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Jones et al v Dennis LRSC 18; 8 LLR 342 (1944)

REBECCA JONES, PARNELLA NORTH, MARY E. PRITCHARD, VALENTINE BROWN, and JOHN W. PRITCHARD, Appellants, v. JAMES W. DENNIS, Executor of the last Will and Testament of MARIA L. DENNIS of Careysburg, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL...

Dennis Mitchell v RL LRSC 3; 7 LLR 134 (1941)

HARRIETTE DENNIS-MITCHELL, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM CONVICTION OF EMBEZZLEMENT.   Argued January 9, 13, 1941. Decided January 17, 1941.   1. Larceny and embezzlement are cognate offenses where the object is to...

Dennis v Reffell LRSC 1; 7 LLR 332 (1942)

JOSEPH F. DENNIS, Appellant, v. HELEN REFFELL, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, MONTSERRADO COUNTY.   Argued January 26, 1942. Decided February 6, 1942.   1. Illness of counsel is good ground for continuance....

Massaquoi v Kutu LRSC 1; 10 LLR 3 (1948)

CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA AT MARCH TERM, 1948. AL-HAJ MASSAQUOI, Appellant, v. MADAME KUTU, Appellee. ACTION OF DEBT. Argued March 16, 1948. Decided April 30, 1948. Where the debt is not denied but inadequate notice of a demand for...

In re D.C Caranda LRSC 4; 9 LLR 240 (1947)

In re His Honor D. C. CARANDA, Commissioner of Probate for Montserrado County, Respondent.   APPEAL FROM THE CHAMBERS OF MR. JUSTICE SHANNON.   Argued December 9, 12, 1946. Decided January 31, 1947.   It is contempt of court for a Commissioner of...

George v George LRSC 4; 9 LLR 33 (1945)

COKER JEROME GEORGE, Appellant, v. PHILLIPA C. M. GEORGE, Appellee APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SINOE COUNTY. Argued March 21, 22, 1945. Decided May 4, 1945. 1. Where it is contended that a verdict is contrary to evidence, a motion for...

Jackson v RL LRSC 21; 10 LLR 220 (1949)

JOSEPH JACKSON, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, MONTSERRADO COUNTY.   Argued November 14, 16, 1949. Decided December 16, 1949.   Where defendant, with a grudge against decedent,...

Bull v Lomax LRSC 40; 8 LLR 481 (1944)

JAMES C. BULL, Appellant, v. Thomas C. LOMAX, Curator of Intestate Estates, Montserrado County, and D. S. ROBERTS, Appellees.   DISMISSAL OF APPEAL.   [Undated.]   OBJECTIONS TO PROBATE OF CURATOR’S DEED: This cause having been called for hearing...

Freeman v Twe et al LRSC 10; 7 LLR 227 (1941)

SUBEH FREEMAN, Plaintiff-in-Error, v. NYONNOH TWE, NUGENT H. GIBSON, Commissioner of Probate, Montserrado County, and POHLMAN J. BRACEWELL, Sheriff of Montserrado County, Defendants-in-Error.   WRIT OF ERROR TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PROBATE.   Argued April 22,...

Dennis v RL LRSC 2; 7 LLR 341 (1942)

JOSEPH F. DENNIS, Petitioner, v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, Respondent.   PETITION FOR REARG1UMENT.   Argued January 6, 1942. Decided February 6, 1942.   1. To disqualify a judge who had previously been of counsel for a party, it must be shown that he had...

Paye v RL LRSC 8; 10 LLR 55 (1948)

54 LIBERIAN LAW REPORTS absence of any record to show that the appellant made an effort to have the court suspend the rule, as improper as it may have been to do so in the face of objections properly taken, I am the more forcefully persuaded of the correctness of my...

Johns v Erspoon LRSC 15; 9 LLR 376 (1947)

WILLIAM A. JOHNS, Heir of the Late Honorable J. J. W. JOHNS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM N. WITHERSPOON, Appellee.   MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SINOE COUNTY.   Argued April 16, 1947. Decided May 9, 1947.  ...