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Harmon v Horace LRSC 6; 10 LLR 29 (1948)

H. LAFAYETTE HARMON, Counsellor-at-Law, Petitioner, v. S. RAYMOND HORACE, Commissioner of the Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Respondent. APPEAL FROM THE CHAMBERS OF MR. JUSTICE SHANNON. Argued March 22, 1948. Decided April 30, 1948. 1. It is not the...

Harris v Harris et al LRSC 12; 9 LLR 338 (1947)

S. ALFRED P. HARRIS, Petitioner, v. SARAH V. HARRIS and His Honor EMMANUEL W. WILLIAMS, Resident Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Montserrado County, Respondents.   APPEAL FROM THE CHAMBERS OF MR. JUSTICE REEVES.   Argued March 13, 1947. Decided...

Wiles v Peters LRSC 6; 9 LLR 179 (1946)

JAMES S. WILES, Appellant, v. WALTER PETERS, Agent for MESSRS. WEST & COMPANY, Monrovia, Appellee.   APPEAL IN AN ACTION OF DEBT.   Argued March 23, April 9, 10, 1946. Decided May 10, 1946.   1. An appellate court cannot legally pass upon questions...

Gittens v Yanfor et al LRSC 15; 10 LLR 176 (1949)

JAMES A. GITTENS, Commissioner of Probate, Montserrado County, and SAMUEL M. DAVIES, an Heir of the Late B. J. DAVIES, Appellants, v. MARY B. YANFOR, Executrix, and THOMAS E. K. BROWN and J. G. B. DAVIES, Administrators cum testamento annexo of the Estate of the Late...

Barbour v Bickersteth LRSC 1; 8 LLR 184 (1944)

JOSEPH W. S. BARBOUR, Appellant, v. ELIZABETH BICKERSTETH, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, MONTERRADO COUNTY.   Argued January 19, 1944. Decided February 4, 1944.   A neglect to have probated and registered any...

Johns v Pelham et al LRSC 15; 8 LLR 296 (1944)

Case No. I. WILLIAM A. JOHNS, Heir of the Late HON. J. J. W. JOHNS, Appellant, v. T. E. CESS PELHAM and WILLIAM N. WITHERSPOON, Appellees. Case No. II. T. E. CESS PELHAM, Appellant, v. WILLIAM N. WITHERSPOON and RICHARD P. GREENE, SR., Curator of Intestate Estates,...

Wear v Yawa LRSC 23; 8 LLR 361 (1944)

DAVIES WEAR alias TEAH (MATTHEW W. DAVIES), Appellant, v. KPAH-LEANDH-JAIYAWA, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM THE MONTHLY AND PROBATE COURT OF MONTSERRADO COUNTY.   Argued April 25, October 11, 12, 1944. Decided November 17, 1944.   He who submits to the...

Dennis v Dennis LRSC 17; 7 LLR 288 (1941)

ROBERT H. DENNIS, Appellant, v. EMMA DENNIS, Appellee.   APPEAL IN ACTION OF DIVORCE.   Argued December 2, 3, 1941. Decided December 30, 1941.   Where the pleadings are not properly drawn, the case will be remanded with instructions permitting the...

In re C. Abayomi Cassell LRSC 5; 10 LLR 17 (1948)

In re C. ABAYOMI CASSELL, Attorney General of LIBERIA, Respondent. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. Decided April 30, 1948. 1. One who is not a party to a suit can be held liable for violation of an injunctive order if he is in privity with the defendant. 2. Obedience to a...

Harris v Harris et al LRSC 13; 9 LLR 344 (1947)

S. ALFRED P. HARRIS, Petitioner-in-Certiorari, v. SARAH V. HARRIS and His Honor EMMANUEL W. WILLIAMS, Resident Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Montserrado County, Respondents-in-Certiorari.   PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI.   Argued March 13,...

Goodridge v Brown LRSC 11; 10 LLR 129 (1949)

EVERETT J. GOODRIDGE, Appellant, v. ANGELA DENNIS-BROWN, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM DECREE IN EQUITY.   Argued March 23, 1949. Decided April 22, 1949.   1. It is in the bill and not in the caption that the nature and extent of the wrongs complained of and...

Brown v Settro LRSC 41; 8 LLR 284 (1944)

SAWEA BROWN, Appellant, v. D. T. SETTRO, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM DENIAL OF PETITION FOR EQUITY OF REDEMPTION.   Argued April 20, 1944. Decided May 4, 1944.   1. Wherever a conveyance, assignment, or other instrument transferring an estate is originally...

Johns v Witherspoon LRSC 32; 8 LLR 462 (1944)

WILLIAM A. JOHNS, Heir of the Late Honorable J. J. W. JOHNS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM N. WITHERSPOON, Appellee.   APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SINOE COUNTY.   Argued November 20, 1944. Decided December 15, 1944.   1....