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Document Category Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law
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| Abi Jaoudi Supermarket et al. v. His Honor Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Sr. et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Abi Jaoudi Supermarket, Azar Trading Corporation, Madam Chief Justice Yuoh, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Randall Street, Real Property, Res Judicata, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate of Etmonia L. King, Testate Estate of John H. Richards, Testate Estate of Joseph G. Richards, Testate Estate of Nancy E. Cooper, writ of certiorari | abi-jaoudi-supermarket-et-al-v-his-honor-yamie-q-gbeisay sr-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions abi-jaoudi-supermarket azar-trading-corporation madam-chief-justice-yuoh monrovia montserrado-county randall-street real-property res-judicata sixth-judicial-circuit summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate-of-etmonia-l-king testate-estate-of-john-h-richards testate-estate-of-joseph-g-richards testate-estate-of-nancy-e-cooper writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Benson v Sawyer LRSC 42 (2015) | 2015, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, administrative deed, affirmation of judgment, agency law, Appeal, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Bill of Exceptions, cancellation of deed, civil law, damages for wrongful withholding, Ejectment, exception to jury charge, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, power of attorney, principal-agent relationship, Procedural Default, refund of purchase price, repudiation of act, reversion of title, same grantor, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, unlawful withholding of land, Waiver, weight of evidence | benson-v-sawyer-lrsc-42-2015 | 2015-opinions administrative-deed affirmation-of-judgment agency-law appeal appellate-review attorney-in-fact bill-of-exceptions cancellation-of-deed civil-law damages-for-wrongful-withholding ejectment exception-to-jury-charge intestate-estate jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial power-of-attorney principal-agent-relationship procedural-default refund-of-purchase-price repudiation-of-act reversion-of-title same-grantor supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed unlawful-withholding-of-land waiver weight-of-evidence | 2015-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Better Way Word of Life Ministries International v Matthews (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinion, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, co-ownership, competing titles, conveyance, credibility of witnesses, Ejectment, Equitable Relief, Estate Administration, evidentiary inconsistency, family property dispute, grantor and grantee, inheritance law, Intestate Estate, intestate estate distribution, invalid conveyance, judicial scrutiny of title, Land Dispute, land registration, Montserrado County, motion for substitution, older deed doctrine, Paynesville City, probative value of deed, property ownership, real property law, reversal of judgment, S.D. Cooper Road Junction, Substitution of Parties, superior title rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, witness testimony | better-way-word-of-life-ministries-international-v-matthews-2026 | 2026-opinion appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law-court civil-procedure-law co-ownership competing-titles conveyance credibility-of-witnesses ejectment equitable-relief estate-administration evidentiary-inconsistency family-property-dispute grantor-and-grantee inheritance-law intestate-estate intestate-estate-distribution invalid-conveyance judicial-scrutiny-of-title land-dispute land-registration montserrado-county motion-for-substitution older-deed-doctrine paynesville-city probative-value-of-deed property-ownership real-property-law reversal-of-judgment s-d-cooper-road-junction substitution-of-parties superior-title-rule supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed witness-testimony | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2025-1 commercial-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Borziah v Her Honor Mardea T. Chenoweth et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 13th Judicial Circuit Court, 2026 Opinion, acquiescence, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, appellate deference to jury, Appellate Review, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law, Cooper v. Cooper Estate, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, documentary evidence, Ejectment, encroachment, Estate Administration, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary standard, failure to object, Fatorma v. Republic, Forleh v. Republic, inheritance, interference with possession, Investigative Survey, jury instruction, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, land ownership dispute, Ledlow v. Republic, Margibi County, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Munnah v. Republic, payment receipt evidence, preponderance of evidence, property ownership, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, restitution of possession, speculation vs proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey obstruction, Survivorship, tenancy by the entirety, title deed, transfer deed, Urban Marketing v. John Tubman, verdict against weight of evidence, Waiver, wrongful withholding | borziah-v-her-honor-mardea-t-chenoweth-et-al-2026 | 13th-judicial-circuit-court 2026-opinion acquiescence admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment appellate-deference-to-jury appellate-review benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law cooper-v-cooper-estate corroboration credibility-of-witnesses documentary-evidence ejectment encroachment estate-administration evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-standard failure-to-object fatorma-v-republic forleh-v-republic inheritance interference-with-possession investigative-survey jury-instruction jury-verdict land-dispute land-ownership-dispute ledlow-v-republic margibi-county metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial munnah-v-republic payment-receipt-evidence preponderance-of-evidence property-ownership quiet-enjoyment real-property restitution-of-possession speculation-vs-proof supreme-court-of-liberia survey-obstruction survivorship tenancy-by-the-entirety title-deed transfer-deed urban-marketing-v-john-tubman verdict-against-weight-of-evidence waiver wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Brown v Payne LRSC 5; 1 LLR 9 (1861) | 1861, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1861 Opinions, coverture, descent, early Liberian jurisprudence., Ejectment, fee simple, husband and wife, inheritance, marital property rights, property ownership, Real Property, reversal of judgment, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy by the courtesy | 1861-opinions coverture descent early-liberian-jurisprudence ejectment fee-simple husband-and-wife inheritance marital-property-rights property-ownership real-property reversal-of-judgment sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy-by-the-courtesy | 1861-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Brown v. Brown 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 | 1861-1 constitutional-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-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 | |
| Cole v Sennah et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2025 Opinions, abandonment of case, alleged fraud, alternative writ, Appellate Review, Bill of information, Certiorari, civil law, Civil Law Court, closure of estate, continuance, denial of continuance, Due Process, Ejectment, Estate Administration, failure to rest with evidence, fair trial, Fraudulent Deed, interlocutory review, Intestate Estate, irregularity in trial proceedings, judicial bias, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, mandate, Margibi County, medical excuse, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, newly discovered evidence, ownership of property, partiality, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, probate proceedings, Real Property, Reversible Error, right to counsel, Robertsfield Highway, submission of case to jury, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, transferred deed, travesty of justice | cole-v-sennah-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-case alleged-fraud alternative-writ appellate-review bill-of-information certiorari civil-law civil-law-court closure-of-estate continuance denial-of-continuance due-process ejectment estate-administration failure-to-rest-with-evidence fair-trial fraudulent-deed interlocutory-review intestate-estate irregularity-in-trial-proceedings judicial-bias jury-verdict letters-of-administration mandate margibi-county medical-excuse monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county newly-discovered-evidence ownership-of-property partiality peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari probate-proceedings real-property reversible-error right-to-counsel robertsfield-highway submission-of-case-to-jury supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute transferred-deed travesty-of-justice | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cooper et al v. Cooper (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators cum testamento annexo, Appeal, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, clerk's duty not to issue conflicting certificates, Clerk’s Certificate, computation of time, conflicting court certificates, distribution of estate, Estate Administration, Intestate Estate, mere allegations not proof, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Probate Law, service of final ruling, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia | cooper-et-al-v-cooper-2024 susan-f-cooper-et-al-v-monique-c-cooper-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators-cum-testamento-annexo appeal appeal-bond appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure clerks-duty-not-to-issue-conflicting-certificates clerks-certificate computation-of-time conflicting-court-certificates distribution-of-estate estate-administration intestate-estate mere-allegations-not-proof monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal probate-law service-of-final-ruling statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | |
| Dwanyen et al v RL et al LRSC 7; 34 LLR 354 (1987) | 1987, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Insurance Law, Probate law | 1987 Opinions, administrators of estate, Appellate Review, contempt proceedings, Estate Administration, insurance beneficiaries, insurance policy proceeds, Montserrado County, Nimba County, nullity of judgment, probate court jurisdiction, Probate Law, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires judgment | dwanyen-et-al-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-7-34-llr-354-1987 | 1987-opinions administrators-of-estate appellate-review contempt-proceedings estate-administration insurance-beneficiaries insurance-policy-proceeds montserrado-county nimba-county nullity-of-judgment probate-court-jurisdiction probate-law subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-judgment | 1987-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases insurance-law probate-law supreme-court | |
| Executive Parking Services Incorporated v His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrator, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, Certiorari, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, competing title claims, complete relief doctrine, compulsory joinder, correction of errors, denial of intervention, Ejectment, encroachment, evidentiary burden, extraordinary remedy, failure to attach lease, grantor and grantee, indispensable party, interlocutory order, intervention, Intestate Estate, Joinder of Parties, judicial review of lower court, jurisdiction of trial court, Justice in Chambers, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, motion to join, nonjoinder, pleadings, Possession, prejudice to party rights, Procedural Law, proper party, property ownership, public land sale deed, real party in interest, Real Property, remand, Republic of Liberia land grant, Reversible Error, review of interlocutory ruling, Standing, summary judgment argument, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, tracing title to the Republic, writ of certiorari, wrongful withholding | executive-parking-services-incorporated-v-his-honor-scheaplor-r-dunbar-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrator appellate-reversal appellate-review bushrod-island certiorari chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law competing-title-claims complete-relief-doctrine compulsory-joinder correction-of-errors denial-of-intervention ejectment encroachment evidentiary-burden extraordinary-remedy failure-to-attach-lease grantor-and-grantee indispensable-party interlocutory-order intervention intestate-estate joinder-of-parties judicial-review-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-trial-court justice-in-chambers land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest mandate montserrado-county motion-to-intervene motion-to-join nonjoinder pleadings possession prejudice-to-party-rights procedural-law proper-party property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-party-in-interest real-property remand republic-of-liberia-land-grant reversible-error review-of-interlocutory-ruling standing summary-judgment-argument supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute tracing-title-to-the-republic writ-of-certiorari wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fadallah v. Gibson (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Ethics, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, Appellate Review, Bill of information, burden of proof, cancellation of lease, civil law, co-administratrix, Due Process, Estate Administration, Evidence, factual determination, fraud allegation, hearing of law issues, Intestate Estate, judicial misconduct, Jurisdiction, lease agreement, Letters of Administration, mismanagement of estate, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Probate Law, procedural irregularities, remand not warranted, Reversible Error, standard of proof, subject matter jurisdiction, summons and service, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of judge, Void Judgment | fadallah-v-gibson-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion appellate-review bill-of-information burden-of-proof cancellation-of-lease civil-law co-administratrix due-process estate-administration evidence factual-determination fraud-allegation hearing-of-law-issues intestate-estate judicial-misconduct jurisdiction lease-agreement letters-of-administration mismanagement-of-estate monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss probate-law procedural-irregularities remand-not-warranted reversible-error standard-of-proof subject-matter-jurisdiction summons-and-service supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-judge void-judgment | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Freeman v Intestate Estate of Trinity-Fahnbulleh; LRSC 28 (2005) | 2005, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2005 Opinions, administrator authority, Administrator’s Deed, affirmation, Appellate Review, caveat, decedents estates, Ejectment, Estoppel, Judicial Notice, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, mandate, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, Montserrado County, objection to probation of deed, Paynesville, Probate Law, probate proceedings, Real Property, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title dispute | freeman-v-intestate-estate-of-trinity-fahnbulleh-lrsc-28-2005 | 2005-opinions administrator-authority administrators-deed affirmation appellate-review caveat decedents-estates ejectment estoppel judicial-notice land-dispute letters-of-administration mandate ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy montserrado-county objection-to-probation-of-deed paynesville probate-law probate-proceedings real-property separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-dispute | 2005-1 inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gage v Gage et al LRSC 11; 6 LLR 246 (1938) | 1938, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law | 1938 Opinions, Appellate Review, Certiorari, Circuit Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, contested will, Finality of Judgments, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, Law Division, mandatory statute, Probate Division, Probate Law, review of colleague’s ruling, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, Third Judicial Circuit, transfer of proceedings, wills and estates | gage-v-gage-et-al-lrsc-11-6-llr-246-1938 | 1938-opinions appellate-review certiorari circuit-court concurrent-jurisdiction contested-will finality-of-judgments jurisdiction jury-trial law-division mandatory-statute probate-division probate-law review-of-colleagues-ruling sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia third-judicial-circuit transfer-of-proceedings wills-and-estates | 1938-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court | |
| Gboking v Hills Sr. et. al. (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, administrator, affirmative defense, amended motion, Appellate Review, Bare Denial, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Ejectment, intervention, intervention by third party, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, Paynesville, Pipeline Community, preponderance of evidence, procedural irregularity, property ownership, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory limitation, Supreme Court of Liberia | gboking-v-hills-sr-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions administrator affirmative-defense amended-motion appellate-review bare-denial civil-law-court civil-procedure-law ejectment intervention intervention-by-third-party intestate-estate jury-verdict metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene paynesville pipeline-community preponderance-of-evidence procedural-irregularity property-ownership real-property sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-limitation supreme-court-of-liberia | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Harris et al v Turning (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, forged signature, fraud, fraud to be specifically proved, heirs and beneficiaries, Intestate Estate, jury instructions, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, mandate, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to charge, Party's duty to object o a judge's erroneous charge to jury, preponderance of the evidence, preservation of error, probate proceedings, property ownership, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standing and capacity to sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, verdict contrary to weight of evidence, warranty deed | harris-et-al-v-turning-2024 jesse-harris-et-al-v-mary-turning-2024 | 2024-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-law civil-law-court ejectment forged-signature fraud fraud-to-be-specifically-proved heirs-and-beneficiaries intestate-estate jury-instructions jury-verdict letters-of-administration mandate montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-charge partys-duty-to-object-o-a-judges-erroneous-charge-to-jury preponderance-of-the-evidence preservation-of-error probate-proceedings property-ownership real-property sixth-judicial-circuit standing-and-capacity-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed verdict-contrary-to-weight-of-evidence warranty-deed | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| His Honor Holder et al. v Sirleaf Hage et al. LRSC 23 (2014) | 2014, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2014 Opinions, abuse of discretion, appellate jurisdiction, Article 20(a), audit of estate, Bill of information, constitutional law, Decedents Estates Law, Due Process, Estate Administration, exclusion of property from estate, executor duties, Fiduciary Duty, Final Judgment, interlocutory ruling, inventory of estate, judicial misconduct, Judicial Oversight, last will and testament, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Probate Law, Property Rights, remand, removal of executor, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, Writ of Prohibition | his-honor-holder-et-al-v-sirleaf-hage-et-al-lrsc-23-2014 | 2014-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-jurisdiction article-20a audit-of-estate bill-of-information constitutional-law decedents-estates-law due-process estate-administration exclusion-of-property-from-estate executor-duties fiduciary-duty final-judgment interlocutory-ruling inventory-of-estate judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight last-will-and-testament monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county probate-law property-rights remand removal-of-executor supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate writ-of-prohibition | 2014-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Holder, Sr. et al. Vs Mrs. Holder of the USA (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Chambers Justice, computation of time, Estate Administration, Jurisdiction, Kailondo Petroleum v. Guaranty Trust Bank, Letters of Administration, mandamus, Monthly & Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, probate, proper accounting, revocation of letters, Supreme Court of Liberia, tolling | holder sr-et-al-vs-mrs-holder-of-the-usa-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions chambers-justice computation-of-time estate-administration jurisdiction kailondo-petroleum-v-guaranty-trust-bank letters-of-administration mandamus monthly-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc probate proper-accounting revocation-of-letters supreme-court-of-liberia tolling | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | |
| Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey v Intestate Estate of Karboyan (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of ruling, Appellate Review, bench trial, Careysburg District, civil law, Civil Procedure Law §5.61, closure error, common grantor, Costs, demarcative survey, engulfment of land, evidentiary value of investigative survey, interpretation of survey report, intervention as of right, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, legal capacity to sue, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest deed rule, probate jurisdiction, re-demarcation of land, real property dispute, registration of letters of administration, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, Tatee Town, title deed, variance in bearings and distances | intestate-estate-of-daniel-webster-urey-vs-intestate-estate-of-karboyan-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-ruling appellate-review bench-trial careysburg-district civil-law civil-procedure-law-%c2%a75-61 closure-error common-grantor costs demarcative-survey engulfment-of-land evidentiary-value-of-investigative-survey interpretation-of-survey-report intervention-as-of-right intestate-estate investigative-survey legal-capacity-to-sue letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-deed-rule probate-jurisdiction re-demarcation-of-land real-property-dispute registration-of-letters-of-administration supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report tatee-town title-deed variance-in-bearings-and-distances | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Edmund Cisco v. Mount Sinai (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, administrator's authority, Administrator’s Deed, affidavit of non-consent, Appellate Review, authority of administrator, bench trial, burden of proof, civil law, court’s decree of sale, Decedents Estates Law, Edmond D. Cisco, Ejectment, Estate Administration, estate property sale, Estoppel, Evidence, fraud, fraudulent conveyance claim, honorable purchase, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Joshua Cisco, judgment affirmed, Land Dispute, Larkpazee Community, lawful purchase, legal capacity, Letters of Administration, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Mount Sanai Tabernacle, notice to vacate, possession of real property, Probate Court, Probate Law, property ownership, sale of estate property, Sinkor, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, valid conveyance, Waiver, wrongful withholding | intestate-estate-of-edmund-cisco-v-mount-sinai-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-authority administrators-deed affidavit-of-non-consent appellate-review authority-of-administrator bench-trial burden-of-proof civil-law courts-decree-of-sale decedents-estates-law edmond-d-cisco ejectment estate-administration estate-property-sale estoppel evidence fraud fraudulent-conveyance-claim honorable-purchase intestate-estate intestate-succession joshua-cisco judgment-affirmed land-dispute larkpazee-community lawful-purchase legal-capacity letters-of-administration monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county mount-sanai-tabernacle notice-to-vacate possession-of-real-property probate-court probate-law property-ownership sale-of-estate-property sinkor standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed valid-conveyance waiver wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Musa kamara v. Her Honor Eva Mappy Morgan (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, adverse claim, appellate procedure, Banking Law, Bill of information, cognizability, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, creditors remedies, debt recovery, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement proceedings, Estate Administration, execution of mandate, Failure to Perfect Appeal, fair hearing, finality of judgment, foreclosure sale, Holder v. Intestate Estate of Sarah King-Howard, improper execution, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, Intestate Estate of Musa M. Kamara, judicial auction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Kpoto v. Kpoto, mandate of the Supreme Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to dismiss appeal, procedural irregularities, Property Rights, Rule IV Part 12 Supreme Court Rules, sheriff sale, special proceedings, Sr., Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-musa-kamara-v-her-honor-eva-mappy-morgan-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-claim appellate-procedure banking-law bill-of-information cognizability commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law creditors-remedies debt-recovery dismissal-of-appeal due-process enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-proceedings estate-administration execution-of-mandate failure-to-perfect-appeal fair-hearing finality-of-judgment foreclosure-sale holder-v-intestate-estate-of-sarah-king-howard improper-execution international-bank-liberia-limited intestate-estate-of-musa-m-kamara judicial-auction judicial-review jurisdiction kpoto-v-kpoto mandate-of-the-supreme-court monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-irregularities property-rights rule-iv-part-12-supreme-court-rules sheriff-sale special-proceedings sr supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Shad Kaydea v Trawally (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, annual rent, Appellate Review, arrears in rent, Article 25 Constitution of Liberia, assignment of lease, breach by lessee, Breach of Lease, cancellation of lease, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 1.2.2, clear and unambiguous contract, commercial lease, Contract Enforcement, contractual interpretation, contractual remedies, Debt Action, Debt Court for Montserrado County, debt court judgment, developed property, dismissal reversed, Equitable Relief, equity and contracts, error in form of action, eviction, form of relief, investment in leased property, Judicial Notice, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, lease default, lease enforcement, legal remedy, lessee default, lessor and lessee, lessor rights, material breach, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for summary judgment, Motion to Dismiss, no refund for improvements, nonpayment of rent, OAC compound, ouster, percentage of sublease rent, petition for cancellation of lease, possession of real property, proper remedy, recovery of possession, remand with instructions, rental differential, rental obligation, repossession, sanctity of contract, special proceedings, sublease, subletting, summary judgment, summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-shad-kaydea-v-trawally-2023 | 2023-opinions annual-rent appellate-review arrears-in-rent article-25-constitution-of-liberia assignment-of-lease breach-by-lessee breach-of-lease cancellation-of-lease civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-1-2-2 clear-and-unambiguous-contract commercial-lease contract-enforcement contractual-interpretation contractual-remedies debt-action debt-court-for-montserrado-county debt-court-judgment developed-property dismissal-reversed equitable-relief equity-and-contracts error-in-form-of-action eviction form-of-relief investment-in-leased-property judicial-notice landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement lease-default lease-enforcement legal-remedy lessee-default lessor-and-lessee lessor-rights material-breach monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-summary-judgment motion-to-dismiss no-refund-for-improvements nonpayment-of-rent oac-compound ouster percentage-of-sublease-rent petition-for-cancellation-of-lease possession-of-real-property proper-remedy recovery-of-possession remand-with-instructions rental-differential rental-obligation repossession sanctity-of-contract special-proceedings sublease subletting summary-judgment summary-proceeding-to-recover-possession-of-real-property summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Zoe Gar v. Intestate Estate of Francis R.T. Gardiner (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Abi-Jaoudi & Azar Trading Corporation v. Monrovia Tobacco Corporation, abuse of process, action of ejectment, administrators of estate, administrators’ deeds, affirmation of trial court, appeal denied, Appellate Review, bona fide ownership, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 5.61, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, conveyance of property, damages for wrongful occupation, delay tactics, direct and substantial interest, duty of candor, Ejectment, encroachment, estate litigation, estate of Francis R.T. Gardner, estate of Zoe-Gar, eviction, Evidence, fraudulent instruments allegation, grantor and grantee, intervention denied, intervention of right, Intestate Estate, Isaac Gboking v. Johnny Hill, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, land ownership, legal interest protected by law, legal practice standards, litigation conduct, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, ownership of property, Paynesville City, pleadings, precedent, professional ethics, Property Rights, purchaser of land, real property law, relinquishment of title, remote and inconsequential interest, restitution of possession, Rule 31, sanctions against lawyers, settled law doctrine, Sr., Stare Decisis, substantial interest test, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court opinions, Tar-sue Gezor Estate case, title deed, transfer of title, unlawful occupancy, witness testimony, wrongful withholding | intestate-estate-of-zoe-gar-v-intestate-estate-of-francis-r-t-gardiner-2023 | 2023-opinions abi-jaoudi-azar-trading-corporation-v-monrovia-tobacco-corporation abuse-of-process action-of-ejectment administrators-of-estate administrators-deeds affirmation-of-trial-court appeal-denied appellate-review bona-fide-ownership civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-5-61 code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics conveyance-of-property damages-for-wrongful-occupation delay-tactics direct-and-substantial-interest duty-of-candor ejectment encroachment estate-litigation estate-of-francis-r-t-gardner estate-of-zoe-gar eviction evidence fraudulent-instruments-allegation grantor-and-grantee intervention-denied intervention-of-right intestate-estate isaac-gboking-v-johnny-hill jury-trial land-dispute land-ownership legal-interest-protected-by-law legal-practice-standards litigation-conduct mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-intervene ownership-of-property paynesville-city pleadings precedent professional-ethics property-rights purchaser-of-land real-property-law relinquishment-of-title remote-and-inconsequential-interest restitution-of-possession rule-31 sanctions-against-lawyers settled-law-doctrine sr stare-decisis substantial-interest-test supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinions tar-sue-gezor-estate-case title-deed transfer-of-title unlawful-occupancy witness-testimony wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | |
| Juah v. Lawrence (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2022 hearing, 2023 opinion, administrator vs next of kin, appellate procedure, Bill of information, Decedents Estates Law, dismissal of appeal for failure to file bill of exceptions, estate of Charlotte Crawford, Felix K. Lawrence, improper use of bill of information, interference with intestate estate, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Letters of Administration, Liberian civil procedure, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado County, motion to rescind, prima facie evidence, probate jurisdiction, probate practice, relief from final judgment, revocation of letters of administration, scope of bill of information, Service of Process, sheriff’s returns, Supreme Court of Liberia, William G. J. Juah v. Jojo/J. W. Lawrence, Writ of Error | juah-v-lawrence-2023 | 2022-hearing 2023-opinion administrator-vs-next-of-kin appellate-procedure bill-of-information decedents-estates-law dismissal-of-appeal-for-failure-to-file-bill-of-exceptions estate-of-charlotte-crawford felix-k-lawrence improper-use-of-bill-of-information interference-with-intestate-estate intestate-estate intestate-succession justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh letters-of-administration liberian-civil-procedure monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado-county motion-to-rescind prima-facie-evidence probate-jurisdiction probate-practice relief-from-final-judgment revocation-of-letters-of-administration scope-of-bill-of-information service-of-process sheriffs-returns supreme-court-of-liberia william-g-j-juah-v-jojo-j-w-lawrence writ-of-error | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Knowlden v The Heirs of Cooper (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Adverse Possession, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, bona fide purchaser, buyer beware, Carey Street, caveat, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, eviction, executor’s deed, honorable purchase, illegal occupancy, interpretation of wills, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease, life estate, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage claim, motion for new trial, probate, property ownership, Randall Street, Real Property, remainder interest, remaindermen, rent collection, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenants, testamentary intent, title deed, warranty deed, weight of evidence, will and testament, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | knowlden-v-the-heirs-of-cooper-2025 | 2025-opinions adverse-possession affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bona-fide-purchaser buyer-beware carey-street caveat civil-law-court ejectment eviction executors-deed honorable-purchase illegal-occupancy interpretation-of-wills jury-verdict land-dispute lease life-estate mandate monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-claim motion-for-new-trial probate property-ownership randall-street real-property remainder-interest remaindermen rent-collection statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia tenants testamentary-intent title-deed warranty-deed weight-of-evidence will-and-testament writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kobina et al v Abraham LRSC 2; 15 LLR 502 (1964) | 1964, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 30-day probate period, abuse of discretion, administrators pendente lite, appeal from chambers, Estate Administration, interlocutory orders, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, preservation of estate, probate jurisdiction, Probate Law, Rule XII (Chambers), standard of review, supervisory powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thomas Eric Buchanan Estate, will contest, Writ of Prohibition | kobina-et-al-v-abraham-lrsc-2-15-llr-502-1964 | 30-day-probate-period abuse-of-discretion administrators-pendente-lite appeal-from-chambers estate-administration interlocutory-orders monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county preservation-of-estate probate-jurisdiction probate-law rule-xii-chambers standard-of-review supervisory-powers supreme-court-of-liberia thomas-eric-buchanan-estate will-contest writ-of-prohibition | 1964-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lawal v Intestate Estate of James A. Gittens (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, bill in equity, Bill of Exceptions, cancellation of land deed, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, enlargement of time, equity, excusable neglect, Fraudulent Deed, Intestate Estate, judicial discretion, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, procedural error, Real Property, remand, Resistance to pleadings, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, title cancellation | lawal-v-intestate-estate-of-james-a-gittens-2024 praise-o-tony-lawal-vs-intestate-estate-of-james-a-gittens-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bill-in-equity bill-of-exceptions cancellation-of-land-deed civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law enlargement-of-time equity excusable-neglect fraudulent-deed intestate-estate judicial-discretion land-dispute montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-error real-property remand resistance-to-pleadings sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia title-cancellation | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lewis v The Intestate Estate of the late Alhaji Momo Rogers (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Bushrod Island, certified copy deed, Chain of Title, CNDRA, Ejectment, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, Possession, probate court jurisdiction, reversal of judgment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, strength of title, Supreme Court of Liberia | lewis-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-alhaji-momo-rogers-2019 | 2019-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof bushrod-island certified-copy-deed chain-of-title cndra ejectment jury-verdict letters-of-administration montserrado-county possession probate-court-jurisdiction reversal-of-judgment sixth-judicial-circuit strength-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) v. Kyne et al (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, due diligence, Ejectment, error in closure, eviction, four-month statutory period, fraudulent deed allegation, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, investigative survey distinct from arbitration survey, Johnsonville, Jury Verdict, land boundary dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, Mount Barclay, notice to the world, older deed doctrine, open traverse, ouster, principle of older title, probate and registration of deeds, Property Law, purpose of investigative survey, Real Property, Reversal, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title dispute, verdict contrary to weight of evidence, weight of evidence, writ of possession | mdmc-v-otis-kyne-et-al-2024 modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-v-kyne-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law due-diligence ejectment error-in-closure eviction four-month-statutory-period fraudulent-deed-allegation intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey investigative-survey-distinct-from-arbitration-survey johnsonville jury-verdict land-boundary-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene mount-barclay notice-to-the-world older-deed-doctrine open-traverse ouster principle-of-older-title probate-and-registration-of-deeds property-law purpose-of-investigative-survey real-property reversal superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-dispute verdict-contrary-to-weight-of-evidence weight-of-evidence writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law 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 | |
| Pratt v. Milton (2017) | 2017, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, administratrix cum testamento annexo, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, damages, Ejectment, enforcement of judgments, Estate Administration, eviction, expiration of lease, Judicial Notice, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, Letters of Administration, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, option to renew lease, Probate Law, Property Law, Real Property, restitution of possession, scope of appellate review, Statutory interpretation, sua sponte error, summary proceedings to recover real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, uncertainty of contract, wrongful withholding | pratt-v-milton-2017 | 2017-opinions administratrix-cum-testamento-annexo appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court damages ejectment enforcement-of-judgments estate-administration eviction expiration-of-lease judicial-notice landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement letters-of-administration monrovia-city-court montserrado-county option-to-renew-lease probate-law property-law real-property restitution-of-possession scope-of-appellate-review statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-error summary-proceedings-to-recover-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate uncertainty-of-contract wrongful-withholding | 2017-1 contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Richardson v Gabbidon LRSC 44; 15 LLR 434 (1963) | 1963, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law | 1963 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, Appellate Review, bill in equity, cancellation of deeds, Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, construction of wills, descent and distribution, equity, Estoppel, fraud allegations, grandchildren, heritable blood, inheritance, invalid conveyance, joint tenancy, Laches, legitimacy, life estate, Montserrado County, presumption of legitimacy, probate, Property Law, Real Property, remainder interest, residuary clause, Supreme Court of Liberia, Survivorship, Tenancy in Common, wills and estates | 1963-opinions administrators-deed appellate-review bill-in-equity cancellation-of-deeds circuit-court-of-the-sixth-judicial-circuit construction-of-wills descent-and-distribution equity estoppel fraud-allegations grandchildren heritable-blood inheritance invalid-conveyance joint-tenancy laches legitimacy life-estate montserrado-county presumption-of-legitimacy probate property-law real-property remainder-interest residuary-clause supreme-court-of-liberia survivorship tenancy-in-common wills-and-estates | 1963-1 inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court | ||
| RL v Tolbert et al LRSC 11; 36 LLR 739 (1990) | 1990, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 1990 Opinions, administrators and administratrix, admissions in pleadings, Bill of Exceptions, Bong County, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, constitutional duty of the executive, constitutional law, contempt of court, decedents estates, deemed admissions, enforcement of mandate, estate property, executive power, finality of judgment, Gbalatuah Farm, Intestate Succession, inventory of estate, January 9, judicial admissions, judicial review prohibited, Letters of Administration, mandate of court, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, obstruction of justice, predecessor judge, presidential prerogative, Probate Law, Res Judicata, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia | rl-v-tolbert-et-al-lrsc-11-36-llr-739-1990 | 1990-opinions administrators-and-administratrix admissions-in-pleadings bill-of-exceptions bong-county civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-duty-of-the-executive constitutional-law contempt-of-court decedents-estates deemed-admissions enforcement-of-mandate estate-property executive-power finality-of-judgment gbalatuah-farm intestate-succession inventory-of-estate january-9 judicial-admissions judicial-review-prohibited letters-of-administration mandate-of-court ninth-judicial-circuit-court obstruction-of-justice predecessor-judge presidential-prerogative probate-law res-judicata separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia | 1990-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sayon et al v. The 14th Episcopal District AME Church (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, civil law, Ejectment, Estoppel, eviction, fraudulent title claim, general damages, judgment during trial, Jury Trial, lease agreement, missionary property exception, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, property ownership, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, title deed, trustee ownership, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | sayon-et-al-v-the-14th-episcopal-district-ame-church-2017 | 2017-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review civil-law ejectment estoppel eviction fraudulent-title-claim general-damages judgment-during-trial jury-trial lease-agreement missionary-property-exception montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial property-ownership sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy title-deed trustee-ownership writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sonnie et al v King et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2025 Supreme Court Opinion, Abandonment of Appeal, Administrative Sanctions, Administrator Removal, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Practice, Civil Procedure Law §51.11, Clerk Negligence, Clerk’s Duty, Intestate Estate, Judicial Administration, Motion to dismiss appeal, Probate Court, Record Transmission, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia | sonnie-et-al-v-king-et-al-2025 | 2025-supreme-court-opinion abandonment-of-appeal administrative-sanctions administrator-removal appeal-procedure appellate-practice civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-11 clerk-negligence clerks-duty intestate-estate judicial-administration motion-to-dismiss-appeal probate-court record-transmission superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Subah Belleh v Oniyama LRSC 4 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, civil law, Decree of Sale, defects in title, Ejectment, Estoppel, Four-Month Rule, Intestate Estate, Judicial Notice, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, notice, older deed principle, probate and registration, Property Law, same grantor, strength of plaintiff’s title, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, waiver and laches | subah-belleh-v-oniyama-lrsc-4-2015 | 2015-opinions administrators-deed affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof civil-law decree-of-sale defects-in-title ejectment estoppel four-month-rule intestate-estate judicial-notice jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county notice older-deed-principle probate-and-registration property-law same-grantor strength-of-plaintiffs-title superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver-and-laches | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Subah Belleh v Oniyama LRSC 5 (2015) (Dissent) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Dissenting Opinions, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, administrator deed, Adverse Possession, Appellate Review, arbitration, Bushrod Island, Chain of Title, civil law, common grantor, damages, Decree of Sale, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, Four-Month Rule, Intestate Estate, judicial disagreement, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, mediation, metes and bounds, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, New Kru Town, Prior Title Doctrine, probate court procedure, probation and registration of deed, Property Law, Race Statute, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, St. Paul Bridge, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, waiver and laches, weight of evidence, wrongful withholding of property | subah-belleh-v-oniyama-lrsc-5-2015 | 2015-opinions administrator-deed adverse-possession appellate-review arbitration bushrod-island chain-of-title civil-law common-grantor damages decree-of-sale dissenting-opinion ejectment four-month-rule intestate-estate judicial-disagreement jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration mediation metes-and-bounds monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial new-kru-town prior-title-doctrine probate-court-procedure probation-and-registration-of-deed property-law race-statute sixth-judicial-circuit-court st-paul-bridge substantive-justice supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver-and-laches weight-of-evidence wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases dissenting-opinions inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Subah Belleh v. Oniyama (Dissent)(2016) | 2016, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2015 Filing, Adverse Possession, burden of proof, Bushrod Island, Chain of Title, Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor, Civil Law Court, Common Grantor Rule, Criminal Conveyance Law, Decree of Sale, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, Four-Month Rule, Jury Verdict, Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokolie, Letters of Administration, Liberia Supreme Court, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Nelson Oniyama, Prior Title Doctrine, Probate Court, Property Law, Race Statute, Subah-Belleh & Associates, Substantive Justice | subah-belleh-v-oniyama-dissent2016 | 2015-filing adverse-possession burden-of-proof bushrod-island chain-of-title chief-justice-francis-s-korkpor civil-law-court common-grantor-rule criminal-conveyance-law decree-of-sale dissenting-opinion ejectment four-month-rule jury-verdict justice-jamesetta-h-wolokolie letters-of-administration liberia-supreme-court monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial nelson-oniyama prior-title-doctrine probate-court property-law race-statute subah-belleh-associates substantive-justice | 2016-1 inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sumo v Bongay et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abandonment of defense, abuse of discretion, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Appleby v Freeman, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, burden of proof, Burney v Jantzen, Civil Law Court, conflicting title, continuance, credibility of witnesses, denial of continuance, documentary evidence, Due Process, Ejectment, Estate Administration, eviction, failure to appear, failure to file post-trial motion, failure to superintend precept, Fraudulent Deed, inheritance, interference with possession, Intestate Estate, Intestate Estate of Massaquoi v AME Church, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, Kpoto v Williams, Land Dispute, Ledlow v. Republic, Legal Ethics, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, Margibi County, Marshall City, Massaquoi v Republic, Metco v Chase Manhattan Bank, Montserrado County, National Archives, notice and opportunity to be heard, Possession, preponderance of evidence, probate and registration, probate venue requirement, Professional Misconduct, property ownership, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, restitution of possession, Richards v Barclay, Salifu v Lassannah, sanction of counsel, Schiefflin Township, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, suspension from practice, title deed, Togba v Republic, Vijayaraman v Xoanon Liberia Ltd., waiver of rights, warranty deed, Wolo v. Wolo, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | sumo-v-bongay-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abandonment-of-defense abuse-of-discretion affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review appleby-v-freeman article-20a-constitution-of-liberia burden-of-proof burney-v-jantzen civil-law-court conflicting-title continuance credibility-of-witnesses denial-of-continuance documentary-evidence due-process ejectment estate-administration eviction failure-to-appear failure-to-file-post-trial-motion failure-to-superintend-precept fraudulent-deed inheritance interference-with-possession intestate-estate intestate-estate-of-massaquoi-v-ame-church judicial-discipline jurisdiction jury-verdict kpoto-v-williams land-dispute ledlow-v-republic legal-ethics letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority margibi-county marshall-city massaquoi-v-republic metco-v-chase-manhattan-bank montserrado-county national-archives notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard possession preponderance-of-evidence probate-and-registration probate-venue-requirement professional-misconduct property-ownership quiet-enjoyment real-property restitution-of-possession richards-v-barclay salifu-v-lassannah sanction-of-counsel schiefflin-township subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence suspension-from-practice title-deed togba-v-republic vijayaraman-v-xoanon-liberia-ltd waiver-of-rights warranty-deed wolo-v-wolo writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases ethics evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tengbeh et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Samuel B. Cole (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property law (case law) | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Brewerville, civil law, Civil Law Court, Costs, Due Process, eviction and ouster, failure of service, illegal possession, improper designation of parties, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, jurisdiction of court, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Parties not brought under court's jurisdiction not boud by judgment emanating therefrom, real property dispute, Resummons, Service by Publication, service of summons, severance of parties, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title deed, wrongful withholding | keturah-tengbeh-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-samuel-b-cole-2024 tengbeh-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-samuel-b-cole-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review brewerville civil-law civil-law-court costs due-process eviction-and-ouster failure-of-service illegal-possession improper-designation-of-parties intestate-estate investigative-survey jurisdiction-of-court jury-verdict letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial parties-not-brought-under-courts-jurisdiction-not-boud-by-judgment-emanating-therefrom real-property-dispute resummons service-by-publication service-of-summons severance-of-parties sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of AB Mars v. Freeman et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, administrators and administratrix, Appeal bond, appeal process, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Brown v. General Construction, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law, clerk of court duties, continuation of appeal, Dayrell v. Thomas and Moore, denial of motion, dismissal grounds, Estate Administration, excusable neglect, failure to prosecute appeal, Gbartoe v. Doe, Intestate Estate, judicial discretion, Liberia Telecommunications Corp v. Tyler, litigation costs, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Morgan v. Barclay, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Housing and Savings Bank v. Gordon, Notice of Completion of Appeal, precedent, preponderance of evidence, Probate Law, procedural requirements, Property Dispute, refund of costs, Section 51.11 Civil Procedure Law, Section 51.16 Civil Procedure Law, Statutory interpretation, superintendence of records, transcription of records, transmittal of records, upreme Court of Liberia, VH Timber v. Naca Logging Company | the-intestate-estate-of-ab-mars-v-freeman-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions abandonment-of-appeal administrators-and-administratrix appeal-bond appeal-process appellate-procedure appellate-review bill-of-exceptions brown-v-general-construction burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law clerk-of-court-duties continuation-of-appeal dayrell-v-thomas-and-moore denial-of-motion dismissal-grounds estate-administration excusable-neglect failure-to-prosecute-appeal gbartoe-v-doe intestate-estate judicial-discretion liberia-telecommunications-corp-v-tyler litigation-costs monrovia montserrado-county morgan-v-barclay motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-housing-and-savings-bank-v-gordon notice-of-completion-of-appeal precedent preponderance-of-evidence probate-law procedural-requirements property-dispute refund-of-costs section-51-11-civil-procedure-law section-51-16-civil-procedure-law statutory-interpretation superintendence-of-records transcription-of-records transmittal-of-records upreme-court-of-liberia vh-timber-v-naca-logging-company | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Diana Coleman Cooper v. the Estate of the Late Johnson LRSC 3 (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Estate Administration, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, mandatory statutory requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Procedural Default, Property Dispute, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standing and capacity to sue, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-diana-coleman-cooper-v-the-estate-of-the-late-johnson-lrsc-3-2017 | 2017-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court dismissal-of-appeal ejectment estate-administration intestate-estate jurisdiction mandatory-statutory-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-default property-dispute sixth-judicial-circuit standing-and-capacity-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Rachel Quelleh Crottaz v Sendolo (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2025 Opinions, admission by counsel, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Practice, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, concession of motion, costs taxed against respondent, dismissal of appeal, enforcement of final ruling, Estate Administration, Failure to Perfect Appeal, finality of judgment, Intestate Estate, judgment without opinion, mandate of Supreme Court, mandatory steps of appeal, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Probate Law, Procedural Default, resumption of jurisdiction, Rev. Code 1:25.8(1), Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver and admission | the-intestate-estate-of-rachel-quelleh-crottaz-v-sendolo-2025 | 2025-opinions admission-by-counsel appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-practice civil-procedure civil-procedure-law concession-of-motion costs-taxed-against-respondent dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-final-ruling estate-administration failure-to-perfect-appeal finality-of-judgment intestate-estate judgment-without-opinion mandate-of-supreme-court mandatory-steps-of-appeal motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal probate-law procedural-default resumption-of-jurisdiction rev-code-125-81 supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-and-admission | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The intestate Estate of the late Martha Stubblefield Bernard v Intestate Estate of the late Danielette P. Tucker Bernard (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | action of ejectment, Administrator’s Deed, Adverse Possession, Appeal, Chief Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie, Conveyance Validity, Decedents Estates Law, Divorce Effect on Property, Dower Rights, Ejectment Procedure, Estate by Entirety, Estate Law, Fraudulent Deed, Heirship, Intestate Estate, Judicial Review of Property Title, Letters of Administration, Liberia Case Law 2025, Marital Home Purchase, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Petit Jury Trial, Probate Authorization, Probate Court, Probate Law, Property Dispute, Property Transfer, Real Estate Ownership, Real Property, Rev. Code 11:8.3.2, Rev. Code 11:8.4.1, right of election, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, Survivorship, Tenancy in Common, Testate Estate, Title and Possession, Widow’s Election | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-martha-stubblefield-bernard-v-intestate-estate-of-the-late-danielette-p-tucker-bernard-2025 | action-of-ejectment administrators-deed adverse-possession appeal chief-justice-jamesetta-howard-wolokollie conveyance-validity decedents-estates-law divorce-effect-on-property dower-rights ejectment-procedure estate-by-entirety estate-law fraudulent-deed heirship intestate-estate judicial-review-of-property-title letters-of-administration liberia-case-law-2025 marital-home-purchase marital-property montserrado-county petit-jury-trial probate-authorization probate-court probate-law property-dispute property-transfer real-estate-ownership real-property rev-code-118-3-2 rev-code-118-4-1 right-of-election sixth-judicial-circuit-court statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia survivorship tenancy-in-common testate-estate title-and-possession widows-election | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Toe Blopleh v The Intestate Estate of Victoria v Marsh (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | action of ejectment, Appeal, Bare Denial, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:5.51.1, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:5.54, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:5.61, Constructive Notice, Due Process, Estate Law, Finality of Judgments, Gardnersville, Golda A. Bonah-Elliott, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Joinder of Parties, Laches, Letters of Administration, Liberia Case Law 2025, Montserrado County, Motion for Joinder, Probate Law, Real Property, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-toe-blopleh-v-the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-v-marsh-2025 | action-of-ejectment appeal bare-denial civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-rev-code-15-51-1 civil-procedure-law-rev-code-15-54 civil-procedure-law-rev-code-15-61 constructive-notice due-process estate-law finality-of-judgments gardnersville golda-a-bonah-elliott intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey joinder-of-parties laches letters-of-administration liberia-case-law-2025 montserrado-county motion-for-joinder probate-law real-property service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell v Her Honor Elliot (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | appellate jurisdiction, Bill of information, Civil Procedure, demarcation of land, Due Process, ejectment principles, Enforcement of Judgment, execution of Supreme Court mandate, heirs and administrators, improper execution of mandate, interference with mandate, Intestate Estate, joint stipulation of voluntary discontinuance, Land Dispute, land possession, Letters of Administration, limitation on fact-finding, party to stipulation, prohibition against taking evidence on appeal, revocation of letters of administration, scope of bill of information, standing and capacity, writ of possession | the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-v-her-honor-elliot-2024 the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-vs-golda-a-bonah-elliot-2024 | appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-information civil-procedure demarcation-of-land due-process ejectment-principles enforcement-of-judgment execution-of-supreme-court-mandate heirs-and-administrators improper-execution-of-mandate interference-with-mandate intestate-estate joint-stipulation-of-voluntary-discontinuance land-dispute land-possession letters-of-administration limitation-on-fact-finding party-to-stipulation prohibition-against-taking-evidence-on-appeal revocation-of-letters-of-administration scope-of-bill-of-information standing-and-capacity writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell v. Her Honor Golda A. Bonah Elliott (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Evidence, execution of mandate, factual issues, Intestate Estate, irregular execution of mandate, joint stipulation of voluntary discontinuance, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, Probate Law, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of possession | the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-v-her-honor-golda-a-bonah-elliott-2024 | 2019-opinions appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure evidence execution-of-mandate factual-issues intestate-estate irregular-execution-of-mandate joint-stipulation-of-voluntary-discontinuance land-dispute letters-of-administration montserrado-county probate-law standing supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Toure v Ross et al. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Law Court, discretion to deny declaratory relief, Henry S. Soue, Intestate Estate of Robert T. Toe and Rebecca Toe, judgment affirmed with modification, Lavan S. Browne, lump-sum demand, Michael N. Toe, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado, Morris V. Toure, Munah S. Toe Gibson, oral real estate agreement, ownership dispute, partial payment, petition for declaratory judgment, Philip T. Ross, Prince T. Toe Sr., probate court approval, Real Property, refund of purchase monies, right of first refusal, Robert N. Toe, Rudolph N. Horace, sale to third party, Sarah G. Soue, statute of frauds, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tony (Praise O. T. Lawal), unenforceable oral contract, unfinished building lease, Velma B. Ross, Wilmot W. Toe | toure-v-ross-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-law-court discretion-to-deny-declaratory-relief henry-s-soue intestate-estate-of-robert-t-toe-and-rebecca-toe judgment-affirmed-with-modification lavan-s-browne lump-sum-demand michael-n-toe monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado morris-v-toure munah-s-toe-gibson oral-real-estate-agreement ownership-dispute partial-payment petition-for-declaratory-judgment philip-t-ross prince-t-toe-sr probate-court-approval real-property refund-of-purchase-monies right-of-first-refusal robert-n-toe rudolph-n-horace sale-to-third-party sarah-g-soue statute-of-frauds supreme-court-of-liberia tony-praise-o-t-lawal unenforceable-oral-contract unfinished-building-lease velma-b-ross wilmot-w-toe | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | |
| Wesley et al vs. His Honor Yamie Gbeisay et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Amos Geah-Doe, Appellate Review, Barnersville, Bill of information, biological heirship, bona fide ownership, civil law, Civil Law Court, closure of estate, constitutional rights, court decree of sale, Decree of Sale, denial of day in court, determination of heirs, Due Process, Ejectment, ELWA Road, Enforcement of Judgment, estate distribution, estates and trusts, eviction, heirs and beneficiaries, improper execution of mandate, improper transfer, Intestate Estate, judgment not binding on nonparties, judicial overreach, Jurisdiction, King Gray Town, lack of probate jurisdiction, Letters of Administration, long possession, mandate compliance, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, nonparty rights, Paynesville, petition for revocation of letters of administration, possession of real property, Probate Law, Property Rights, quashing writ, real property dispute, revocation of letters of administration, right to property, Sheaplor R. Dunbar, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, title holders, unlawful eviction, Writ of Error, writ of execution, writ of possession, Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay | wesley-et-al-vs-his-honor-yamie-gbeisay-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions amos-geah-doe appellate-review barnersville bill-of-information biological-heirship bona-fide-ownership civil-law civil-law-court closure-of-estate constitutional-rights court-decree-of-sale decree-of-sale denial-of-day-in-court determination-of-heirs due-process ejectment elwa-road enforcement-of-judgment estate-distribution estates-and-trusts eviction heirs-and-beneficiaries improper-execution-of-mandate improper-transfer intestate-estate judgment-not-binding-on-nonparties judicial-overreach jurisdiction king-gray-town lack-of-probate-jurisdiction letters-of-administration long-possession mandate-compliance monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county nonparty-rights paynesville petition-for-revocation-of-letters-of-administration possession-of-real-property probate-law property-rights quashing-writ real-property-dispute revocation-of-letters-of-administration right-to-property sheaplor-r-dunbar sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia title-holders unlawful-eviction writ-of-error writ-of-execution writ-of-possession yamie-quiqui-gbeisay | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | |
| Zayzay et. al. v. ABC Childrens Aid Lib. (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, aborigines deed, action of ejectment, Appeal, capacity to intervene, Civil Law Court, costs against appellants, Decree of Sale, encroachment, Estoppel, eviction, Gbengbah Town, idem sonans, intervention, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Laches, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Paynesville, preliminary injunction (vacated), property ownership, restitution of possession, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, Waiver, wrongful withholding | zayzay-et-al-v-abc-childrens-aid-lib-2019 | 2019-opinions aborigines-deed action-of-ejectment appeal capacity-to-intervene civil-law-court costs-against-appellants decree-of-sale encroachment estoppel eviction gbengbah-town idem-sonans intervention intestate-estate jury-verdict laches land-dispute letters-of-administration metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial paynesville preliminary-injunction-vacated property-ownership restitution-of-possession standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver wrongful-withholding | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court |