involuntary-confession judicial-error jury-verdict malice-aforethought maryland-county murder national-intelligence-and-security-service nolle-prosequi police-brutality preliminary-investigation presidential-commission privileged-communication prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-witness reasonable-doubt retrial reversal-of-conviction reversible-error right-against-self-incrimination right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial self-incrimination severance-of-defendants sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia torture trial-by-jury unchallenged-testimony weight-of-evidence witness-sequestration | |
| Dennis v RL LRSC 3; 18 LLR 220 (1968) | 1968, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1968 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Accomplice Testimony, character evidence, Confession, conflicting confessions, convicted witness, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, Deborah Dennis, discharge forthwith, disqualification of witness, Evidence, evidentiary error, exclusion of testimony, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, impeachment of witness, improper character evidence, incompetent witness, infamous crime, irrelevant evidence, Jury Trial, legal incompetency, Lucretia Herron, Montserrado County, Moore Dennis, motion for new trial, murder, pardon, prejudicial error, production of statements, reversal of conviction, Royesville, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony, witness competency | dennis-v-rl-lrsc-3-18-llr-220-1968 | 1968-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact accomplice-testimony character-evidence confession conflicting-confessions convicted-witness corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination deborah-dennis discharge-forthwith disqualification-of-witness evidence evidentiary-error exclusion-of-testimony fair-trial first-judicial-circuit impeachment-of-witness improper-character-evidence incompetent-witness infamous-crime irrelevant-evidence jury-trial legal-incompetency lucretia-herron montserrado-county moore-dennis motion-for-new-trial murder pardon prejudicial-error production-of-statements reversal-of-conviction royesville severance supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony witness-competency | |
| Dennis v RL LRSC 31; 19 LLR 318 (1969) | 1969, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1969 Opinions, admissibility of confession, Appellate Review, Confession, Criminal Law, domestic homicide, evidentiary weight, First Judicial Circuit, first-degree murder, gunshot killing, homicide, implied malice, intent, jury determination, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, malice prepense, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, presumption of malice, Royesville, shotgun, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary confession, ward, youthful offender | dennis-v-rl-lrsc-31-19-llr-318-1969 | 1969-opinions admissibility-of-confession appellate-review confession criminal-law domestic-homicide evidentiary-weight first-judicial-circuit first-degree-murder gunshot-killing homicide implied-malice intent jury-determination jury-verdict malice-aforethought malice-prepense montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder presumption-of-malice royesville shotgun supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-confession ward youthful-offender | |
| 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 | |
| Doe v RL LRSC 42; 21 LLR 279 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1972 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, Appellate Review, cause of death, compulsory process, confession evidence, constitutional rights of accused, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, cross-examination, denial of compulsory process, discharge without day, Due Process, Expert Testimony, failure to serve subpoena, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Freetown Sarbo, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, insufficiency of indictment, investigation of officials, James Doe, joint indictment, jury misconduct, jury separation, Maryland County, material witness, medical evidence, missing witness, motion for new trial, murder, Myer Tickley, Oldman Sam, Pleebo District, prison superintendent interference, Proximate Cause, reliability of confession, reversal of conviction, right to witnesses, ritual killing, scope of cross-examination, separate trial, sequestration of jury, severance, sheriff misconduct, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony, witness bias, witness credibility | doe-v-rl-lrsc-42-21-llr-279-1972 | 1972-opinions accomplice-testimony appellate-review cause-of-death compulsory-process confession-evidence constitutional-rights-of-accused corpus-delicti criminal-law cross-examination denial-of-compulsory-process discharge-without-day due-process expert-testimony failure-to-serve-subpoena fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit freetown-sarbo homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment insufficiency-of-evidence insufficiency-of-indictment investigation-of-officials james-doe joint-indictment jury-misconduct jury-separation maryland-county material-witness medical-evidence missing-witness motion-for-new-trial murder myer-tickley oldman-sam pleebo-district prison-superintendent-interference proximate-cause reliability-of-confession reversal-of-conviction right-to-witnesses ritual-killing scope-of-cross-examination separate-trial sequestration-of-jury severance sheriff-misconduct subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony witness-bias witness-credibility | |
| Donyen v Kanneh (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appeal, Appellate Review, Best evidence, Board of Commissioners, burden of proof, certification of election results, constitutional law, Due Process, Election Dispute, election irregultarities, electoral fraud, electoral irregularities, electoral law, fraud allegations, Fraud must be proved, hearing officer ruling, House of Representatives election, independent candidate, margin of votes, Montserrado County District #2, National Elections Commission (NEC), preponderance of evidence, records of count, recount of ballots', recount of votes, Supreme Court of Liberia, tally sheets, Unity Party | nimely-j-donyen-vs-sekou-s-kanneh-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-law appeal appellate-review best-evidence board-of-commissioners burden-of-proof certification-of-election-results constitutional-law due-process election-dispute election-irregultarities electoral-fraud electoral-irregularities electoral-law fraud-allegations fraud-must-be-proved hearing-officer-ruling house-of-representatives-election independent-candidate margin-of-votes montserrado-county-district-2 national-elections-commission-nec preponderance-of-evidence records-of-count recount-of-ballots recount-of-votes supreme-court-of-liberia tally-sheets unity-party | |
| Donzo v RL LRSC 10 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, action of debt, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil vs criminal jurisdiction, contradictory testimony, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Law, debt vs theft, deception, documentary evidence, evidentiary insufficiency, general finding, Harbel, indictment, Kakata, Margibi County, Monrovia, private prosecutor, reasonable doubt, receipts, remand for new trial, Restitution, retrial, sentencing, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony, waiver of jury trial, witness credibility, witness disqualification, witness sequestration | donzo-v-rl-lrsc-10-2014 | 2014-opinions action-of-debt appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-vs-criminal-jurisdiction contradictory-testimony corroboration-of-evidence criminal-law debt-vs-theft deception documentary-evidence evidentiary-insufficiency general-finding harbel indictment kakata margibi-county monrovia private-prosecutor reasonable-doubt receipts remand-for-new-trial restitution retrial sentencing subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony waiver-of-jury-trial witness-credibility witness-disqualification witness-sequestration | |
| Dunbar v. McGill 1 LLR 20; LRSC 1 (1863) | 1863, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1863 Opinions, Acquittal, burden of proof, contradictory testimony, criminal conversation, Criminal Law, Due Process, early Liberian jurisprudence., evidentiary review, hearsay evidence, Montserrado County, opinion evidence, reasonable doubt, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia | dunbar-v-mcgill-1-llr-20-lrsc-1-1863 | 1863-opinions acquittal burden-of-proof contradictory-testimony criminal-conversation criminal-law due-process early-liberian-jurisprudence evidentiary-review hearsay-evidence montserrado-county opinion-evidence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Dyson v RL LRSC 6; 1 LLR 481 (1906) | 1906, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | admissibility of account books, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, bookkeeping entries, circumstantial evidence, continuance of trial, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Criminal Law, documentary evidence, embezzlement, fair trial, forfeiture and imprisonment, government order, impartial jury, judicial discretion, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, presumptive proof, proof beyond reasonable doubt, public excitement, public funds, rational doubt standard, res gesta, sentencing, sub-treasurer, unimpeached evidence, voluntary confession | dyson-v-rl-lrsc-6-1-llr-481-1906 | admissibility-of-account-books admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bookkeeping-entries circumstantial-evidence continuance-of-trial court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas criminal-law documentary-evidence embezzlement fair-trial forfeiture-and-imprisonment government-order impartial-jury judicial-discretion montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial presumptive-proof proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt public-excitement public-funds rational-doubt-standard res-gesta sentencing sub-treasurer unimpeached-evidence voluntary-confession | |
| Emojorho v RL (2003) | 2003, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2003 Opinions, Appellate Review, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, defrauding secured creditors, denial of charges, indictment, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Laches, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Restitution, sentencing, sequestration of jury, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial record, unimpeachable evidence, Waiver | emojorho-v-rl-2003 | 2003-opinions appellate-review credibility-of-witnesses criminal-assizes criminal-law defrauding-secured-creditors denial-of-charges indictment jury-tampering jury-verdict laches montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial restitution sentencing sequestration-of-jury sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia trial-record unimpeachable-evidence waiver | |
| 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 | |
| Fahnbulleh v RL LRSC 1; 19 LLR 99 (1969) | 1969, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | 1969 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, allegiance to the Republic, ambassador, anonymous letters, authentication of documents, breach of allegiance, Communist literature, conspiracy, constitutional law, Criminal Law, demonstrative evidence, diplomatic service, direct examination, documentary evidence, First Judicial Circuit, foreign service, indictment sufficiency, jury instructions, Kenya, leading question, letters rogatory, mandamus, Montserrado County, motion in arrest of judgment, Nairobi, overthrow of government, political writings, preservation of error, prosecution for treason, public security, secret memorandum, sedition, state security, subversive activities, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason | fahnbulleh-v-rl-lrsc-1-19-llr-99-1969 | 1969-opinions admissibility-of-evidence allegiance-to-the-republic ambassador anonymous-letters authentication-of-documents breach-of-allegiance communist-literature conspiracy constitutional-law criminal-law demonstrative-evidence diplomatic-service direct-examination documentary-evidence first-judicial-circuit foreign-service indictment-sufficiency jury-instructions kenya leading-question letters-rogatory mandamus montserrado-county motion-in-arrest-of-judgment nairobi overthrow-of-government political-writings preservation-of-error prosecution-for-treason public-security secret-memorandum sedition state-security subversive-activities supreme-court-of-liberia treason | |
| Fahnbulleh v RL LRSC 8; 18 LLR 57 (1967) | 1967, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, aggravated assault, Appellate Review, assault and battery, Bill of Exceptions, change of venue, communal land dispute, compulsory process, constitutional rights of accused, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, Due Process, Evidence, fair trial, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Grand Cape Mount County, harmless error, hostile demonstration, imminent danger, improper questioning, Jury Verdict, limits of self-defense, Momo Adam, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, prejudicial error, Property Dispute, reduction of sentence, relevance of evidence, Saku Fahnbulleh, self-defense, sentence modification., subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, Valia Kromah, witness expenses | fahnbulleh-v-rl-lrsc-8-18-llr-57-1967 | 1967-opinions aggravated-assault appellate-review assault-and-battery bill-of-exceptions change-of-venue communal-land-dispute compulsory-process constitutional-rights-of-accused criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-judicial-circuit grand-cape-mount-county harmless-error hostile-demonstration imminent-danger improper-questioning jury-verdict limits-of-self-defense momo-adam montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial prejudicial-error property-dispute reduction-of-sentence relevance-of-evidence saku-fahnbulleh self-defense sentence-modification subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia valia-kromah witness-expenses | |
| 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 | |
| Fallah v RL LRSC 14 (2011) | 2011, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2011 Opinions, affirmed, Appellate Review, CCTV testimony, child victim, confrontation clause, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, first degree rape, in camera testimony, indictment, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Montserrado County, prior testimony, Rape, sentencing, sexual offenses, sufficient evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial de novo | fallah-v-rl-lrsc-14-2011 | 2011-opinions affirmed appellate-review cctv-testimony child-victim confrontation-clause criminal-court-e criminal-law first-degree-rape in-camera-testimony indictment life-imprisonment medical-evidence montserrado-county prior-testimony rape sentencing sexual-offenses sufficient-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia trial-de-novo | |
| Farhat v. The Management of the Liberia Trading and Development Bank (TRADEVCO) (2016) | 2016, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, bank records, Banking Law, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, civil war, Commercial Law, debt, Debt Court, documentary evidence, financial institutions, Judicial Notice, liquidation, Montserrado County, savings account, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncertified copies | farhat-v-the-management-of-the-liberia-trading-and-development-bank-tradevco-2016 | 2016-opinions appellate-review bank-records banking-law best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-war commercial-law debt debt-court documentary-evidence financial-institutions judicial-notice liquidation montserrado-county savings-account substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia uncertified-copies | |
| Fayiah et al v Republic of Liberia (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Confession, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Flight as Consciousness of Guilt, Invoices and Ledgers, Jury Verdict, Liberia Supreme Court, MANCO, Miranda Rights, Montserrado County, Theft of Property | fayiah-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof confession criminal-conspiracy criminal-law evidence-law flight-as-consciousness-of-guilt invoices-and-ledgers jury-verdict liberia-supreme-court manco miranda-rights montserrado-county theft-of-property | |
| Feleku v RL [1982] LRSC 49; 30 LLR 189 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Law | 1982 Opinions, abuse of judicial process, appellate procedure, burden of proof, contempt of court, Criminal Law, defense counsel misconduct, denial of fair trial, due process violation, equal protection of the law, evidentiary burden, fines imposed, irregular proceedings, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, lack of jurisdiction on appeal, Lofa County, mandate to resume jurisdiction, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, murder, null and void judgment, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, prolonged detention, Prosecutorial Misconduct, protection of fundamental rights, remand to trial court, right to speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial errors | feleku-v-rl-1982-lrsc-49-30-llr-189-1982 | 1982-opinions abuse-of-judicial-process appellate-procedure burden-of-proof contempt-of-court criminal-law defense-counsel-misconduct denial-of-fair-trial due-process-violation equal-protection-of-the-law evidentiary-burden fines-imposed irregular-proceedings judicial-discipline jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction-on-appeal lofa-county mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment murder null-and-void-judgment presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities prolonged-detention prosecutorial-misconduct protection-of-fundamental-rights remand-to-trial-court right-to-speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia trial-errors | |
| Firestone Liberia Inc. v MARDCO LRSC 16 (2016) | 2016, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting proceedings, agency relationship, ambiguity in contract, award of punitive damages, breach of contract, burden of proof, business losses, civil law, Commercial Law, construction against drafter, Contract Law, contractual interpretation, corporate liability, corporate officer misconduct, corporate transactions, damages for breach of contract, deterrence principle, Estoppel, failure to prove general damages, fiduciary breach, financial mismanagement, Firestone v Kollie, general damages, good faith and fair dealing, improper payment, insufficiency of evidence, Intrusco Corp v Ossely, Konn, LoneStar v Wright, memorandum of understanding, modification of damages, notice and noncompliance, payment dispute, pleading and proof of special damages, preponderance of evidence, proof of damages, punitive damages, separate causes of action, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party liability, unjust enrichment, willful breach | firestone-liberia-inc-v-mardco-lrsc-16-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-proceedings agency-relationship ambiguity-in-contract award-of-punitive-damages breach-of-contract burden-of-proof business-losses civil-law commercial-law construction-against-drafter contract-law contractual-interpretation corporate-liability corporate-officer-misconduct corporate-transactions damages-for-breach-of-contract deterrence-principle estoppel failure-to-prove-general-damages fiduciary-breach financial-mismanagement firestone-v-kollie general-damages good-faith-and-fair-dealing improper-payment insufficiency-of-evidence intrusco-corp-v-ossely konn lonestar-v-wright memorandum-of-understanding modification-of-damages notice-and-noncompliance payment-dispute pleading-and-proof-of-special-damages preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-damages punitive-damages separate-causes-of-action special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-liability unjust-enrichment willful-breach | |
| Firestone Liberia v Kollie et al. LRSC 33 (2016) | 2016, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2016 Opinions, acid attack injuries, agency principles, appellate intervention, Appellate Review, arrest and detention, assault, battery, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Liberia, compensatory damages, conflicting evidence, corporate accountability, corporate liability, credibility of witnesses, cruel and inhumane treatment, Damages for Wrong, degree of burns, due process violations, employer liability, evidentiary weight, excessive damages, expert medical testimony, Firestone Liberia, general damages, human dignity, intentional torts, keloids, loitering, loss of earning capacity, malicious conduct, Margibi County, medical evidence, mistaken identity, modification of judgment, Negligence, pain and suffering, permanent injury, personal injury, plantation security, preponderance of evidence, private security actions, proportionality of damages, punitive damages, punitive liability standards, reasonable man doctrine, rebuttal evidence, reckless conduct, reduction of damages, right to bodily integrity., Section 22.14(c), security personnel misconduct, self-defense argument, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, trial by judge, unlawful punishment, vicarious liability, waiver of jury trial, witness testimony, wrongful conduct | firestone-liberia-v-kollie-et-al-lrsc-33-2016 | 2016-opinions acid-attack-injuries agency-principles appellate-intervention appellate-review arrest-and-detention assault battery burden-of-proof civil-law civil-procedure-law-liberia compensatory-damages conflicting-evidence corporate-accountability corporate-liability credibility-of-witnesses cruel-and-inhumane-treatment damages-for-wrong degree-of-burns due-process-violations employer-liability evidentiary-weight excessive-damages expert-medical-testimony firestone-liberia general-damages human-dignity intentional-torts keloids loitering loss-of-earning-capacity malicious-conduct margibi-county medical-evidence mistaken-identity modification-of-judgment negligence pain-and-suffering permanent-injury personal-injury plantation-security preponderance-of-evidence private-security-actions proportionality-of-damages punitive-damages punitive-liability-standards reasonable-man-doctrine rebuttal-evidence reckless-conduct reduction-of-damages right-to-bodily-integrity section-22-14c security-personnel-misconduct self-defense-argument supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law trial-by-judge unlawful-punishment vicarious-liability waiver-of-jury-trial witness-testimony wrongful-conduct | |
| 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 | |
| Flomo et al v Republic of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, coroner’s inquest, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, felonious restraint, hearsay evidence, homicide investigation, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, Land Dispute, Lofa County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Reversal, Supreme Court of Liberia | flomo-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence coroners-inquest criminal-conspiracy criminal-law felonious-restraint hearsay-evidence homicide-investigation indictment insufficiency-of-evidence land-dispute lofa-county murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Fofana et al v. Fofana (2023) | 2023, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, adverse possession vs. permissive possession, attempted intervention by Intestate Estate of Wilmot F. Dennis, enforcement of landlord–tenant good faith, estoppel of person entrusted with title, Investigative Survey, jury verdict not against weight of evidence, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Moivamba Fofana v. Alhaji Kalamo Fofana, statute of limitations to recover real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful occupation and withholding of land | fofana-et-al-v-fofana-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment adverse-possession-vs-permissive-possession attempted-intervention-by-intestate-estate-of-wilmot-f-dennis enforcement-of-landlord-tenant-good-faith estoppel-of-person-entrusted-with-title investigative-survey jury-verdict-not-against-weight-of-evidence justice-yussif-d-kaba moivamba-fofana-v-alhaji-kalamo-fofana statute-of-limitations-to-recover-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-occupation-and-withholding-of-land | |
| Fon v RL (2018) | 2018, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2018 Opinions, audit report, banking fraud, bench trial, best evidence rule, burden of proof, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, criminal solicitation, economic sabotage, financial institution, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, Nimba County, reversal and remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, UBA Liberia, United Bank of Africa | fon-v-republic-of-liberia-rl-2018 | 2018-opinions audit-report banking-fraud bench-trial best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law criminal-solicitation economic-sabotage financial-institution misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county nimba-county reversal-and-remand supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uba-liberia united-bank-of-africa | |
| Forleh et al v RL LRSC 3; 42 LLR 23 (2004) | 2004, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2004 Opinions, compulsory process, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, jury instructions, Montserrado County, motion to strike, prima facie evidence, relevant evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, unanimous verdict, weight of the evidence | forleh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-3-42-llr-23-2004 | 2004-opinions compulsory-process criminal-law criminal-mischief jury-instructions montserrado-county motion-to-strike prima-facie-evidence relevant-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia unanimous-verdict weight-of-the-evidence | |
| Gardea v RL LRSC 28 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | admissibility of evidence, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Article 21(h) Constitution of Liberia, best evidence rule, child sexual abuse, confrontation clause, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 15.12, dying declaration, dying declaration doctrine, expert witness, eyewitness testimony, grand jury, hearsay exception, indictment, JFK Medical Center, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, Penal Law Section 14.70, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Rape, sentencing, Service of Process, sexual violence, statutory rape, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, validity of indictment | gardea-v-rl-lrsc-28-2014 | admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review article-21h-constitution-of-liberia best-evidence-rule child-sexual-abuse confrontation-clause corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure-law-section-15-12 dying-declaration dying-declaration-doctrine expert-witness eyewitness-testimony grand-jury hearsay-exception indictment jfk-medical-center jurisdiction jury-verdict life-imprisonment medical-evidence monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county penal-law-section-14-70 proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt rape sentencing service-of-process sexual-violence statutory-rape sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia validity-of-indictment | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| George v RL LRSC 16; 14 LLR 339 | 1961, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1961 Opinions, absent witness, acts of corruption, affirmance of conviction, Appellate Review, audit evidence, best evidence rule, compulsory process, continuance, corruption, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, diligence, embezzlement, Evidence, jury charge, lost documents, Montserrado County, redirect examination, secondary evidence, Suacoco Experimental Station, Supreme Court of Liberia, territorial jurisdiction | george-v-rl-lrsc-16-14-llr-339 | 1961-opinions absent-witness acts-of-corruption affirmance-of-conviction appellate-review audit-evidence best-evidence-rule compulsory-process continuance corruption criminal-law criminal-procedure diligence embezzlement evidence jury-charge lost-documents montserrado-county redirect-examination secondary-evidence suacoco-experimental-station supreme-court-of-liberia territorial-jurisdiction | |
| Gio et al v RL LRSC 87; 17 LLR 681 (1966) | 1966, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1966 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility of confession, affirmance in part, Amos T. Nagbe, Charlie Gio, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, conspiracy, constitutional rights, corroborated accomplice testimony, corroboration, Criminal Law, Due Process, Eslie Holder, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, flight as evidence, human sacrifice, indictment, inflammatory remarks, involuntary confession, judicial functions, Jury Trial, Kahn Klua, Kakata, law-enforcement overreach, Mah Weah, Montserrado County, murder, prejudicial statements, Prosecutorial Misconduct, reversal in part, right to counsel, ritual killing, self-incrimination, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | gio-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-87-17-llr-681-1966 | 1966-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact accomplice-testimony admissibility-of-confession affirmance-in-part amos-t-nagbe charlie-gio circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession conspiracy constitutional-rights corroborated-accomplice-testimony corroboration criminal-law due-process eslie-holder fair-trial first-judicial-circuit flight-as-evidence human-sacrifice indictment inflammatory-remarks involuntary-confession judicial-functions jury-trial kahn-klua kakata law-enforcement-overreach mah-weah montserrado-county murder prejudicial-statements prosecutorial-misconduct reversal-in-part right-to-counsel ritual-killing self-incrimination severance supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | |
| Glewu v RL LRSC 40; 30 LLR 94 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, admission in open court, affirmance of conviction, Appellate Review, Confession, cooling time doctrine, corpus delicti, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, discretion of trial court, dying declaration, evidentiary weight, failure to plead defense, insufficiency of provocation, jury instructions, Lofa County, malice aforethought, manslaughter, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, murder, premeditation, provocation, Supreme Court of Liberia, use of deadly weapon, written request for jury charge | glewu-v-rl-lrsc-40-30-llr-94-1982 | 1982-opinions admissibility-of-evidence admission-in-open-court affirmance-of-conviction appellate-review confession cooling-time-doctrine corpus-delicti credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law discretion-of-trial-court dying-declaration evidentiary-weight failure-to-plead-defense insufficiency-of-provocation jury-instructions lofa-county malice-aforethought manslaughter motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment murder premeditation provocation supreme-court-of-liberia use-of-deadly-weapon written-request-for-jury-charge | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Hans Williams v. Republic of Liberia (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinion, Acquittal, Appellate Review, Autopsy Reports, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty, Expert Testimony, Forensic Evidence, Ghana Police Service, Hans C. Williams, Judicial Recusal, Liberia Supreme Court, LNP, Mardia P. Williams, Ministry of Justice, murder, Presumption of Innocence, Prima Facie Case, Prosecutorial Burden, Reversal, Sufficiency of Evidence | hans-williams-v-republic-of-liberia-2014 | 2014-opinion acquittal appellate-review autopsy-reports beyond-a-reasonable-doubt burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-appeal criminal-procedure death-penalty expert-testimony forensic-evidence ghana-police-service hans-c-williams judicial-recusal liberia-supreme-court lnp mardia-p-williams ministry-of-justice murder presumption-of-innocence prima-facie-case prosecutorial-burden reversal sufficiency-of-evidence | |
| 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 | |
| Heith v RL LRSC 21; 39 LLR 50 (1998) | 1998, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 1998 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Criminal Law, evidentiary insufficiency, jury charge, legal representation, Montserrado County, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | heith-v-rl-lrsc-21-39-llr-50-1998 | 1998-opinions acquittal appellate-review best-evidence-rule criminal-law evidentiary-insufficiency jury-charge legal-representation montserrado-county presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | |
| Hill v Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, appellate procedure, backdated deed, burden of proof, Chapter 15.20, Chapter 15.21, contradictions in testimony, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, deed probate and registration, double sale of land, failure to appear, felony of the second degree, five-year imprisonment, fraud in land sale, indictment, Johnsonville, Jury Trial, land law, mandate to lower court, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion for new trial, National Registry of Deeds, Nolle Prosequi, Penal Code, Real Property, reasonable doubt, Restitution, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IV Part 6(c), sentencing, severance of defendants, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey and sale | hill-jr-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 johnny-hills-jr-vs-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators-deed appellate-procedure backdated-deed burden-of-proof chapter-15-20 chapter-15-21 contradictions-in-testimony criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law deed-probate-and-registration double-sale-of-land failure-to-appear felony-of-the-second-degree five-year-imprisonment fraud-in-land-sale indictment johnsonville jury-trial land-law mandate-to-lower-court modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-new-trial national-registry-of-deeds nolle-prosequi penal-code real-property reasonable-doubt restitution revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-iv-part-6c sentencing severance-of-defendants supreme-court-of-liberia survey-and-sale | |
| His Honor Dickerson et. al. v Her Honor Natt et. al. LRSC 17 (2016) | Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Administrative Law, administrative proceedings, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, breach of contract, burden of proof, Civil Law Court, commencement of employment, compensation award, constructive dismissal, contract of employment, Contractual Obligations, credibility of witnesses, curriculum vitae verification, damages, denial of opportunity to work, Due Process, employee rights, employer obligations, employment contract interpretation, Employment Law, entitlement to salary, evidentiary issues, fact-finding authority, findings of fact, good faith in contracts, hearing officer, hearsay evidence, Judicial Review, jurisdiction of labour authorities, Labour Law, Labour Practices Law, Liberia employment jurisprudence., limitation on damages, Ministry of Labour, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, National Labour Court, non-payment of wages, preponderance of evidence, probationary employment, probationary period, reinstatement, remedies for wrongful dismissal, reversal of administrative decision, right to fair hearing, salary and compensation, scope of judicial review, Section 1508, Statutory interpretation, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of employment, twenty-four months salary, Unfair Labour Practice, unjust enrichment, Wrongful Dismissal | his-honor-dickerson-et-al-v-her-honor-natt-et-al-lrsc-17-2016 | 2016-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-law administrative-proceedings admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review breach-of-contract burden-of-proof civil-law-court commencement-of-employment compensation-award constructive-dismissal contract-of-employment contractual-obligations credibility-of-witnesses curriculum-vitae-verification damages denial-of-opportunity-to-work due-process employee-rights employer-obligations employment-contract-interpretation employment-law entitlement-to-salary evidentiary-issues fact-finding-authority findings-of-fact good-faith-in-contracts hearing-officer hearsay-evidence judicial-review jurisdiction-of-labour-authorities labour-law labour-practices-law liberia-employment-jurisprudence limitation-on-damages ministry-of-labour misrepresentation montserrado-county national-labour-court non-payment-of-wages preponderance-of-evidence probationary-employment probationary-period reinstatement remedies-for-wrongful-dismissal reversal-of-administrative-decision right-to-fair-hearing salary-and-compensation scope-of-judicial-review section-1508 statutory-interpretation summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-employment twenty-four-months-salary unfair-labour-practice unjust-enrichment wrongful-dismissal | |
| Hoff et al v. Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Alexander Slocum, alibi, Appellate Review, arraignment, autopsy, bench trial, call logs, circumstantial evidence, coroner, coroner’s report, corpus delicti, Criminal Assizes “B”, Criminal Assizes A, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, double jeopardy, Due Process, Emmanuel Gibson, Emmanuel Teddy Gbah, Emmett Hoff, eyewitness testimony, Forensic Evidence, homicide, indictment, John E. Tarpeh, Johnsonville Township, Judge Ceaineh D. Clinton-Johnson, Judge Korboi K. Nuta, Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie, Liberia National Police, Life Imprisonment, manifest necessity, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, motion for change of venue, motion for recusal, motion to admit to bail, murder, preliminary examination, Prima Facie Case, reasonable doubt, rebuttal evidence, severance, Solomon Gibson, statutory rights, Supreme Court of Liberia | hoff-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-of-conviction alexander-slocum alibi appellate-review arraignment autopsy bench-trial call-logs circumstantial-evidence coroner coroners-report corpus-delicti criminal-assizes-b criminal-assizes-a criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process emmanuel-gibson emmanuel-teddy-gbah emmett-hoff eyewitness-testimony forensic-evidence homicide indictment john-e-tarpeh johnsonville-township judge-ceaineh-d-clinton-johnson judge-korboi-k-nuta judge-roosevelt-z-willie liberia-national-police life-imprisonment manifest-necessity monrovia-city-court montserrado-county motion-for-change-of-venue motion-for-recusal motion-to-admit-to-bail murder preliminary-examination prima-facie-case reasonable-doubt rebuttal-evidence severance solomon-gibson statutory-rights supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Hsiao G. M. Trading Company v Natt et al. LRSC 32 (2015) | 2015, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2015 Opinions, abusive language, alien employer, annual leave, burden of proof, Compensation, damages recalculation, Default Judgment, Employment Law, employment records, equal pay, evidentiary requirements, ex parte hearing, foreign employer, Hsiao G. M. Trading Company, Judicial Review, Labour Law, maximum hours of work, Ministry of Labour, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Labour Court, Overtime Pay, pension benefits, racial discrimination, reinstatement, rest period, salary disparity, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfair labour practices, waiver and laches, working conditions, Wrongful Dismissal, wrongful suspension | hsiao-g-m-trading-company-v-natt-et-al-lrsc-32-2015 | 2015-opinions abusive-language alien-employer annual-leave burden-of-proof compensation damages-recalculation default-judgment employment-law employment-records equal-pay evidentiary-requirements ex-parte-hearing foreign-employer hsiao-g-m-trading-company judicial-review labour-law maximum-hours-of-work ministry-of-labour monrovia montserrado-county national-labour-court overtime-pay pension-benefits racial-discrimination reinstatement rest-period salary-disparity supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labour-practices waiver-and-laches working-conditions wrongful-dismissal wrongful-suspension | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Jahweh v Jawhary LRSC 6; 37 LLR 152 (1993) | 1993, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1993 Opinions, appeal period, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, clerk’s misconduct, Congo Town, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, fraud on the court, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, motion to dismiss denied, motion to suppress evidence, Procedural Law, return of property, search warrant, sixty-day completion rule, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful search and seizure | jahweh-v-jawhary-lrsc-6-37-llr-152-1993 | 1993-opinions appeal-period appellate-review bill-of-exceptions clerks-misconduct congo-town criminal-assizes-a criminal-court-c criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-discipline jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-denied motion-to-suppress-evidence procedural-law return-of-property search-warrant sixty-day-completion-rule summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-search-and-seizure | |
| 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 | |
| Jalloh v RL LRSC 40; 21 LLR 255 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1972 Opinions, accidental killing, Appellate Review, Bong Mining Company, burden of proof, Criminal Law, dying declaration, evidentiary insufficiency, fatal shooting, firearm homicide, First Judicial Circuit, homicide, intent to kill, intoxication, intoxication defense, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, malice prepense, manslaughter, mitigation of offense, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pistol shooting, premeditation, reasonable doubt, sentence modification., Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful killing | jalloh-v-rl-lrsc-40-21-llr-255-1972 | 1972-opinions accidental-killing appellate-review bong-mining-company burden-of-proof criminal-law dying-declaration evidentiary-insufficiency fatal-shooting firearm-homicide first-judicial-circuit homicide intent-to-kill intoxication intoxication-defense jury-verdict malice-aforethought malice-prepense manslaughter mitigation-of-offense modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pistol-shooting premeditation reasonable-doubt sentence-modification supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-killing | |
| Jappa v RL LRSC 47; 21 LLR 339 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1972 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Accomplice Testimony, compulsory process, constitutional rights, corroboration, Criminal Law, discharge without day, Due Process, Eighth Judicial Circuit, fair trial, flight, inconclusive verdict, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Verdict, material witness, murder, Nimba County, Nolle Prosequi, Reversal, right to present witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | jappa-v-rl-lrsc-47-21-llr-339-1972 | 1972-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact accomplice-testimony compulsory-process constitutional-rights corroboration criminal-law discharge-without-day due-process eighth-judicial-circuit fair-trial flight inconclusive-verdict insufficiency-of-evidence jury-verdict material-witness murder nimba-county nolle-prosequi reversal right-to-present-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | |
| 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 | |
| Joillia v RL LRSC 17; 29 LLR 540 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, abuse of discretion, best evidence rule, burden of proof, coerced confession, compulsory process, constitutional rights, Criminal Law, cross-examination, de novo hearing, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary procedure, improper cross-examination, inadmissible evidence, insanity defense, involuntary confession, Lofa County, murder, presumption of sanity, protection of accused rights, psychiatric examination, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, right to fair trial, right to obtain witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularities, witness qualification | joillia-v-rl-lrsc-17-29-llr-540-1982 | 1982-opinions abuse-of-discretion best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof coerced-confession compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-law cross-examination de-novo-hearing due-process evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-procedure improper-cross-examination inadmissible-evidence insanity-defense involuntary-confession lofa-county murder presumption-of-sanity protection-of-accused-rights psychiatric-examination remand-for-new-trial reversible-error right-to-fair-trial right-to-obtain-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularities witness-qualification | |
| Jones v RL LRSC 30; 13 LLR 623 (1960) | 1960, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Traffic Law | 1960 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, evidentiary sufficiency, hit-and-run, indictment, judgment affirmed, jury province, Liberia National Police, malice aforethought, Montserrado County, murder, presumption of malice, Supreme Court of Liberia, traffic homicide | 1960-opinions appellate-review bushrod-island circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law evidentiary-sufficiency hit-and-run indictment judgment-affirmed jury-province liberia-national-police malice-aforethought montserrado-county murder presumption-of-malice supreme-court-of-liberia traffic-homicide | ||
| 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 | |
| Jusu v RL LRSC 2; 34 LLR 291 (1987) | 1987, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1987 Opinions, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, Confession, coroner’s report, Criminal Law, death sentence, flight, Lofa County, lone testimony, malice aforethought, murder, pathologist report, presumption of guilt, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness credibility | jusu-v-rl-lrsc-2-34-llr-291-1987 | 1987-opinions appellate-review circumstantial-evidence confession coroners-report criminal-law death-sentence flight lofa-county lone-testimony malice-aforethought murder pathologist-report presumption-of-guilt sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia witness-credibility | |
| Kamara et al. v Republic of Liberia (2020) | 2020, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, burglary, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, felonious restraint, hearsay evidence, indictment, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Restitution, reversal of conviction, sentencing, Sufficiency of Evidence, witness credibility | kamara-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2020 | 2020-opinions appellate-review burglary corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felonious-restraint hearsay-evidence indictment jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt restitution reversal-of-conviction sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence witness-credibility | |
| 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 | |
| Kasser et al v Judson (2025) | 2025, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Adverse Possession, burden of proof, Civil Procedure, Ejectment, Evidence Law, fraud, Handwriting Evidence, Jury Verdict, Liberia Supreme Court, Older Title, Property Law, Real Estate, Sale of Land, Sinkor Property Dispute | kasser-et-al-v-judson-2025 | 2025-opinions adverse-possession burden-of-proof civil-procedure ejectment evidence-law fraud handwriting-evidence jury-verdict liberia-supreme-court older-title property-law real-estate sale-of-land sinkor-property-dispute | |
| 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 | |
| Kesseley v. RL (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, admissibility of statement, Appeal, Appellate Review, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, circumstantial evidence, Confession, coroner report, Criminal Court “A”, Criminal Law, indictment, JFK Medical Center, judgment affirmed, Jury Trial, Liberia National Police, Life Imprisonment, Miranda Rights, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, murder weapon, Presumption of Innocence, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, tampering with evidence | kesseley-v-rl-2023 | 2023-opinions admissibility-of-statement appeal appellate-review beyond-a-reasonable-doubt circumstantial-evidence confession coroner-report criminal-court-a criminal-law indictment jfk-medical-center judgment-affirmed jury-trial liberia-national-police life-imprisonment miranda-rights monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder murder-weapon presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia tampering-with-evidence | |
| Klah vs. Keingo (2023) | 2023, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Amos Klah v. The Intestate Estate of Tahiru Keingo, Boakai Rogers, bona fide purchaser, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law §64.5(f), Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary weight, Francis S. Fahnbulleh, fraudulent conveyance, illegal occupation, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to survey report, preponderance of evidence, proof of ownership, property ownership, public land sale deed, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | klah-vs-keingo-2023 | 2023-opinions amos-klah-v-the-intestate-estate-of-tahiru-keingo boakai-rogers bona-fide-purchaser chain-of-title civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-%c2%a764-5f ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-weight francis-s-fahnbulleh fraudulent-conveyance illegal-occupation investigative-survey jury-verdict justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh land-dispute metes-and-bounds ministry-of-mines-and-energy montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-survey-report preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-ownership property-ownership public-land-sale-deed superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Kolubah et al v The Intestate Estate of the late Saye Sippi (2026) | 2026, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, administrators, admission by failure to rebut, affirmance of judgment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages, dismissal for pendency, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary insufficiency, Fraudulent Deed, fraudulent transaction, general damages, identity of parties, Intestate Estate, invalid deed, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, lis pendens, mandate, modification of damages, Montserrado County, new trial, Possession, preponderance of evidence, Probate Law, proof of damages, property ownership, property rights protection, punitive damages, Real Property, rebuttal evidence, remand, role of jury, special damages, sublease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, uncontroverted evidence, unlawful occupation, warranty deed, willful and wanton conduct, wrongful detention of property, wrongful withholding | kolubah-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-saye-sippi-2026 | 2026-opinions administrators-deed administrators admission-by-failure-to-rebut affirmance-of-judgment appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages dismissal-for-pendency ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-insufficiency fraudulent-deed fraudulent-transaction general-damages identity-of-parties intestate-estate invalid-deed judicial-discretion jury-verdict land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest lis-pendens mandate modification-of-damages montserrado-county new-trial possession preponderance-of-evidence probate-law proof-of-damages property-ownership property-rights-protection punitive-damages real-property rebuttal-evidence remand role-of-jury special-damages sublease supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute uncontroverted-evidence unlawful-occupation warranty-deed willful-and-wanton-conduct wrongful-detention-of-property wrongful-withholding | |
| Korlubah et al. vs. R.L (2020) | 2020, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, bench trial, Criminal Court “B”, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, evidentiary relevance, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, possession of property, prior occupancy, property possession, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute | korlubah-et-al-vs-r-l-2020 | 2013-opinions appellate-review bench-trial criminal-court-b criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-trespass evidentiary-relevance land-dispute montserrado-county possession-of-property prior-occupancy property-possession reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute | |
| Kowo et al. v Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal, bench trial, burden of proof, by and through the Ministry of Justice, cause of death, change of venue, coroner’s report, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, evidentiary insufficiency, Grand Bassa County, lesser included offense, manslaughter, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, murder, negligent homicide, Nimba County, Penal Law, police misconduct, reasonable doubt, Republic of Liberia, Second Judicial Circuit, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, use of force, waiver of jury trial | kowo-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal bench-trial burden-of-proof by-and-through-the-ministry-of-justice cause-of-death change-of-venue coroners-report criminal-law criminal-procedure-law evidentiary-insufficiency grand-bassa-county lesser-included-offense manslaughter modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence murder negligent-homicide nimba-county penal-law police-misconduct reasonable-doubt republic-of-liberia second-judicial-circuit sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia use-of-force waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Kpargoi v. His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2025) | 2025, Evidence Law, Family Law | 2025 Opinions, biological father, child born out of wedlock, DNA testing, domestic relations law, Evidence, judicial discretion, legitimization, marital child, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, paternity dispute, presumption of legitimacy, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party paternity claim | kpargoi-v-his-honor-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2025 | 2025-opinions biological-father child-born-out-of-wedlock dna-testing domestic-relations-law evidence judicial-discretion legitimization marital-child monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county paternity-dispute presumption-of-legitimacy reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-paternity-claim | |
| Kpolleh et al v RL LRSC 1; 36 LLR 623 (1990) | 1990, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1990 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, attempt to overthrow government, Confession, conspiracy, constitutional subversion, corroboration, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Due Process, fair trial, harmless error, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Trial, Montserrado County, overt act, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason | 1990-opinions accomplice-testimony admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review attempt-to-overthrow-government confession conspiracy constitutional-subversion corroboration criminal-assizes-a criminal-law due-process fair-trial harmless-error indictment judicial-discretion jury-trial montserrado-county overt-act remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia treason | ||
| Kra v RL LRSC 2; 1 LLR 440 (1905) | 1905, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law | absence of tampering, admiralty law, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, common law, correction of sentence, Criminal Law, curative orders, depositions, fines and imprisonment, illegal sentence, issuance of process, justice of the peace proceedings, libel in admiralty, monition, Piracy, protection of foreign commerce, Public Policy, punishment for piracy, Restitution, Statutory interpretation, technical irregularities, unsealed depositions, wrecked vessels, Writ of Error | kra-v-rl-lrsc-2-1-llr-440-1905 | absence-of-tampering admiralty-law admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review common-law correction-of-sentence criminal-law curative-orders depositions fines-and-imprisonment illegal-sentence issuance-of-process justice-of-the-peace-proceedings libel-in-admiralty monition piracy protection-of-foreign-commerce public-policy punishment-for-piracy restitution statutory-interpretation technical-irregularities unsealed-depositions wrecked-vessels writ-of-error | |
| Kroma v RL LRSC 31; 32 LLR 198 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1984 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Law, hearsay evidence, homicide, involuntary manslaughter, Lofa County, malice aforethought, manslaughter, murder, negligent handling of firearm, reasonable doubt, reduction of sentence, reversal of conviction, single barrel gun, Supreme Court of Liberia | kroma-v-rl-lrsc-31-32-llr-198-1984 | 1984-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-law hearsay-evidence homicide involuntary-manslaughter lofa-county malice-aforethought manslaughter murder negligent-handling-of-firearm reasonable-doubt reduction-of-sentence reversal-of-conviction single-barrel-gun supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Ledlow v RL LRSC 4; 1 LLR 376 (1901) | 1901, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, confinement pending restoration of sanity, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, criminal intent, Criminal Law, death sentence, dementia accidentalis, diagnosis evidence, executive release authority, Expert Testimony, grades of evidence, hallucination, homicide, indictment, insane delusion, insanity defense, Jury Verdict, medical jurisprudence, mental incapacity, Montserrado County, murder, new trial, physician testimony, plea of insanity, prosecution duty to prove sanity, reasonable doubt, release upon medical certification, reversal of conviction, sound mind and memory, standard of proof, strange conduct evidence | ledlow-v-rl-lrsc-4-1-llr-376-1901 | admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review burden-of-proof confinement-pending-restoration-of-sanity court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas criminal-intent criminal-law death-sentence dementia-accidentalis diagnosis-evidence executive-release-authority expert-testimony grades-of-evidence hallucination homicide indictment insane-delusion insanity-defense jury-verdict medical-jurisprudence mental-incapacity montserrado-county murder new-trial physician-testimony plea-of-insanity prosecution-duty-to-prove-sanity reasonable-doubt release-upon-medical-certification reversal-of-conviction sound-mind-and-memory standard-of-proof strange-conduct-evidence | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Living Counsellor et al v RL LRSC 22 (2008) | 2008, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2008 Opinions, Appellate Review, child victims, Criminal Law, evidentiary corroboration, first degree rape, indictment sufficiency, judgment affirmed, jury instructions, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion to dismiss indictment, Never Die Church, police testimony, province of the jury, Rape, sentencing, sexual violence, Supreme Court of Liberia | living-counsellor-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-22-2008 | 2008-opinions appellate-review child-victims criminal-law evidentiary-corroboration first-degree-rape indictment-sufficiency judgment-affirmed jury-instructions life-imprisonment medical-evidence monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-to-dismiss-indictment never-die-church police-testimony province-of-the-jury rape sentencing sexual-violence supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Lloyd’s Insurance v Trading Co. LRSC 5; 24 LLR 70 (1975) | 1975, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law | 1975 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, damages, indemnity, insurable interest, insurance law, interpretation of insurance contract, liability, marine insurance, subrogation, Supreme Court of Liberia | lloyds-insurance-v-trading-co-lrsc-5-24-llr-70-1975 | 1975-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-law commercial-law contract-law damages indemnity insurable-interest insurance-law interpretation-of-insurance-contract liability marine-insurance subrogation supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Logan v RL LRSC 44; 33 LLR 434 (1985) | 1985, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1985 Opinions, Appellate Review, ballistics evidence, Confession, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, double jeopardy, Due Process, evidentiary identification, First Judicial Circuit, flight, indictment, jury instructions, malice aforethought, modification of sentence, Montserrado County, murder, Nolle Prosequi, reasonable doubt, recusal, Supreme Court of Liberia | logan-v-rl-lrsc-44-33-llr-434-1985 | 1985-opinions appellate-review ballistics-evidence confession criminal-assizes criminal-law death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-identification first-judicial-circuit flight indictment jury-instructions malice-aforethought modification-of-sentence montserrado-county murder nolle-prosequi reasonable-doubt recusal supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | |
| Lonestar Communication Corporation v His Honour Chesson et al LRSC 29 (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Tax Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting practices, Administrative Law, administrative tribunal powers, Appellate Review, audit and investigation, audit discrepancies, Board of Tax Appeals, burden of proof, Certiorari, corporate expenses, corporate governance, corporate taxation, disclosure of evidence, disguised dividends, Due Process, emergency hearing, Estoppel, evidentiary requirements, exhaustion of administrative remedies, expatriate taxation, fairness in taxation, final decision rule, finality of tax obligations, five-year limitation rule, forensic audit, fraud allegation, government revenue collection, interest on tax liability, interlocutory ruling, internal appeal process, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, legal memoranda, Liberia Revenue Authority, Liberia Telecommunications Authority, Liberia telecommunications sector, management fees, Ministry of Finance, Montserrado County, motions to dismiss, multiple tax assessments, non-resident taxation, pleadings, procedural requirements, reassessment authority, reconciliation exercise, regulatory agencies, remand, Revenue Code of Liberia, revenue law, right of appeal, Section 59 Revenue Code, Section 60 Revenue Code, Section 70 Revenue Code, Section 71 Revenue Code, Section 74 Revenue Code, Statutory interpretation, statutory timelines, sua sponte issues, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax clearance certificate, tax compliance, tax court, tax evasion allegations, tax law, tax liability, tax penalties, tax reassessment, taxation dispute, taxpayer rights, ten-year limitation exception, timeliness of appeal, waiver of penalties, withholding tax | lonestar-communication-corporation-v-his-honour-chesson-et-al-lrsc-29-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-practices administrative-law administrative-tribunal-powers appellate-review audit-and-investigation audit-discrepancies board-of-tax-appeals burden-of-proof certiorari corporate-expenses corporate-governance corporate-taxation disclosure-of-evidence disguised-dividends due-process emergency-hearing estoppel evidentiary-requirements exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies expatriate-taxation fairness-in-taxation final-decision-rule finality-of-tax-obligations five-year-limitation-rule forensic-audit fraud-allegation government-revenue-collection interest-on-tax-liability interlocutory-ruling internal-appeal-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-memoranda liberia-revenue-authority liberia-telecommunications-authority liberia-telecommunications-sector management-fees ministry-of-finance montserrado-county motions-to-dismiss multiple-tax-assessments non-resident-taxation pleadings procedural-requirements reassessment-authority reconciliation-exercise regulatory-agencies remand revenue-code-of-liberia revenue-law right-of-appeal section-59-revenue-code section-60-revenue-code section-70-revenue-code section-71-revenue-code section-74-revenue-code statutory-interpretation statutory-timelines sua-sponte-issues supreme-court-of-liberia tax-clearance-certificate tax-compliance tax-court tax-evasion-allegations tax-law tax-liability tax-penalties tax-reassessment taxation-dispute taxpayer-rights ten-year-limitation-exception timeliness-of-appeal waiver-of-penalties withholding-tax | |
| MacDeshield v RL LRSC 44; 22 LLR 131 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Health Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, absence of malice, absence of premeditation, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, corroborative evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dangerous weapon, declarant unavailable, denial of new trial, domestic relationship, dying declarations, evidentiary weight, exceptions to hearsay, Expert Testimony, First Judicial Circuit, hearsay rule, homicide, imprisonment sentence, intent presumption, intimate partner violence, judicial instructions to jury, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, manslaughter, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pathologist evidence, probative value of hearsay, proof of instrument, res gestae, reversal as modified, sentencing modification, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful killing, variance between allegation and proof | macdeshield-v-rl-lrsc-44-22-llr-131-1973 | 1973-opinions absence-of-malice absence-of-premeditation admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review best-evidence-rule cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti corroborative-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon declarant-unavailable denial-of-new-trial domestic-relationship dying-declarations evidentiary-weight exceptions-to-hearsay expert-testimony first-judicial-circuit hearsay-rule homicide imprisonment-sentence intent-presumption intimate-partner-violence judicial-instructions-to-jury jury-verdict malice-aforethought manslaughter medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pathologist-evidence probative-value-of-hearsay proof-of-instrument res-gestae reversal-as-modified sentencing-modification supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-killing variance-between-allegation-and-proof | |
| 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 | |
| Marpleh et al v RL LRSC 33; 19 LLR 335 (1969) | 1969, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1969 Opinions, accessory after the fact, aiding felon, Appellate Review, bearer instrument, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Bureau of General Accounting and Audits, corpus delicti, Court Administrator, Criminal Law, criminal participation, cross-examination, directed verdict, escape from punishment, Evidence, evidentiary error, false payroll entries, fictitious employees, fictitious payee, First Judicial Circuit, forged endorsements, fraudulent payroll, government checks, grand larceny, harmless error, judicial finance fraud, Judiciary payroll, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, larceny, merchant testimony, Montserrado County, negotiable instruments, Nimba County Debt Court, payroll clerk testimony, payroll fraud, plea of not guilty, pre-audit irregularities, principal and accessory distinction, prosecution witnesses, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia, Treasury Department, variance, variance between indictment and proof, voucher fraud | marpleh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-33-19-llr-335-1969 | 1969-opinions accessory-after-the-fact aiding-felon appellate-review bearer-instrument best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof bureau-of-general-accounting-and-audits corpus-delicti court-administrator criminal-law criminal-participation cross-examination directed-verdict escape-from-punishment evidence evidentiary-error false-payroll-entries fictitious-employees fictitious-payee first-judicial-circuit forged-endorsements fraudulent-payroll government-checks grand-larceny harmless-error judicial-finance-fraud judiciary-payroll jury-trial jury-verdict larceny merchant-testimony montserrado-county negotiable-instruments nimba-county-debt-court payroll-clerk-testimony payroll-fraud plea-of-not-guilty pre-audit-irregularities principal-and-accessory-distinction prosecution-witnesses reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia treasury-department variance variance-between-indictment-and-proof voucher-fraud | |
| Marty v RL LRSC 1; 18 LLR 3 (1967) | 1967, Aviation Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, absence of intent, accident versus intent, aircraft crash, appellate procedure, argument in absence of appellee, aviation accident, criminal intent, Criminal Law, cross-examination, discharge of defendant, duty of court to decide, evidentiary insufficiency, Expert Testimony, First Judicial Circuit, Francesco Ricart Marty, insufficiency of evidence, James Spriggs Payne airfield, Jury Verdict, lack of malice, Liberian Air Taxi Company, malicious mischief, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, nonappearance of appellee, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia | marty-v-rl-lrsc-1-18-llr-3-1967 | 1967-opinions abandonment-of-appeal absence-of-intent accident-versus-intent aircraft-crash appellate-procedure argument-in-absence-of-appellee aviation-accident criminal-intent criminal-law cross-examination discharge-of-defendant duty-of-court-to-decide evidentiary-insufficiency expert-testimony first-judicial-circuit francesco-ricart-marty insufficiency-of-evidence james-spriggs-payne-airfield jury-verdict lack-of-malice liberian-air-taxi-company malicious-mischief montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial nonappearance-of-appellee reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Mason v RL LRSC 60; 22 LLR 258 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, concurrence of parties, confession evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, discharge without day, Due Process, evidentiary gaps, failure of proof, fair trial, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, judgment without opinion, judicial disqualification, mandate to lower court, missing evidence, Montserrado County, nonfeasance, prosecutorial concession, reasonable doubt, recusal of justices, reversal of conviction, submission by appellee, Supreme Court of Liberia | mason-v-rl-lrsc-60-22-llr-258-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-procedure appellate-review concurrence-of-parties confession-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure discharge-without-day due-process evidentiary-gaps failure-of-proof fair-trial indictment insufficiency-of-evidence judgment-without-opinion judicial-disqualification mandate-to-lower-court missing-evidence montserrado-county nonfeasance prosecutorial-concession reasonable-doubt recusal-of-justices reversal-of-conviction submission-by-appellee supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Massaquoi v RL LRSC 14 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, blood-stained clothing, child sexual abuse, child victim testimony, Civil Procedure Law Section 25.7, commutation of sentence, corroboration, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, expert witness, fifty-year sentence, hearsay exception, indictment, intimidation, Jury Verdict, knife threat, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, modification of sentence, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Penal Law Section 14.70, physician assistant testimony, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Rape, sentencing, sexual violence, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia | massaquoi-v-rl-lrsc-14-2014 | admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review blood-stained-clothing child-sexual-abuse child-victim-testimony civil-procedure-law-section-25-7 commutation-of-sentence corroboration criminal-court-e criminal-law criminal-procedure-law expert-witness fifty-year-sentence hearsay-exception indictment intimidation jury-verdict knife-threat life-imprisonment medical-evidence modification-of-sentence monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial penal-law-section-14-70 physician-assistant-testimony proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt rape sentencing sexual-violence statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Matierzo v RL LRSC 21; 34 LLR 791 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, compulsory process, constitutional rights of the accused, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, death sentence, deposition, Due Process, eyewitness testimony, fair and impartial trial, fair trial, Filipino national, hearsay, hearsay evidence, high seas jurisdiction, insufficiency of evidence, intent, letters rogatory, Liberian-registered vessel, malice aforethought, maritime crime, Montserrado County, murder, new trial, reasonable doubt, reversal and remand, right to confront witnesses, right to counsel, right to obtain witnesses, suppression of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness testimony | matierzo-v-rl-lrsc-21-34-llr-791-1988 | 1988-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof compulsory-process constitutional-rights-of-the-accused criminal-assizes criminal-law criminal-procedure death-sentence deposition due-process eyewitness-testimony fair-and-impartial-trial fair-trial filipino-national hearsay hearsay-evidence high-seas-jurisdiction insufficiency-of-evidence intent letters-rogatory liberian-registered-vessel malice-aforethought maritime-crime montserrado-county murder new-trial reasonable-doubt reversal-and-remand right-to-confront-witnesses right-to-counsel right-to-obtain-witnesses suppression-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia witness-testimony | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Monie et al v RL LRSC 2; 34 LLR 502 (1988) | 1988, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, constitutional rights, corpus delicti, corroboration, Criminal Law, custodial statement, Due Process, inadmissible confession, Lofa County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia | monie-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-2-34-llr-502-1988 | 1988-opinions accomplice-testimony constitutional-rights corpus-delicti corroboration criminal-law custodial-statement due-process inadmissible-confession lofa-county murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Monie et al v. RL (1988) | 1988, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, coerced confession, constitutional rights, corpus delicti, corroboration, Criminal Law, Due Process, inadmissible evidence, Lofa County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | monie-et-al-v-rl-1988 | 1988-opinions accomplice-testimony coerced-confession constitutional-rights corpus-delicti corroboration criminal-law due-process inadmissible-evidence lofa-county murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | |
| 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 | |
| Morris Kiazolu et al. v. Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators, affirmative defense, appeal granted, Archives, Article 21(h), Assistant Registrar of Deeds, bench trial, bona fide purchaser, burden of proof, buyer liability, Catholic Community, Chain of Title, costs disallowed, courts of record, criminal conspiracy, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Decree of Sale, deed, documentary evidence, ejectment as proper remedy, Estate Administration, extended letters of administration, good faith purchaser, indictment, Intestate Estate, Land Dispute, land records search, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Oldest Congo Town, Paynesville City, presentence investigation, private prosecutrix, probate court authorization, probation services, procedural irregularity, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, public land sale deed, real estate tax receipts, Real Property, reasonable hypothesis of innocence, restitution order, Reversal, seller liability, sentencing error, severance, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, surveyor liability, title dispute, waiver of jury trial | morris-kiazolu-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators affirmative-defense appeal-granted archives article-21h assistant-registrar-of-deeds bench-trial bona-fide-purchaser burden-of-proof buyer-liability catholic-community chain-of-title costs-disallowed courts-of-record criminal-conspiracy criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law criminal-procedure-law decree-of-sale deed documentary-evidence ejectment-as-proper-remedy estate-administration extended-letters-of-administration good-faith-purchaser indictment intestate-estate land-dispute land-records-search letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority mandate monrovia montserrado-county oldest-congo-town paynesville-city presentence-investigation private-prosecutrix probate-court-authorization probation-services procedural-irregularity proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt public-land-sale-deed real-estate-tax-receipts real-property reasonable-hypothesis-of-innocence restitution-order reversal seller-liability sentencing-error severance superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia surveyor-liability title-dispute waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Narmah v RL LRSC 25; 34 LLR 842 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, criminal conviction reversed, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, discharge of defendant, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, mandate to lower court, motion in arrest of judgment, Penal Law, reasonable doubt, reversal of judgment, Solicitor General of Liberia, Supreme Court of Liberia, theft of services | narmah-v-rl-lrsc-25-34-llr-842-1988 | 1988-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-conviction-reversed criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution discharge-of-defendant indictment insufficiency-of-evidence mandate-to-lower-court motion-in-arrest-of-judgment penal-law reasonable-doubt reversal-of-judgment solicitor-general-of-liberia supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-services | |
| National Elections Commission (NEC) v. Brumskine et al. (2017) (Dissent) | 2017, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2017 Elections, 2017 Opinions, addendum to voter roll, ballot integrity, constitutional law, Dissenting Opinion, duplicate voter ID, election irregularities, election law, electoral dispute, electoral fraud, Final Registration Roll (FRR), judicial review of elections, Justice Kabina Ja’neh, Liberty Party, mandate to NEC, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission (NEC), October 10, polling and counting procedures, presidential election, presiding officer worksheet, run-off election, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unity Party, valid votes cast, voter registration | national-elections-commission-nec-v-brumskine-et-al-2017-dissent | 2017-elections 2017-opinions addendum-to-voter-roll ballot-integrity constitutional-law dissenting-opinion duplicate-voter-id election-irregularities election-law electoral-dispute electoral-fraud final-registration-roll-frr judicial-review-of-elections justice-kabina-janeh liberty-party mandate-to-nec motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission-nec october-10 polling-and-counting-procedures presidential-election presiding-officer-worksheet run-off-election stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia unity-party valid-votes-cast voter-registration | |
| Netty-Blanquett v RL et al LRSC 23 (2009) | 2009, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Evidence Law | 2009 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, Brewerville Magisterial Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, constitutional rights, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Due Process, illegal execution of warrant, inventory of seized items, judicial duty, judicial hierarchy, Jurisdiction, Magistrate Misconduct, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, motion to return property, National Security Agency, reversal of judgment, search and seizure, specificity of warrant, statutory authority, suppression of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts, unlawful search, warrant | netty-blanquett-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-23-2009 | 2009-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review brewerville-magisterial-court concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-rights criminal-assizes-c criminal-law due-process illegal-execution-of-warrant inventory-of-seized-items judicial-duty judicial-hierarchy jurisdiction magistrate-misconduct monrovia-city-court montserrado-county motion-to-return-property national-security-agency reversal-of-judgment search-and-seizure specificity-of-warrant statutory-authority suppression-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts unlawful-search warrant | |
| 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 | |
| Nimely et al v RL LRSC 48; 21 LLR 348 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, National Security Law | 1972 Opinions, alleged theft accusation, Appellate Review, burden of proof, causation, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, conjectural evidence, corpus delicti, criminal agency, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, discharge of defendants, evidentiary weakness, First Judicial Circuit, forensic uncertainty., homicide, identification of instruments, indictment, inquest, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, New Kru Town, pathologist testimony, postmortem evidence, Presumption of Innocence, proof beyond reasonable doubt, reasonable doubt, Reversal, rope evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, vigilante beating, violent death, wire evidence | nimely-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-48-21-llr-348-1972 | 1972-opinions alleged-theft-accusation appellate-review burden-of-proof causation cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence conjectural-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-agency criminal-law criminal-procedure discharge-of-defendants evidentiary-weakness first-judicial-circuit forensic-uncertainty homicide identification-of-instruments indictment inquest insufficiency-of-evidence jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder new-kru-town pathologist-testimony postmortem-evidence presumption-of-innocence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt reversal rope-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia vigilante-beating violent-death wire-evidence | |
| Nimley et al v RL LRSC 140; 30 LLR 676 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, confession evidence, corroboration requirement, Criminal Law, discharge of defendants, Grand Gedeh County, homicide, insufficient evidence, involuntary confession, murder, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, ritual killing allegation, Supreme Court of Liberia | nimley-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-140-30-llr-676-1983 | 1983-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence confession-evidence corroboration-requirement criminal-law discharge-of-defendants grand-gedeh-county homicide insufficient-evidence involuntary-confession murder reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction ritual-killing-allegation supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | |
| Obi v RL LRSC 4; 20 LLR 166 (1971) | 1971, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1971 opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, apprehension, automatic pistol, Benoit Michelon, Bill of Exceptions, Bishop Dillard H. Brown, Claude Nader, Criminal Law, criminal pleading, Cuttington College and Divinity School, deadly weapon, double jeopardy, Episcopal Mission, express malice, flight, homicide, implied malice, indictment, insanity defense, intent to kill, intoxication, Jacob David, jury charge, Justin M. Obi, malice aforethought, mental disturbance, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to quash, murder, Patricia Anne Newiss, presumption of malice, psychiatric examination, shooting, sociopathic personality disturbance, sufficiency of indictment, summary of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, waived exceptions | obi-v-rl-lrsc-4-20-llr-166-1971 | 1971-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review apprehension automatic-pistol benoit-michelon bill-of-exceptions bishop-dillard-h-brown claude-nader criminal-law criminal-pleading cuttington-college-and-divinity-school deadly-weapon double-jeopardy episcopal-mission express-malice flight homicide implied-malice indictment insanity-defense intent-to-kill intoxication jacob-david jury-charge justin-m-obi malice-aforethought mental-disturbance monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-quash murder patricia-anne-newiss presumption-of-malice psychiatric-examination shooting sociopathic-personality-disturbance sufficiency-of-indictment summary-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia waived-exceptions | |
| Otto v RL LRSC 5; 17 LLR 186 (1966) | 1966, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1966 Opinions, acquittal standard, Appellate Review, benefit of doubt, Careysburg, causation of death, chain of evidence, circumstantial evidence, coroner’s inquest, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to prove cause of death, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, hypothesis of innocence, inconsistent evidence, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, lack of direct evidence, medical evidence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutorial failure, reasonable inference, reversal of conviction, standard of proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance between indictment and proof | otto-v-rl-lrsc-5-17-llr-186-1966 | 1966-opinions acquittal-standard appellate-review benefit-of-doubt careysburg causation-of-death chain-of-evidence circumstantial-evidence coroners-inquest corpus-delicti criminal-law discharge-of-defendant due-process evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-prove-cause-of-death fair-trial first-judicial-circuit hypothesis-of-innocence inconsistent-evidence indictment insufficiency-of-evidence jury-trial jury-verdict lack-of-direct-evidence medical-evidence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecutorial-failure reasonable-inference reversal-of-conviction standard-of-proof supreme-court-of-liberia variance-between-indictment-and-proof | |
| Perkins v RL LRSC 58; 23 LLR 352 (1974) | 1974, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1974 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, documentary evidence, false representation, Greenville, indictment, intent to defraud, Jury Verdict, motion in arrest of judgment, Motion to Dismiss, obtaining money under false pretense, pretrial motions, private prosecutor, Restitution, Sinoe County, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia | perkins-v-rl-lrsc-58-23-llr-352-1974 | 1974-opinions appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure-law documentary-evidence false-representation greenville indictment intent-to-defraud jury-verdict motion-in-arrest-of-judgment motion-to-dismiss obtaining-money-under-false-pretense pretrial-motions private-prosecutor restitution sinoe-county sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Pewue v RL LRSC 47; 35 LLR 167 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, best evidence rule, burden of proof, cause of death, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, evidentiary insufficiency, hearsay evidence, identification of documents, identification of handwriting, identification of signature, Lofa County, medical report, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness identification | pewue-v-rl-lrsc-47-35-llr-167-1988 | 1988-opinions best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof cause-of-death corpus-delicti criminal-law evidentiary-insufficiency hearsay-evidence identification-of-documents identification-of-handwriting identification-of-signature lofa-county medical-report murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia witness-identification | |
| 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 | |
| Raynes et al v RL LRSC 9; 36 LLR 203 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Judiciary Law | 1989 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, confessions, constitutional rights, corroboration, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary standards, hearsay evidence, judicial error, jury charge, murder, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Prosecutorial Misconduct, reasonable doubt, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, search and seizure, search warrant, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful search | raynes-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-9-36-llr-203-1989 | 1989-opinions accomplice-testimony admissibility appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence confessions constitutional-rights corroboration criminal-law due-process evidentiary-standards hearsay-evidence judicial-error jury-charge murder ninth-judicial-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction search-and-seizure search-warrant supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-search | |
| Republic of Liberia v Her Honor Serena Garlawolu et al. (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, bail, capital offense, constitutional right to bail, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 13.1, Due Process, hung jury, interlocutory ruling, Montserrado County, presumption great, proof evident, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of certiorari | republic-of-liberia-vs-her-honor-serena-garlawolu-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review bail capital-offense constitutional-right-to-bail criminal-law criminal-procedure-law-section-13-1 due-process hung-jury interlocutory-ruling montserrado-county presumption-great proof-evident statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-certiorari | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| RL v Chakpadeh LRSC 105; 35 LLR 715 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Property Law | 1988 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Law, employee theft, grand larceny, indictment requirements, judgment of acquittal, motion for acquittal, Nimba County, Presumption of Innocence, prima facie evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, value of stolen property | rl-v-chakpadeh-lrsc-105-35-llr-715-1988 | 1988-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-law employee-theft grand-larceny indictment-requirements judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal nimba-county presumption-of-innocence prima-facie-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia value-of-stolen-property | |
| 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 | |
| RL v Smith et al LRSC 31 (2009) | 2009, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2009 Opinions, Appellate Review, Certiorari, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, double jeopardy, Due Process, economic sabotage, evidentiary hearing, integrity of jury system, judicial conduct, judicial neutrality, Jury Tampering, manifest necessity, mistrial, Montserrado County, procedural error, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Republic of Liberia, sequestration, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial de novo | rl-v-smith-et-al-lrsc-31-2009 | 2009-opinions appellate-review certiorari criminal-assizes-c criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process economic-sabotage evidentiary-hearing integrity-of-jury-system judicial-conduct judicial-neutrality jury-tampering manifest-necessity mistrial montserrado-county procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct republic-of-liberia sequestration supreme-court-of-liberia trial-de-novo | |
| Rogers v RL LRSC 9 (2009) | 2009, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2008 Opinions, child rape, corroboration, Criminal Assizes “B”, Criminal Law, Due Process, fair trial, first degree felony, inadequate representation, indigent defendant, ineffective assistance of counsel, Montserrado County, Rape, remand for new trial, right to counsel, subpoenaed witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | rogers-v-rl-lrsc-9-2009 | 2008-opinions child-rape corroboration criminal-assizes-b criminal-law due-process fair-trial first-degree-felony inadequate-representation indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance-of-counsel montserrado-county rape remand-for-new-trial right-to-counsel subpoenaed-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| S. Flomo v RL LRSC 20; 26 LLR 51 (1977) | 1977, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1977 Opinions, Appellate Review, asphyxiation, autopsy, B. F. Goodrich Plantation, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, cause of death, child victim, confession evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, directed verdict, Due Process, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, forcible carnal knowledge, homicide, inconsistency between indictment and evidence., indictment, material variance, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, new trial, notice of accusation, proof beyond reasonable doubt, prosecution burden, Rape, reversal and remand, sexual assault, strangulation, sufficiency of proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance between pleading and proof, wound evidence | s-flomo-v-rl-lrsc-20-26-llr-51-1977 | 1977-opinions appellate-review asphyxiation autopsy b-f-goodrich-plantation bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cause-of-death child-victim confession-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law criminal-procedure directed-verdict due-process fair-trial first-judicial-circuit forcible-carnal-knowledge homicide inconsistency-between-indictment-and-evidence indictment material-variance medical-evidence montserrado-county murder new-trial notice-of-accusation proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt prosecution-burden rape reversal-and-remand sexual-assault strangulation sufficiency-of-proof supreme-court-of-liberia variance-between-pleading-and-proof wound-evidence | |
| Saab v RL LRSC 30; 27 LLR 133 (1978) | 1978, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1978 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Acquittal, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, ballistic evidence, burden of proof, causation in homicide, chain of custody, coercion, Confession, conflicting testimony, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, custodial interrogation, discharge without day, dying declaration, evidentiary standards, exclusion of illegally obtained evidence, failure of proof, Grand Bassa County, hearsay exception, hospital negligence, identification of weapon, in extremis requirement, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, involuntary confession, Jury Verdict, medical evidence, Miranda-type rights, murder, police misconduct, Presumption of Innocence, proof of impending death, proximate cause of death, reasonable doubt, Rev. Code 2:2.3, reversal of conviction, right to counsel, Second Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia | saab-v-rl-lrsc-30-27-llr-133-1978 | 1978-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact acquittal admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review ballistic-evidence burden-of-proof causation-in-homicide chain-of-custody coercion confession conflicting-testimony credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law custodial-interrogation discharge-without-day dying-declaration evidentiary-standards exclusion-of-illegally-obtained-evidence failure-of-proof grand-bassa-county hearsay-exception hospital-negligence identification-of-weapon in-extremis-requirement indictment insufficiency-of-evidence involuntary-confession jury-verdict medical-evidence miranda-type-rights murder police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence proof-of-impending-death proximate-cause-of-death reasonable-doubt rev-code-22-3 reversal-of-conviction right-to-counsel second-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Saamoon v RL LRSC 80; 22 LLR 321 | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, Expert Testimony, homicide, insanity defense, Lofa County, mental capacity, mental illness, murder, psychiatric evaluation, retrial ordered, Reversible Error, right to fair trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tenth Judicial Circuit | saamoon-v-rl-lrsc-80-22-llr-321 | 1973-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-appeal criminal-law expert-testimony homicide insanity-defense lofa-county mental-capacity mental-illness murder psychiatric-evaluation retrial-ordered reversible-error right-to-fair-trial supreme-court-of-liberia tenth-judicial-circuit | |
| Saar v RL LRSC 3; 29 LLR 35 (1981) | 1981, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1981 Opinions, alibi, allegata and probata, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, change of venue, Confession, Criminal Law, custodial interrogation, directed verdict, discharge without day, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, firearm evidence, hearsay evidence, identification of weapon, impartial trial, inadmissible confession, judicial bias, judicial impartiality, jury instructions, local prejudice, Lofa County, Medicoma Town, Miranda warning, murder, reasonable doubt, Reversal, right against self-incrimination, right to compulsory process, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tenth Judicial Circuit, variance, venue transfer, Williedu Town | saar-v-rl-lrsc-3-29-llr-35-1981 | 1981-opinions alibi allegata-and-probata appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof change-of-venue confession criminal-law custodial-interrogation directed-verdict discharge-without-day due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial firearm-evidence hearsay-evidence identification-of-weapon impartial-trial inadmissible-confession judicial-bias judicial-impartiality jury-instructions local-prejudice lofa-county medicoma-town miranda-warning murder reasonable-doubt reversal right-against-self-incrimination right-to-compulsory-process right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia tenth-judicial-circuit variance venue-transfer williedu-town | |
| Sackor v RL LRSC 1; 21 LLR 394 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate procedure, burden of proof, certified record, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, comment on evidence, constitutional law, conviction reversed, Criminal Law, denial of fair trial, ethics of lawyers, failure to record proceedings, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, impartial trial, improper jury charge, incomplete record, ineffective assistance of counsel, judicial misconduct, jury instructions, jury of the vicinity, Jury Trial, Maryland County, murder, non-existent testimony, prejudicial error, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, proof beyond reasonable doubt, prosecutorial responsibility, public trial, reliance on record, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial record | sackor-v-rl-lrsc-1-21-llr-394-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-procedure burden-of-proof certified-record code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics comment-on-evidence constitutional-law conviction-reversed criminal-law denial-of-fair-trial ethics-of-lawyers failure-to-record-proceedings fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit impartial-trial improper-jury-charge incomplete-record ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-of-the-vicinity jury-trial maryland-county murder non-existent-testimony prejudicial-error presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt prosecutorial-responsibility public-trial reliance-on-record remand-for-new-trial reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia trial-record | |
| 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 | ||
| Sandy v RL LRSC 26; 29 LLR 575 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, Acquittal, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, insufficiency of evidence, judgment without opinion, mandate to lower court, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia | sandy-v-rl-lrsc-26-29-llr-575-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution acquittal appellate-procedure criminal-law discharge-of-defendant insufficiency-of-evidence judgment-without-opinion mandate-to-lower-court solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Sarbo v RL LRSC 11; 21 LLR 481 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, Acquittal, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, co-defendants, compulsory process, confession evidence, constitutional law, corpus delicti, corroboration requirement, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination rights, defective indictment, denial of compulsory process, discharge without day, elements of murder, evidentiary failure, failure to produce witness, fair trial rights, Fourth Judicial Circuit, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment sufficiency, insufficiency of evidence, jury misconduct safeguards, Jury Trial, Maryland County, missing witness, motion for new trial, murder, omission of instrument of crime, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Reversible Error, right to obtain witnesses, scope of cross-examination, sequestration of jury, severance of defendants, Supreme Court of Liberia, verdict against the weight of evidence, witness credibility | sarbo-v-rl-lrsc-11-21-llr-481-1973 | 1973-opinions acquittal admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review burden-of-proof co-defendants compulsory-process confession-evidence constitutional-law corpus-delicti corroboration-requirement criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination-rights defective-indictment denial-of-compulsory-process discharge-without-day elements-of-murder evidentiary-failure failure-to-produce-witness fair-trial-rights fourth-judicial-circuit homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment-sufficiency insufficiency-of-evidence jury-misconduct-safeguards jury-trial maryland-county missing-witness motion-for-new-trial murder omission-of-instrument-of-crime presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reversible-error right-to-obtain-witnesses scope-of-cross-examination sequestration-of-jury severance-of-defendants supreme-court-of-liberia verdict-against-the-weight-of-evidence witness-credibility | |
| 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 | |
| Scott et al v. Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2024 Opinions, acquittal and discharge, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, conflicting theories of guilt sufficient to create reasonable doubt, corpus delicti, criminal agency, criminal agency as indispensable proof of death, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, DNA evidence, Due Process, false report to law enforcement officers, Forensic Evidence, homicide, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, malice as necessary element of murder, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, presumption of malice, Prosecutorial Burden, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, right against self-incrimination, suppression of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | gloria-musu-scott-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 scott-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions acquittal-and-discharge appellate-review circumstantial-evidence conflicting-theories-of-guilt-sufficient-to-create-reasonable-doubt corpus-delicti criminal-agency criminal-agency-as-indispensable-proof-of-death criminal-conspiracy criminal-law dna-evidence due-process false-report-to-law-enforcement-officers forensic-evidence homicide jury-verdict malice-aforethought malice-as-necessary-element-of-murder monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-malice prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction right-against-self-incrimination suppression-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Scott v RL LRSC 2; 18 LLR 13 (1967) | 1967, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1967 Opinions, absence of malice, aggressive conduct, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, cross-examination of accused, defendant testimony, discharge of defendant, evidentiary sufficiency, eyewitness testimony, Fourth Judicial Circuit, George Scott alias Quae, heat of passion, homicide, insufficiency of evidence, jury instructions, Jury Verdict, lesser included offense, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, medical evidence, modification of judgment, motion for new trial, murder, proximate cause of death, reduction of conviction, reversal of conviction, scope of cross-examination, self-incrimination, sentencing computation, specific exceptions requirement, sudden affray, Supreme Court of Liberia, time served, waiver of privilege, weight of evidence | scott-v-rl-lrsc-2-18-llr-13-1967 | 1967-opinions absence-of-malice aggressive-conduct appellate-review criminal-law cross-examination-of-accused defendant-testimony discharge-of-defendant evidentiary-sufficiency eyewitness-testimony fourth-judicial-circuit george-scott-alias-quae heat-of-passion homicide insufficiency-of-evidence jury-instructions jury-verdict lesser-included-offense malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county medical-evidence modification-of-judgment motion-for-new-trial murder proximate-cause-of-death reduction-of-conviction reversal-of-conviction scope-of-cross-examination self-incrimination sentencing-computation specific-exceptions-requirement sudden-affray supreme-court-of-liberia time-served waiver-of-privilege weight-of-evidence | |
| 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 | |
| Settro v RL LRSC 33 (2007) | 2007, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2007 Opinions, child abduction, Criminal Law, hearsay evidence, insufficiency of evidence, involuntary servitude, kidnapping, missing child, Montserrado County, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | settro-v-rl-lrsc-33-2007 | 2007-opinions child-abduction criminal-law hearsay-evidence insufficiency-of-evidence involuntary-servitude kidnapping missing-child montserrado-county reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | |
| 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 | |
| Sherman et al v The Republic of Liberia (2017) | 2017, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 2017 Opinions, Appeal, attorney-client privilege, bank secrecy, banking records, bribery allegations, Central Bank of Liberia Act, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, corruption investigation, Criminal Assizes C, criminal investigation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure Law Sections 17.2 and 17.3, Due Process, Financial Institutions Act, Global Witness report, H. Varney G. Sherman, Inc., intervention, Jurisdiction, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), limits of privilege, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, motion to quash, pre-trial investigation, right to privacy, self-incrimination, Sherman and Sherman, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ practice | sherman-et-al-v-the-republic-of-liberia-2017 sherman-v-rl-2017 | 2017-opinions appeal attorney-client-privilege bank-secrecy banking-records bribery-allegations central-bank-of-liberia-act civil-procedure-law constitutional-law corruption-investigation criminal-assizes-c criminal-investigation criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-law-sections-17-2-and-17-3 due-process financial-institutions-act global-witness-report h-varney-g-sherman inc intervention jurisdiction liberia-anti-corruption-commission-lacc limits-of-privilege ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss motion-to-quash pre-trial-investigation right-to-privacy self-incrimination sherman-and-sherman subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia writ-practice | |
| Shillon v. Government of Liberia (2019) | 2019, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2019 Opinions, aggravated assault, Appeal, bench trial (jury waived), conviction affirmed, corpus delicti, Criminal Court “A”, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, evidentiary sufficiency, flight as evidence of guilt, indictment, Johnsonville, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, sentencing (two years imprisonment), standard of review, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness credibility | shillon-v-government-of-liberia-2019 | 2019-opinions aggravated-assault appeal bench-trial-jury-waived conviction-affirmed corpus-delicti criminal-court-a criminal-facilitation criminal-law evidentiary-sufficiency flight-as-evidence-of-guilt indictment johnsonville montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal sentencing-two-years-imprisonment standard-of-review supreme-court-of-liberia witness-credibility | |
| Slangar v RL LRSC 11 (2007) | 2007, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2007 Opinions, attorney-in-fact, Criminal Law, evidentiary error, hearsay evidence, Montserrado County, Prima Facie Case, reasonable doubt, receipts, remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | slangar-v-rl-lrsc-11-2007 | 2007-opinions attorney-in-fact criminal-law evidentiary-error hearsay-evidence montserrado-county prima-facie-case reasonable-doubt receipts remand supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | |
| Smith v RL LRSC 25; 37 LLR 537 (1994) | 1994, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1986 Opinions, accessory before and after the fact, Accomplice Testimony, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Law, death sentence vacated, defendant’s silence, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, flight, indictment, jury charge error, murder, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | smith-v-rl-lrsc-25-37-llr-537-1994 | 1986-opinions accessory-before-and-after-the-fact accomplice-testimony appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-law death-sentence-vacated defendants-silence due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial flight indictment jury-charge-error murder ninth-judicial-circuit presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | |
| Sneh v RL LRSC 44; 35 LLR 136 (1988) | 1988, Agency Law, Anti-Corruption, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, agency law, audit shortage, burden of proof, conversion, Criminal Law, embezzlement, Fiduciary Duty, fraud, Liberia Trading Corporation, misappropriation, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, storekeeper, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance | sneh-v-rl-lrsc-44-35-llr-136-1988 | 1988-opinions agency-law audit-shortage burden-of-proof conversion criminal-law embezzlement fiduciary-duty fraud liberia-trading-corporation misappropriation motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment storekeeper supreme-court-of-liberia variance | |
| Stubblefield v RL LRSC 56; 35 LLR 275 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, amendment of indictment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, corporate criminal liability, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Montserrado County, motion in arrest of judgment, Presumption of Innocence, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance | stubblefield-v-rl-lrsc-56-35-llr-275-1988 | 1988-opinions amendment-of-indictment appellate-review burden-of-proof corporate-criminal-liability criminal-law criminal-procedure montserrado-county motion-in-arrest-of-judgment presumption-of-innocence restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance | |
| 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 | |
| Swen v RL et al LRSC 14; 40 LLR 138 (2000) | 2000, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2000 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, bank fraud, banking offenses, confession evidence, constitutional rights of accused, Criminal Law, imprisonment, Montserrado County, Restitution, sentencing discretion, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, voluntary confession | swen-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-14-40-llr-138-2000 | 2000-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review bank-fraud banking-offenses confession-evidence constitutional-rights-of-accused criminal-law imprisonment montserrado-county restitution sentencing-discretion supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property voluntary-confession | |
| Tandapolie al. v. National Election Commission et al (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 | 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 | |
| Taylor v Republic of Liberia LRSC 33; 14 LLR 524 (1961) | 1961, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1961 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bondiway, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, domestic dispute, evidentiary sufficiency, Firestone Plantations, judgment affirmed, knife evidence, Liberia Frontier Force, malice aforethought, Montserrado County, murder, postmortem evidence, proof of guilt, stabbing, Supreme Court of Liberia | taylor-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-33-14-llr-524-1961 | 1961-opinions appellate-review bondiway circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law domestic-dispute evidentiary-sufficiency firestone-plantations judgment-affirmed knife-evidence liberia-frontier-force malice-aforethought montserrado-county murder postmortem-evidence proof-of-guilt stabbing supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Teahway v RL (2019) | 2019, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2019 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, criminal solicitation, eyewitness identification, hearsay evidence, indictment, judgment of acquittal, Montserrado County, power of attorney, private prosecutor, reasonable doubt, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, Thinkers Village | teahway-vs-republic-of-liberia-rl-2019 | 2019-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-solicitation eyewitness-identification hearsay-evidence indictment judgment-of-acquittal montserrado-county power-of-attorney private-prosecutor reasonable-doubt standing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property thinkers-village | |
| Tehquah v His Honor Paye and RL LRSC 38 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Appellate Review, armed robbery, confession evidence, continuance of trial, Criminal Law, denial of continuance, gang rape, indictment, Jury Verdict, life sentence, medical evidence, motion for judgment of acquittal, Nimba County, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance in testimony | tehquah-v-his-honor-paye-and-rl-lrsc-38-2014 | 2014-opinions appellate-review armed-robbery confession-evidence continuance-of-trial criminal-law denial-of-continuance gang-rape indictment jury-verdict life-sentence medical-evidence motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal nimba-county sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia variance-in-testimony | |
| Tehquah v His Honor Paye and RL LRSC 41 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, armed robbery, Criminal Law, fair trial, gang rape, Jury Trial, life sentence, Nimba County, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | tehquah-v-his-honor-paye-and-rl-lrsc-41-2014 | 2014-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review armed-robbery criminal-law fair-trial gang-rape jury-trial life-sentence nimba-county sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| The Management of Ecobank Liberia Limited v. Embassy Suite Corporation (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 opinion, absence of board resolution, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, collateral VIP premises name change, Commercial Court debt by attachment and garnishment, damages without proof of injury, Ecobank Liberia Limited v Embassy Suite Corporation, joint and several loan obligation, lack of corporate existence at time of wrong, no transfer of assets or liabilities, ruling reversed, sole proprietorship vs corporation, Standing to Sue, successor liability not proven, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, ultra vires corporate act, verdict against weight of evidence | the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation-2023 | 2023-opinion absence-of-board-resolution action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal collateral-vip-premises-name-change commercial-court-debt-by-attachment-and-garnishment damages-without-proof-of-injury ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation joint-and-several-loan-obligation lack-of-corporate-existence-at-time-of-wrong no-transfer-of-assets-or-liabilities ruling-reversed sole-proprietorship-vs-corporation standing-to-sue successor-liability-not-proven supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law ultra-vires-corporate-act verdict-against-weight-of-evidence | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| The Ministry of Mines and Energy v Atlantic Minerals Inc. (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrative agency, administrative error, administrative hearing, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, administrative record, admission against interest, affirmance, Appearance, Appellate Review, arbitrariness, burden of proof, competing licenses, concession rights, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, exclusive rights, exploration license, failure to give notice, government liability, hearing officer, illegality, Judicial Review, judicial review scope, Jurisdiction, legality vs discretion, license restoration, license revocation, mandate, mineral exploration license, mineral law, Minerals and Mining Law of 2000, Mining Law, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Motion to Dismiss, non-party beneficiary, notice of default, overlapping concession, Petition for Judicial Review, Privity, Procedural Due Process, proper parties, Property Rights, public law, record-keeping deficiency, regulatory authority, regulatory compliance, regulatory enforcement, remand, Service of Process, Sinoe County, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires act, vested rights, Void ab initio | the-ministry-of-mines-and-energy-v-atlantic-minerals-inc-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-agency administrative-error administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-record admission-against-interest affirmance appearance appellate-review arbitrariness burden-of-proof competing-licenses concession-rights due-process evidentiary-insufficiency exclusive-rights exploration-license failure-to-give-notice government-liability hearing-officer illegality judicial-review judicial-review-scope jurisdiction legality-vs-discretion license-restoration license-revocation mandate mineral-exploration-license mineral-law minerals-and-mining-law-of-2000 mining-law ministry-of-mines-and-energy motion-to-dismiss non-party-beneficiary notice-of-default overlapping-concession petition-for-judicial-review privity procedural-due-process proper-parties property-rights public-law record-keeping-deficiency regulatory-authority regulatory-compliance regulatory-enforcement remand service-of-process sinoe-county statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-act vested-rights void-ab-initio | |
| Toe v RL LRSC 4; 30 LLR 491 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, autopsy requirement, circumstantial evidence, Confession, coroner report, corroboration of confession, Criminal Law, eyewitness testimony, jury charge, malice aforethought, Maryland County, medical certificate evidence, murder, Supreme Court of Liberia | toe-v-rl-lrsc-4-30-llr-491-1983 | 1983-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review autopsy-requirement circumstantial-evidence confession coroner-report corroboration-of-confession criminal-law eyewitness-testimony jury-charge malice-aforethought maryland-county medical-certificate-evidence murder supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Tokpa v National Elections Commission (NEC) et al LRSC 29 (2015) | 2015, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2015 Opinions, additions to FRR, Appeal, Bill of Exceptions, Bong County, burden of proof, campaigning on election day, distribution of food, Due Process, election magistrate, election offense, elections law, electoral dispute, Electoral District #7, electoral irregularities, extension of polling hours, Final Registration Roll, FRR, harmless error, Henrique Flomo Tokpa, independent candidate, Jewel Howard Taylor, Judicial Notice, Lower Bong County, mandate, National Elections Commission, National Patriotic Party, NEC Board of Commissioners, nullification of ballots, polling and counting manual, polling place, preponderance of the evidence, recount, referral sheet, rerun election, special senatorial election, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized voting, unsealed ballot box, voter identification, voting precinct | tokpa-v-national-elections-commission-nec-et-al-lrsc-29-2015 tokpa-v-nec-et-al-lrsc-29-2015 | 2015-opinions additions-to-frr appeal bill-of-exceptions bong-county burden-of-proof campaigning-on-election-day distribution-of-food due-process election-magistrate election-offense elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-district-7 electoral-irregularities extension-of-polling-hours final-registration-roll frr harmless-error henrique-flomo-tokpa independent-candidate jewel-howard-taylor judicial-notice lower-bong-county mandate national-elections-commission national-patriotic-party nec-board-of-commissioners nullification-of-ballots polling-and-counting-manual polling-place preponderance-of-the-evidence recount referral-sheet rerun-election special-senatorial-election supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-voting unsealed-ballot-box voter-identification voting-precinct | |
| Tolbert v RL LRSC 22; 19 LLR 251 (1969) | 1969, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1969 Opinions, admissibility of confession, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, autopsy, Best evidence, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, Confession, contributing cause of death, corpus delicti, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, criminal agency, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, death by blunt force, domestic homicide, evidentiary weight, First Judicial Circuit, head injury, homicide, involuntary confession, iron bar, Jury Verdict, Lysol poisoning, malice aforethought, medical evidence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pathologist, Paynesville, piece of iron, presumptive evidence, proof beyond reasonable doubt, reasonable doubt, spousal killing, Supreme Court of Liberia, toxic substance, variance, wife killing | tolbert-v-rl-lrsc-22-19-llr-251-1969 | 1969-opinions admissibility-of-confession affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review autopsy best-evidence cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession confession contributing-cause-of-death corpus-delicti corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-agency criminal-law criminal-procedure death-by-blunt-force domestic-homicide evidentiary-weight first-judicial-circuit head-injury homicide involuntary-confession iron-bar jury-verdict lysol-poisoning malice-aforethought medical-evidence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pathologist paynesville piece-of-iron presumptive-evidence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt spousal-killing supreme-court-of-liberia toxic-substance variance wife-killing | |
| Tolbert v RL LRSC 33; 30 LLR 3 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, Appellate Review, autopsy report, Bill of Exceptions, Bong County, clerk irregularities, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, death sentence, evidentiary objections, grand jury, indictment, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, murder, pathologist testimony, Procedural Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver, witness testimony | tolbert-v-rl-lrsc-33-30-llr-3-1982 | 1982-opinions appellate-review autopsy-report bill-of-exceptions bong-county clerk-irregularities criminal-law criminal-procedure death-sentence evidentiary-objections grand-jury indictment jurisdiction jury-verdict murder pathologist-testimony procedural-law supreme-court-of-liberia waiver witness-testimony | |
| Toure et al. v Republic of Liberia LRSC 36 (2013) | 2013, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, corroboration, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, Decoration Day, first degree misdemeanor, Montserrado County, Paynesville, property damage, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance in evidence | toure-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-36-2013 | 2013-opinions appellate-review corroboration criminal-law criminal-mischief decoration-day first-degree-misdemeanor montserrado-county paynesville property-damage reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia variance-in-evidence | |
| Tozoe v RL LRSC 42; 22 LLR 113 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, appellate procedure, assault and battery, compulsory process, constitutional law, Criminal Law, cross-examination, diligence of litigants, Eighth Judicial Circuit, evidentiary sufficiency, harmless error, improper questioning, intent to do grievous bodily harm, Jury Trial, Laches, mandate, Nimba County, right against self-incrimination, right to obtain witnesses, self-incrimination, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial error, waiver of rights, witness testimony | tozoe-v-rl-lrsc-42-22-llr-113-1973 | 1973-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-procedure assault-and-battery compulsory-process constitutional-law criminal-law cross-examination diligence-of-litigants eighth-judicial-circuit evidentiary-sufficiency harmless-error improper-questioning intent-to-do-grievous-bodily-harm jury-trial laches mandate nimba-county right-against-self-incrimination right-to-obtain-witnesses self-incrimination supreme-court-of-liberia trial-error waiver-of-rights witness-testimony | |
| 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 | |
| Unity Party v National Elections Commission (NEC) et al (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Elections Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 2024 Opinions, administrative appeal, automatic recount threshold, Board of Commissioners, burden of proof, Coalition for Democratic Change, CPP, denial of voting, District 5, documentary evidence, election irregularities, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral fraud allegations, electoral integrity, Grand Bassa County, hearing officer, House of Representatives election, mandate, mere allegations, narrow margin, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, polling hours, presiding officer, queue control, record of the count, recount, rerun, right to vote, Supreme Court of Liberia, tallying process, transparency, Unity Party | unity-party-v-national-elections-commission-nec-et-al-2024 unity-party-vs-nec-and-mr-thomas-goswell-ii-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-appeal automatic-recount-threshold board-of-commissioners burden-of-proof coalition-for-democratic-change cpp denial-of-voting district-5 documentary-evidence election-irregularities elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-fraud-allegations electoral-integrity grand-bassa-county hearing-officer house-of-representatives-election mandate mere-allegations narrow-margin national-elections-commission nec-regulations polling-hours presiding-officer queue-control record-of-the-count recount rerun right-to-vote supreme-court-of-liberia tallying-process transparency unity-party | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Weah v RL LRSC 12; 18 LLR 87 (1967) | 1967, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, absence of negligence, accident, Appellate Review, burden of proof, causation, contributory negligence of deceased, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, evidentiary insufficiency, Expert Testimony, Fourth Judicial Circuit, insufficient evidence, intervening cause, Jury Verdict, lack of criminal liability, manslaughter, Maryland County, motion for new trial, motor vehicle accident, Negligence, police evidence, Proximate Cause, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, sudden emergency doctrine, Supreme Court of Liberia, traffic accident investigation, unforeseeable event, vehicular manslaughter, Willie Weah | weah-v-rl-lrsc-12-18-llr-87-1967 | 1967-opinions absence-of-negligence accident appellate-review burden-of-proof causation contributory-negligence-of-deceased criminal-law discharge-of-defendant evidentiary-insufficiency expert-testimony fourth-judicial-circuit insufficient-evidence intervening-cause jury-verdict lack-of-criminal-liability manslaughter maryland-county motion-for-new-trial motor-vehicle-accident negligence police-evidence proximate-cause reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sudden-emergency-doctrine supreme-court-of-liberia traffic-accident-investigation unforeseeable-event vehicular-manslaughter willie-weah | |
| West v RL LRSC 5; 1 LLR 410 (1903) | 1903, Evidence Law, Tax Law | absence of statutory penalty, administrative regulations, admiralty jurisdiction, Appeal, burden of proof, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, customs law, customs permit, customs regulations, export of African produce, fines and forfeitures, Grand Bassa County, insufficiency of evidence, no offense where permit refused, penal statutes strictly construed, permit requirement, refusal by customs authorities, revenue law, reversal of judgment, Secretary of the Treasury authority, Statutory interpretation, tender of permit fee, violation of revenue laws | west-v-rl-lrsc-5-1-llr-410-1903 | absence-of-statutory-penalty administrative-regulations admiralty-jurisdiction appeal burden-of-proof court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas customs-law customs-permit customs-regulations export-of-african-produce fines-and-forfeitures grand-bassa-county insufficiency-of-evidence no-offense-where-permit-refused penal-statutes-strictly-construed permit-requirement refusal-by-customs-authorities revenue-law reversal-of-judgment secretary-of-the-treasury-authority statutory-interpretation tender-of-permit-fee violation-of-revenue-laws | |
| Williams et al v RL LRSC 22; 34 LLR 180 (1986) | 1986, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1986 Opinions, accessory before and after the fact, Accomplice Testimony, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Law, death sentence vacated, defendant’s silence, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, flight, indictment, jury charge error, murder, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | williams-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-22-34-llr-180-1986 | 1986-opinions accessory-before-and-after-the-fact accomplice-testimony appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-law death-sentence-vacated defendants-silence due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial flight indictment jury-charge-error murder ninth-judicial-circuit presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | |
| Williams et al. v RL LRSC 47 (2014) | 2014, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, constitutional rights, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, indictment, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, prosecution failure, reasonable doubt, release from detention, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | williams-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-47-2014 | 2014-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-assizes-a criminal-law due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial indictment monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder presumption-of-innocence prosecution-failure reasonable-doubt release-from-detention reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | |
| Williams v RL LRSC 45 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Appellate Review, autopsy evidence, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Law, DNA evidence, forensic pathology, homicide investigation, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, police investigation, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, suicide by hanging, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | williams-v-republic-of-liberia-rl-lrsc-45-2014 | 2014-opinions appellate-review autopsy-evidence burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-law dna-evidence forensic-pathology homicide-investigation medical-evidence montserrado-county murder police-investigation presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction suicide-by-hanging supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | |
| Wion et al v RL LRSC 39; 30 LLR 71 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, Confession, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, death sentence, evidentiary weight, inference of guilt, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, motion for new trial, murder, newly discovered evidence, rebuttal evidence, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness qualification | wion-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-39-30-llr-71-1982 | 1982-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review circumstantial-evidence confession corpus-delicti criminal-law death-sentence evidentiary-weight inference-of-guilt jury-verdict malice-aforethought motion-for-new-trial murder newly-discovered-evidence rebuttal-evidence sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia witness-qualification | |
| Wlo Flo v RL LRSC 1; 29 LLR 3 (1981) | 1981, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1981 Opinions, absence of autopsy, adequacy of representation, admissibility of confession, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, capital offense, cause of death, charge to jury, child victim, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, corroboration of confession, Criminal Law, cross-examination, Death Penalty, Dissenting Opinion, due process concerns, evidentiary sufficiency, failure to deny accusation, Fishtown, guilty plea, harmless error, implied admission, in forma pauperis, ineffective assistance of counsel, insanity issue, intent, jury instructions, malice aforethought, Maryland County, murder, parental homicide, Presumption of Innocence, Professional Responsibility, relevance of evidence, right to counsel, sentencing, specificity requirement, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary confession | wlo-flo-v-rl-lrsc-1-29-llr-3-1981 | 1981-opinions absence-of-autopsy adequacy-of-representation admissibility-of-confession affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof capital-offense cause-of-death charge-to-jury child-victim circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti corroboration-of-confession criminal-law cross-examination death-penalty dissenting-opinion due-process-concerns evidentiary-sufficiency failure-to-deny-accusation fishtown guilty-plea harmless-error implied-admission in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-issue intent jury-instructions malice-aforethought maryland-county murder parental-homicide presumption-of-innocence professional-responsibility relevance-of-evidence right-to-counsel sentencing specificity-requirement supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-confession | |
| Wotorson v RL LRSC 48; 30 LLR 179 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1982 Opinions, accountant, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, audit evidence, burden of proof, burglary allegation, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, Criminal Law, cross-examination, discharge without day, evidentiary insufficiency, hearsay evidence, inadmissible hearsay, insufficiency of evidence, Liberia Produce Marketing Corporation, Lofa County, LPMC, motion for new trial, police investigation, reversal of conviction, Reversible Error, scope of cross-examination, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, unreliable testimony, Voinjama, witness credibility | wotorson-v-rl-lrsc-48-30-llr-179-1982 | 1982-opinions accountant admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review audit-evidence burden-of-proof burglary-allegation circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession criminal-law cross-examination discharge-without-day evidentiary-insufficiency hearsay-evidence inadmissible-hearsay insufficiency-of-evidence liberia-produce-marketing-corporation lofa-county lpmc motion-for-new-trial police-investigation reversal-of-conviction reversible-error scope-of-cross-examination sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property unreliable-testimony voinjama witness-credibility | |
| Wreh v RL LRSC 1; 30 LLR 459 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Confession, Criminal Law, cross-examination, Due Process, fair trial, hearsay evidence, involuntary confession, Maryland County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, torture | wreh-v-rl-lrsc-1-30-llr-459-1983 | 1983-opinions best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof confession criminal-law cross-examination due-process fair-trial hearsay-evidence involuntary-confession maryland-county murder presumption-of-innocence remand-for-new-trial reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia torture | |
| Wright Jr. vs RL LRSC 39 (2010) | 2010, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2010 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, constitutional rights, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, custodial interrogation, death sentence, Grand Gedeh County, hearsay evidence, judicial bias, Maryland County, murder, reasonable doubt, reversal and remand, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance in indictment | wright-jr-vs-rl-lrsc-39-2010 | 2010-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof constitutional-rights corpus-delicti criminal-law custodial-interrogation death-sentence grand-gedeh-county hearsay-evidence judicial-bias maryland-county murder reasonable-doubt reversal-and-remand right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia variance-in-indictment | |
| Yancy et al v RL LRSC 14;18 LLR 97 (1967) | 1967, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, accessory after the fact, admissibility of evidence, Alfred D. Moulton Sr., Allen N. Yancy Jr., Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, coconspirator confession, coerced confession, compulsory self-incrimination, Confession, constitutional rights, coroners jury, corroboration, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, cross-examination, discharge of defendants, Due Process, expert evidence, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Gabriel W. Diggs Jr., hearsay evidence, hostile witness, inadmissible evidence, indictment, inflammatory evidence, involuntary confession, irrelevant evidence, judicial error, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, Maryland County, murder, Nolle Prosequi, police misconduct, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, Reversible Error, right to counsel, severance, speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfavorable inference, unlawful search and seizure, witness tampering | yancy-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-1418-llr-97-1967 | 1967-opinions accessory-after-the-fact admissibility-of-evidence alfred-d-moulton-sr allen-n-yancy-jr appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence coconspirator-confession coerced-confession compulsory-self-incrimination confession constitutional-rights coroners-jury corroboration criminal-conspiracy criminal-law cross-examination discharge-of-defendants due-process expert-evidence fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit gabriel-w-diggs-jr hearsay-evidence hostile-witness inadmissible-evidence indictment inflammatory-evidence involuntary-confession irrelevant-evidence judicial-error jury-trial jury-verdict maryland-county murder nolle-prosequi police-misconduct proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt reversible-error right-to-counsel severance speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia unfavorable-inference unlawful-search-and-seizure witness-tampering | |
| Yancy v RL LRSC 44; 19 LLR 63 (1968) | 1968, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1968 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmance, alibi defense, Appellate Review, automobile theft, bill of particulars, burden of proof, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, documentary evidence, Evidence, First Judicial Circuit, grand larceny, impeachment of witness, indictment, John Morris, Jury Verdict, Kakata, larceny, Montserrado County, Moses Yancy, motion for new trial, motion to quash, Nimba County, notice of documents, Opel car theft, Paynesville, reasonable doubt, res gestae, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia | yancy-v-rl-lrsc-44-19-llr-63-1968 | 1968-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmance alibi-defense appellate-review automobile-theft bill-of-particulars burden-of-proof corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination documentary-evidence evidence first-judicial-circuit grand-larceny impeachment-of-witness indictment john-morris jury-verdict kakata larceny montserrado-county moses-yancy motion-for-new-trial motion-to-quash nimba-county notice-of-documents opel-car-theft paynesville reasonable-doubt res-gestae sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| 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 | |
| Yeakula et al. v RL LRSC 48 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014, Appellate Review, arson allegation, assault and battery, attempted murder, bench trial, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, burden of proof, corroboration of testimony, criminal attempt, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, documentary evidence, extreme indifference to human life, felony of the second degree, gasoline, hearsay evidence, illegal/excessive sentence, intent to kill, medical report, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, New Georgia Township, Penal Law Section 10.1, Penal Law Section 14.1, photographic evidence, police investigation, Presumption of Innocence, self-defense, sentencing error, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance, waiver of jury trial | yeakula-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-48-2014 | 2014 appellate-review arson-allegation assault-and-battery attempted-murder bench-trial beyond-a-reasonable-doubt burden-of-proof corroboration-of-testimony criminal-attempt criminal-law deadly-weapon documentary-evidence extreme-indifference-to-human-life felony-of-the-second-degree gasoline hearsay-evidence illegal-excessive-sentence intent-to-kill medical-report modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder new-georgia-township penal-law-section-10-1 penal-law-section-14-1 photographic-evidence police-investigation presumption-of-innocence self-defense sentencing-error supreme-court-of-liberia variance waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Yeakula et al. v RL LRSC 49 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Appellate Review, conviction affirmed, criminal attempt to commit murder, Criminal Law, indictment, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Penal Law, reduction of sentence, sentencing modification, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | yeakula-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-49-2014 | 2014-opinions appellate-review conviction-affirmed criminal-attempt-to-commit-murder criminal-law indictment monrovia montserrado-county penal-law reduction-of-sentence sentencing-modification sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Young v His Honor A. Blamo Dixon et al (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, conflicting testimony, conviction, corroboration, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, direct evidence, Due Process, entrusted property, evidentiary standard, Fiduciary Duty, indictment, mining equipment, Ministry of Justice, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, private prosecutor, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness credibility | kelvin-young-v-his-honor-a-blamo-dixon-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence conflicting-testimony conviction corroboration criminal-court-c criminal-law criminal-mischief direct-evidence due-process entrusted-property evidentiary-standard fiduciary-duty indictment mining-equipment ministry-of-justice misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county private-prosecutor reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia witness-credibility | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |