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| Benedict v. Mcgill LRSC 4; 1 LLR 26 (1864) | 1864, Constitutional Law, Family Law | 1864 Opinions, Court of Quarter Sessions, custody of children, divorce, early Liberian jurisprudence., equitable remedy, equity jurisdiction, guardianship, habeas corpus, judicial discretion, Montserrado County, parental rights, remand, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia | benedict-v-mcgill-lrsc-4-1-llr-26-1864 | 1864-opinions court-of-quarter-sessions custody-of-children divorce early-liberian-jurisprudence equitable-remedy equity-jurisdiction guardianship habeas-corpus judicial-discretion montserrado-county parental-rights remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia | 1864-1 constitutional-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Boyce v. Boyce (2023) | 2023, Family Law, Human Rights Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, best interests of the child, Brewerville, child custody, children’s welfare, contract interpretation, custodial parent, custody modification, custody of minor children, divorce, divorce settlement agreement, domestic relations, domestic relations statute, DSA, Due Process, evidentiary hearing, factual issues, family law, Fendell, four-corners rule, habeas corpus, home relocation, incompatibility of temper, interpretation of agreements, joint custody, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, legal custody, marital home, Montserrado County, moral unfitness, parental fitness, parental rights, physical custody, proof of allegations, remand, Reversal, separation, settlement agreement enforcement, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial of facts, visitation rights, Weemon Jallah Cole-Boyce v. L. Olandor Boyce | boyce-v-boyce-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review best-interests-of-the-child brewerville child-custody childrens-welfare contract-interpretation custodial-parent custody-modification custody-of-minor-children divorce divorce-settlement-agreement domestic-relations domestic-relations-statute dsa due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-issues family-law fendell four-corners-rule habeas-corpus home-relocation incompatibility-of-temper interpretation-of-agreements joint-custody justice-yussif-d-kaba legal-custody marital-home montserrado-county moral-unfitness parental-fitness parental-rights physical-custody proof-of-allegations remand reversal separation settlement-agreement-enforcement sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia trial-of-facts visitation-rights weemon-jallah-cole-boyce-v-l-olandor-boyce | 2023-1 family-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Brown v Payne LRSC 5; 1 LLR 9 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1861 Opinions, coverture, descent, early Liberian jurisprudence., Ejectment, fee simple, husband and wife, inheritance, marital property rights, property ownership, Real Property, reversal of judgment, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy by the courtesy | 1861-opinions coverture descent early-liberian-jurisprudence ejectment fee-simple husband-and-wife inheritance marital-property-rights property-ownership real-property reversal-of-judgment sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy-by-the-courtesy | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Brown v. Payne 1 LLR 9; LRSC 5 (1861) | 1861, Citizenship Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Human Rights Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1861 Opinions, Appeal, bona fide purchaser, colonization land grants, constitutional law, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, courtesy, coverture, descent, Due Process, Ejectment, Heirship, husband and wife, inheritance, invalid conveyance, land ownership, Marital Property, property rights of women, Real Property, reversal of lower court judgment, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, title by descent | brown-v-payne-1-llr-9-lrsc-5-1861 | 1861-opinions appeal bona-fide-purchaser colonization-land-grants constitutional-law court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas courtesy coverture descent due-process ejectment heirship husband-and-wife inheritance invalid-conveyance land-ownership marital-property property-rights-of-women real-property reversal-of-lower-court-judgment sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia title-by-descent | 1861-1 citizenship-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases family-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Decedents Estates Law (1972) Title 8 – Liberian Code of Laws Revised | 1972, Customary Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1972 Acts, access to justice, administration of insolvent estates, administrator de bonis non, administrator duties, adopted children inheritance, ancillary administration, ancillary letters, ancillary probate, appeals procedure, appearance of parties, appraiser fees, authentication of foreign wills, charitable trust, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, claims and debts, commissions, compulsory accounting, constitutional equality, continuation of decedent’s business, court decrees and enforcement, court fees, creditors’ rights, curatorship of intestate estates, customary law, customary marriage integration, customary wife rights, decedents estates, deposit of inheritance, disposition of real property, domestic relations, Due Process, equal rights of customary marriage, Equitable Relief, Estate Administration, estate costs and allowances, estate costs on appeal, estate distribution, estate liabilities, estate property disputes, estate property management, Executive Law, executor duties, executor renunciation, executor responsibilities, family law, family rights, fiduciary accounting, fiduciary bond, fiduciary bonds, fiduciary commissions, fiduciary compensation, fiduciary discovery proceedings, fiduciary duties, fiduciary investment of funds, fiduciary law, fiduciary legal expenses, fiduciary misconduct, fiduciary petitions, fiduciary profit and loss, fiduciary qualification, fiduciary release, fiduciary relief, fiduciary removal, fiduciary report, fiduciary resignation, fiduciary settlements, foreign wills, funeral expenses, gender equality, Good Governance Law, guardian ad litem, guardianship, human rights law, illegitimate children inheritance, inheritance law, inheritance rights, intestate administration, intestate distribution, Intestate Succession, intestate succession order, inventory and appraisement, judicial decrees, judicial law, judicial settlement, judicial settlement of accounts, jury trials, land law, legal fees, Letters of Administration, letters testamentary, Liberia Code of Laws Revised Title 8, lost or destroyed will, Marital Property, mortgage or lease of estate property, payment of estate debts, persons under disability, pleadings and process, probate appeals, probate court fees, probate court jurisdiction, probate court procedure, probate jurisdiction, Probate Law, probate of wills, probate procedure, probate proceedings, proof of service, Property Law, property ownership, real property distribution, recording of wills, registrar of deeds, Republic of Liberia, restitution from discovered assets, retention of property, Rule of Law, safe-keeping of wills, sale of estate property, Service of Process, settlement of accounts, Statutory interpretation, succession law, supplementary inventory, surviving spouse rights, tax law, temporary administration, testamentary trust, testamentary trustee, testamentary trusts, trustee commissions, unknown heirs, voluntary accounting, widow inheritance protection, widow’s dower, Will Construction, wills and testaments | decedents-estates-law-1972-title-8-liberian-code-of-laws-revised | 1972-acts access-to-justice administration-of-insolvent-estates administrator-de-bonis-non administrator-duties adopted-children-inheritance ancillary-administration ancillary-letters ancillary-probate appeals-procedure appearance-of-parties appraiser-fees authentication-of-foreign-wills charitable-trust civil-law civil-procedure-law claims-and-debts commissions compulsory-accounting constitutional-equality continuation-of-decedents-business court-decrees-and-enforcement court-fees creditors-rights curatorship-of-intestate-estates customary-law customary-marriage-integration customary-wife-rights decedents-estates deposit-of-inheritance disposition-of-real-property domestic-relations due-process equal-rights-of-customary-marriage equitable-relief estate-administration estate-costs-and-allowances estate-costs-on-appeal estate-distribution estate-liabilities estate-property-disputes estate-property-management executive-law executor-duties executor-renunciation executor-responsibilities family-law family-rights fiduciary-accounting fiduciary-bond fiduciary-bonds fiduciary-commissions fiduciary-compensation fiduciary-discovery-proceedings fiduciary-duties fiduciary-investment-of-funds fiduciary-law fiduciary-legal-expenses fiduciary-misconduct fiduciary-petitions fiduciary-profit-and-loss fiduciary-qualification fiduciary-release fiduciary-relief fiduciary-removal fiduciary-report fiduciary-resignation fiduciary-settlements foreign-wills funeral-expenses gender-equality good-governance-law guardian-ad-litem guardianship human-rights-law illegitimate-children-inheritance inheritance-law inheritance-rights intestate-administration intestate-distribution intestate-succession intestate-succession-order inventory-and-appraisement judicial-decrees judicial-law judicial-settlement judicial-settlement-of-accounts jury-trials land-law legal-fees letters-of-administration letters-testamentary liberia-code-of-laws-revised-title-8 lost-or-destroyed-will marital-property mortgage-or-lease-of-estate-property payment-of-estate-debts persons-under-disability pleadings-and-process probate-appeals probate-court-fees probate-court-jurisdiction probate-court-procedure probate-jurisdiction probate-law probate-of-wills probate-procedure probate-proceedings proof-of-service property-law property-ownership real-property-distribution recording-of-wills registrar-of-deeds republic-of-liberia restitution-from-discovered-assets retention-of-property rule-of-law safe-keeping-of-wills sale-of-estate-property service-of-process settlement-of-accounts statutory-interpretation succession-law supplementary-inventory surviving-spouse-rights tax-law temporary-administration testamentary-trust testamentary-trustee testamentary-trusts trustee-commissions unknown-heirs voluntary-accounting widow-inheritance-protection widows-dower will-construction wills-and-testaments | 1972-legislative-acts-by-year customary-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases legislative-acts-by-year supreme-court | |
| Dennis-Sawyer v. Dennis-Barbell (2025) | 2025, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law, Trusts | 2025 Opinions, Audit, Fiduciary Duty, Medical Expenses, Paragraph 12, Paragraph 16, Plantation Trust, Probate & Trusts, Public Policy, Realty Trust Estate, Removal of Trustees, Supreme Court of Liberia, Trust Accounting, Will Construction | dennis-sawyer-v-dennis-barbell-2025 | 2025-opinions audit fiduciary-duty medical-expenses paragraph-12 paragraph-16 plantation-trust probate-trusts public-policy realty-trust-estate removal-of-trustees supreme-court-of-liberia trust-accounting will-construction | 2025-1 family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases trusts supreme-court | |
| Doegbeh v. Williams LRSC 2 (2017) | 2017, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, Adverse Possession, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, authentication of deed, certificate of non-discovery, Chain of Title, civil law, Conflict of Interest, decedent estates law, Ejectment, encroachment, estate representation, eviction, Fraudulent Deed, Grand Gedeh County, heirs property rights, intervention, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, legal capacity to sue, Legal Ethics, Letters of Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, motion to intervene, new trial, power of attorney, probate and registration of deed, Probate Division, Property Law, public land sale deed, real party in interest, restitution of possession, reversal and remand, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness, title deed, trial irregularity, wrongful withholding, Zwedru City | doegbeh-v-williams-lrsc-2-2017 | 2017-opinions adverse-possession appellate-review attorney-in-fact authentication-of-deed certificate-of-non-discovery chain-of-title civil-law conflict-of-interest decedent-estates-law ejectment encroachment estate-representation eviction fraudulent-deed grand-gedeh-county heirs-property-rights intervention intestate-estate jury-verdict land-dispute legal-capacity-to-sue legal-ethics letters-of-administration ministry-of-foreign-affairs-archives motion-to-intervene new-trial power-of-attorney probate-and-registration-of-deed probate-division property-law public-land-sale-deed real-party-in-interest restitution-of-possession reversal-and-remand seventh-judicial-circuit standing supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness title-deed trial-irregularity wrongful-withholding zwedru-city | 2017-1 family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gofah et al v Peter LRSC 5; 1 LLR 458 (1905) | 1905, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Family Law | abduction of wife, absconding spouse, acceptance after breach of bond, Appeal, bond for return of wife, bride price, burden of proof, Costs, customary law, damages, dowry, Estoppel, family responsibility, liability of sureties, marriage under native custom, Monthly and Probate Court, native custom, prying another man’s wife, reversal of judgment, suretyship | gofah-et-al-v-peter-lrsc-5-1-llr-458-1905 | abduction-of-wife absconding-spouse acceptance-after-breach-of-bond appeal bond-for-return-of-wife bride-price burden-of-proof costs customary-law damages dowry estoppel family-responsibility liability-of-sureties marriage-under-native-custom monthly-and-probate-court native-custom prying-another-mans-wife reversal-of-judgment suretyship | 1905-1 customary-law evidence-law family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gray v Beverly LRSC 2; 1 LLR 500 (1907) | 1907, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Family Law | aborigines, compulsory writ, constitutional law, customary law, Due Process, executive authority, habeas corpus, husband and wife, Judicial Review, ministerial duty, Montserrado County, native law, parent and child, personal liberty, Secretary of Interior, separation of powers, Sheriff’s Return, sufficiency of return, unlawful detention | gray-v-beverly-lrsc-2-1-llr-500-1907 | aborigines compulsory-writ constitutional-law customary-law due-process executive-authority habeas-corpus husband-and-wife judicial-review ministerial-duty montserrado-county native-law parent-and-child personal-liberty secretary-of-interior separation-of-powers sheriffs-return sufficiency-of-return unlawful-detention | 1907-1 constitutional-law-cases customary-law family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| In re: GEC report on Cllr. Samuel Pearson (2025) | 2025, Ethics, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2025 Opinions, Attorney Discipline, Beneficiaries’ Rights, Conflict of Interest, Decedents Estates Law, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Intestate Succession, Legal Ethics, Letters of Administration, Liberia Supreme Court, Restitution, Rule 29(3), Undue Influence | in-re-gec-report-on-cllr-samuel-pearson-2025 | 2025-opinions attorney-discipline beneficiaries-rights conflict-of-interest decedents-estates-law grievance-and-ethics-committee intestate-succession legal-ethics letters-of-administration liberia-supreme-court restitution rule-293 undue-influence | 2025-1 ethics family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jallah v Jallah et al. LRSC 49 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law | 2015 Opinions, administrator, administratrix, advisory jury, Appeal, authenticity of records, closure of estate, concealment, decedents estates, distribution of estate, Due Process, extrinsic fraud, forged documents, fraud, heirs, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, inventory, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, legitimacy, legitimization, Letters of Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, misrepresentation, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, National Archives, Probate Law, reopening of estate, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, transfer to Civil Law Court | jallah-v-jallah-et-al-lrsc-49-2015 | 2015-opinions administrator administratrix advisory-jury appeal authenticity-of-records closure-of-estate concealment decedents-estates distribution-of-estate due-process extrinsic-fraud forged-documents fraud heirs inheritance-rights intestate-estate inventory jurisdiction jury-trial legitimacy legitimization letters-of-administration ministry-of-foreign-affairs misrepresentation monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county national-archives probate-law reopening-of-estate standing supreme-court-of-liberia transfer-to-civil-law-court | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court | |
| Jartu v Konneh LRSC 6; 10 LLR 318 (1950) | 1950, Civil Procedure Law, Customary Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law | 1950 Opinions, Appellate Review, Curator of Intestate Estates, customary law, Estate Administration, finality of probate rulings, Intestate Succession, Jurisdiction, Mohammedan marriage, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, native customary marriage, Probate Law, review of predecessor’s ruling, Supreme Court of Liberia, widow’s dower | jartu-v-konneh-lrsc-6-10-llr-318-1950 | 1950-opinions appellate-review curator-of-intestate-estates customary-law estate-administration finality-of-probate-rulings intestate-succession jurisdiction mohammedan-marriage monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county native-customary-marriage probate-law review-of-predecessors-ruling supreme-court-of-liberia widows-dower | 1950-1 civil-procedure-law-cases customary-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court | |
| Kogar v. Kogar (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law | 2025 Opinions, alimony pendente lite, Bill of information, chambers justice review, Civil Law Court, divorce, domestic relations law, Due Process, evidentiary hearing, judicial discretion, marital support, Montserrado County, motion for alimony, ramatta yoada kogar, referee appointment, representative samuel kogar, retroactive alimony payment, Section 9.3, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial judge error, writ of certiorari | kogar-v-kogar-2025 mr-samuel-kogar-v-mrs-ramatta-yoada-kogar-2025 | 2025-opinions alimony-pendente-lite bill-of-information chambers-justice-review civil-law-court divorce domestic-relations-law due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion marital-support montserrado-county motion-for-alimony ramatta-yoada-kogar referee-appointment representative-samuel-kogar retroactive-alimony-payment section-9-3 supreme-court-of-liberia trial-judge-error writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Andrews v Cornomia, appellate deference to jury findings, Appellate Review, Attorney-in-fact representation, authenticity of deed, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law §26.4, common grantor, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages for wrongful withholding, discontinuance of action, Ejectment, emotional distress claim, evidentiary insufficiency, fee simple ownership, fraud in deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, inconsistencies in testimony, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership, joint tenancy, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, Marital Property, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville City, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital acquisition, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, property ownership, recording of deed, refiled complaint, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, tenancy by entirety implications, title deed, validity of title, weakness of defendant’s title, weight of evidence | kollie-v-momo-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-of-judgment andrews-v-cornomia appellate-deference-to-jury-findings appellate-review attorney-in-fact-representation authenticity-of-deed benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law-%c2%a726-4 common-grantor conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrongful-withholding discontinuance-of-action ejectment emotional-distress-claim evidentiary-insufficiency fee-simple-ownership fraud-in-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town inconsistencies-in-testimony investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership joint-tenancy jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo marital-property metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville-city pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-acquisition preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds property-ownership recording-of-deed refiled-complaint st-stephen-v-gbedzee strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence tenancy-by-entirety-implications title-deed validity-of-title weakness-of-defendants-title weight-of-evidence | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of lower court, Andrews v Cornomia, Appellate Review, authenticity of title, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide ownership, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, common grantor doctrine, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, credibility of witnesses, damages, Ejectment, emotional distress, eviction, evidentiary conflict, Fraudulent Deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, intervention of evidence, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership claim, joint tenancy, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, mandate to lower court, marital property dispute, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville, pleadings, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital property, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, probate of deed, property ownership, Real Property, recording defects, restitution of possession, separate property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, trial procedure, validity of deed, wrongful withholding | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-lower-court andrews-v-cornomia appellate-review authenticity-of-title benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-ownership burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court common-grantor-doctrine conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon credibility-of-witnesses damages ejectment emotional-distress eviction evidentiary-conflict fraudulent-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town intervention-of-evidence investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership-claim joint-tenancy jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo mandate-to-lower-court marital-property-dispute misrepresentation montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville pleadings pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-property preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds probate-of-deed property-ownership real-property recording-defects restitution-of-possession separate-property sixth-judicial-circuit st-stephen-v-gbedzee supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed trial-procedure validity-of-deed wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| 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 | 2025-1 evidence-law family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberty Christian Center Overcomers v Mensah (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, administrator authority, affirmation of lower court, appellate affirmation, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Children’s Law of Liberia, civil law, Civil Law Court, construction without title, contractual exchange of land, conveyance of real property, damages for wrongful detention, David Johnson v Valesius Johnson, domestic relations law, Ejectment, equitable interest, estate liability, eviction, evidentiary weight, fraudulent conveyance, general damages, guardian duties, guardianship law, illegal sale of minor property, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease agreement dispute, legal title requirement, mandate to lower court, Marwolo v Reeves, minor property rights, Montserrado County, Paynesville, possession vs title, probate court authorization, property ownership, protection of child property, Real Property, remedy at law, restitution of possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Soul Clinic Community, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, ultra vires transaction, warranty deed dispute, Wilson v Wilson, wrongful withholding | liberty-christian-center-overcomers-v-mensah-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment administrator-authority affirmation-of-lower-court appellate-affirmation appellate-review burden-of-proof childrens-law-of-liberia civil-law civil-law-court construction-without-title contractual-exchange-of-land conveyance-of-real-property damages-for-wrongful-detention david-johnson-v-valesius-johnson domestic-relations-law ejectment equitable-interest estate-liability eviction evidentiary-weight fraudulent-conveyance general-damages guardian-duties guardianship-law illegal-sale-of-minor-property inheritance-rights intestate-estate jury-verdict land-dispute lease-agreement-dispute legal-title-requirement mandate-to-lower-court marwolo-v-reeves minor-property-rights montserrado-county paynesville possession-vs-title probate-court-authorization property-ownership protection-of-child-property real-property remedy-at-law restitution-of-possession sixth-judicial-circuit soul-clinic-community special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed ultra-vires-transaction warranty-deed-dispute wilson-v-wilson wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lysander G. Martin, Sr v. George S. Wiles, Jr. Administrator of the Intestate Estate of Mardea E. Martin Wiles (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Estate Administration, Judicial Review, Legal Remedies, Letters of Administration, Petition for re-argument, Probate Law, Procedural Law, Prohibition, Rule IX, Supreme Court of Liberia | jr-administrator-of-the-intestate-estate-of-mardea-e-martin-wiles-2025 lysander-g-martin sr-v-george-s-wiles | 2025-opinions estate-administration judicial-review legal-remedies letters-of-administration petition-for-re-argument probate-law procedural-law prohibition rule-ix supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases health-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Martin, Sr. v Wiles, Jr. (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Family Law (Case Law), Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | administration of estate, agency and power of attorney, Appellate Review, Bill of information, constitutional law, Decedents Estates Law, Due Process, guardianship of minors, Intestate Succession, jurisdictional error, Letters of Administration, mandate, Monthly and Probate Court, principal-agent relationship, Probate Law, property rights in marriage, remarriage of surviving spouse, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, surviving spouse priority, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition | jr-2024 lysander-g-martin martin-sr-v-wiles | administration-of-estate agency-and-power-of-attorney appellate-review bill-of-information constitutional-law decedents-estates-law due-process guardianship-of-minors intestate-succession jurisdictional-error letters-of-administration mandate monthly-and-probate-court principal-agent-relationship probate-law property-rights-in-marriage remarriage-of-surviving-spouse statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia surviving-spouse-priority ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases family-law-case-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Memeh v Nahto LRSC 4; 2 LLR 7 (1908) | 1908, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Family Law | absence of evidence, Appeal, bride price, burden of proof, constitutional law, Costs, customary law, dowry, habeas corpus, jurisdictional error, Monthly and Probate Court, native marriage, personal liberty, proof of marriage, reversal of judgment, unlawful detention | memeh-v-nahto-lrsc-4-2-llr-7-1908 | absence-of-evidence appeal bride-price burden-of-proof constitutional-law costs customary-law dowry habeas-corpus jurisdictional-error monthly-and-probate-court native-marriage personal-liberty proof-of-marriage reversal-of-judgment unlawful-detention | 1908-1 constitutional-law-cases customary-law family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mensah v. Daramy (2017) | 2017, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | abuse of trust, accounting, administration of estate, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, closure of estate, conveyance inter vivos, costs taxed, customary marriage, Decedents Estates Law, deeded property, distribution of estate, Due Process, elective share, estate mismanagement, falsification of court records, Fiduciary Duty, fraud on the court, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, inventory of estate, judicial misconduct, Judicial Notice, Jurisdiction, land ownership, Letters of Administration, matrimonial home, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple widows, pending action doctrine, probate court procedure, Probate Law, property excluded from estate, Real Property, remand with instructions, revocation of letters of administration, right to hearing, statutory marriage, surviving spouse, suspension of administrator, widow’s dower rights | mensah-v-daramy-2017 | abuse-of-trust accounting administration-of-estate appellate-review bill-of-exceptions closure-of-estate conveyance-inter-vivos costs-taxed customary-marriage decedents-estates-law deeded-property distribution-of-estate due-process elective-share estate-mismanagement falsification-of-court-records fiduciary-duty fraud-on-the-court inheritance-rights intestate-estate inventory-of-estate judicial-misconduct judicial-notice jurisdiction land-ownership letters-of-administration matrimonial-home monrovia montserrado-county multiple-widows pending-action-doctrine probate-court-procedure probate-law property-excluded-from-estate real-property remand-with-instructions revocation-of-letters-of-administration right-to-hearing statutory-marriage surviving-spouse suspension-of-administrator widows-dower-rights | 2017-1 family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mills Jr. et. al. Vs. His Honor J. Vinton Holder et al (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Bill of information, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Decedents Estates Law, exclusion of property from inventory, Gardnersville, Intestate Estate, matrimonial home, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, petition for exemption, probate jurisdiction, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, Survivorship, tenancy by entirety, widow’s rights | mills-jr-et-al-vs-his-honor-j-vinton-holder-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions bill-of-information concurrent-jurisdiction decedents-estates-law exclusion-of-property-from-inventory gardnersville intestate-estate matrimonial-home monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment petition-for-exemption probate-jurisdiction property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia survivorship tenancy-by-entirety widows-rights | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ngangana et al v. His Honor Judge Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | acquiescence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, decedents estates, divorce, Estoppel, foreign divorce decree, foreign judgment, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, Laches, Letters of Administration, mandate, marriage, Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, negative averment, petition for revocation of letters of administration, presumptive widow, Probate Law, recognition of foreign judgment, revocation of letters for administration, Service of Process, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver, widow status | louise-c-ngangana-et-al-v-his-honor-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2024 ngangana-et-al-v-his-honor-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2024 | acquiescence appellate-review burden-of-proof decedents-estates divorce estoppel foreign-divorce-decree foreign-judgment intestate-estate jurisdiction laches letters-of-administration mandate marriage monthly-and-probate-court-for-montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss negative-averment petition-for-revocation-of-letters-of-administration presumptive-widow probate-law recognition-of-foreign-judgment revocation-of-letters-for-administration service-of-process supreme-court-of-liberia waiver widow-status | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Samuels v Samuels LRSC 24; 11 LLR 276 (1952) | 1952, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law | 1952 Opinions, civil law, Constructive Notice, coordinate jurisdiction, divorce, Due Process, equity, fraud, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, publication of summons, service of summons, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | samuels-v-samuels-lrsc-24-11-llr-276-1952 | 1952-opinions civil-law constructive-notice coordinate-jurisdiction divorce due-process equity fraud jurisdiction montserrado-county publication-of-summons service-of-summons supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | 1952-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Selma v. Gorpudolo (2025) (Bill of Information) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal Procedure, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of information, child support, civil law, custody of children, divorce, domestic relations, Due Process, improper use of bill of information, Mandate Enforcement, Montserrado County, parental rights, Supreme Court of Liberia, visitation rights | selma-v-gorpudolo-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions appeal-procedure appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-information child-support civil-law custody-of-children divorce domestic-relations due-process improper-use-of-bill-of-information mandate-enforcement montserrado-county parental-rights supreme-court-of-liberia visitation-rights | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The intestate Estate of the late Martha Stubblefield Bernard v Intestate Estate of the late Danielette P. Tucker Bernard (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | action of ejectment, Administrator’s Deed, Adverse Possession, Appeal, Chief Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie, Conveyance Validity, Decedents Estates Law, Divorce Effect on Property, Dower Rights, Ejectment Procedure, Estate by Entirety, Estate Law, Fraudulent Deed, Heirship, Intestate Estate, Judicial Review of Property Title, Letters of Administration, Liberia Case Law 2025, Marital Home Purchase, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Petit Jury Trial, Probate Authorization, Probate Court, Probate Law, Property Dispute, Property Transfer, Real Estate Ownership, Real Property, Rev. Code 11:8.3.2, Rev. Code 11:8.4.1, right of election, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, Survivorship, Tenancy in Common, Testate Estate, Title and Possession, Widow’s Election | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-martha-stubblefield-bernard-v-intestate-estate-of-the-late-danielette-p-tucker-bernard-2025 | action-of-ejectment administrators-deed adverse-possession appeal chief-justice-jamesetta-howard-wolokollie conveyance-validity decedents-estates-law divorce-effect-on-property dower-rights ejectment-procedure estate-by-entirety estate-law fraudulent-deed heirship intestate-estate judicial-review-of-property-title letters-of-administration liberia-case-law-2025 marital-home-purchase marital-property montserrado-county petit-jury-trial probate-authorization probate-court probate-law property-dispute property-transfer real-estate-ownership real-property rev-code-118-3-2 rev-code-118-4-1 right-of-election sixth-judicial-circuit-court statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia survivorship tenancy-in-common testate-estate title-and-possession widows-election | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tubman v Tubman (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissions, Appeal, co-heirs, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Elizabeth Williette Tubman, estate closure, Estoppel, Heirship, Intestate Estate of John Hilary Tubman, Judicial Notice, Letters of Administration, Malita Martha Tubman, mandate to lower court, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado County, probate practice, Reversal, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver | tubman-v-tubman-2025 | 2025-opinions admissions appeal co-heirs concurrent-jurisdiction elizabeth-williette-tubman estate-closure estoppel heirship intestate-estate-of-john-hilary-tubman judicial-notice letters-of-administration malita-martha-tubman mandate-to-lower-court monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado-county probate-practice reversal supreme-court-of-liberia waiver | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wolo v Wolo LRSC 10; 8 LLR 36 (1942) | 1942, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Property Law | 1944 Opinions, cancellation of deeds, civil law, consideration, equity, fraud, interspousal conveyance, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Property Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, unity of person, Void ab initio | wolo-v-wolo-lrsc-10-8-llr-36-1942 | 1944-opinions cancellation-of-deeds civil-law consideration equity fraud interspousal-conveyance marital-property montserrado-county property-law supreme-court-of-liberia unity-of-person void-ab-initio | 1942-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wolo v Wolo LRSC 31; 8 LLR 453 (1944) | 1944, Family Law, Property Law | 1944 Opinions, cancellation of deeds, civil law, consideration, equity, fraud, interspousal conveyance, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Property Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, unity of person, Void ab initio | wolo-v-wolo-lrsc-31-8-llr-453-1944 | 1944-opinions cancellation-of-deeds civil-law consideration equity fraud interspousal-conveyance marital-property montserrado-county property-law supreme-court-of-liberia unity-of-person void-ab-initio | 1944-1 family-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wolo v. Wolo LRSC 12; 5 LLR 423 (1937) | 1937, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law | 1937 opinions, alimony, Article I (Constitution), constitutional law, Due Process, Judicial Review, law of the land, legislative divorce, marriage dissolution, Montserrado County, notice and hearing, Reversal, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribunal competence, void legislative act | wolo-v-wolo-lrsc-12-5-llr-423-1937 | 1937-opinions alimony article-i-constitution constitutional-law due-process judicial-review law-of-the-land legislative-divorce marriage-dissolution montserrado-county notice-and-hearing reversal separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia tribunal-competence void-legislative-act | 1937-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases family-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yengbeh Jr. v. Kiazolu et al (2023) | 2023, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, agency, alternative writ affirmed, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Certiorari, Chambers Justice ruling, civil law, Civil Law Court, complete relief, compulsory joinder, conveyance of land, court’s decree of sale, David M. Morris, deed validity, Due Process, Ejectment, fee simple title, Frank Jallah, intervention, Jennie B. Morris, joinder of necessary parties, joint ownership, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Kai Ballah Family, landlord-tenant dispute, Letters of Administration, Marital Property, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiplicity of suits, occupancy rights, party defendant, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, possession of real property, power of attorney, Probate Court Rules, Real Property, remand, right to possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, striking pleadings, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title in dispute, title instruments, trial court error | yengbeh-jr-v-kiazolu-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-deed agency alternative-writ-affirmed appellate-review attorney-in-fact certiorari chambers-justice-ruling civil-law civil-law-court complete-relief compulsory-joinder conveyance-of-land courts-decree-of-sale david-m-morris deed-validity due-process ejectment fee-simple-title frank-jallah intervention jennie-b-morris joinder-of-necessary-parties joint-ownership judicial-notice jury-trial kai-ballah-family landlord-tenant-dispute letters-of-administration marital-property mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county multiplicity-of-suits occupancy-rights party-defendant peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari possession-of-real-property power-of-attorney probate-court-rules real-property remand right-to-possession sixth-judicial-circuit striking-pleadings summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-in-dispute title-instruments trial-court-error | 2023-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court |