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Coleman et al v The Intestate Estate of the Late Emmanuel R. Gibson (2026), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , coleman-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-emmanuel-r-gibson-20262026-opinions acquiescence administrators appellate-review authenticity-of-deed bench-trial bernard-farm burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims cross-examination due-process ejectment eviction evidentiary-weight failure-to-consider-material-evidence fraud-allegation fraudulent-deed historical-facts historical-invalidity-of-deed intestate-estate invalid-deed investigative-survey joseph-james-cheeseman judgment-reversal judicial-notice jury-trial land-dispute letters-of-administration mandate misapplication-of-law mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county notice-of-assignment ouster paynesville possession president-william-d-coleman probate-law procedural-law proof-of-fraud property-ownership property-rights-protection public-land-sale-deed real-property reliance-on-survey remand reversible-error right-to-be-heard supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-dispute unlawful-occupation waiver-of-jury-trial wrongful-withholding2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
Dwanyen et al v RL et al LRSC 7; 34 LLR 354 (1987), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , dwanyen-et-al-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-7-34-llr-354-19871987-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-judgment1987-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases insurance-law probate-law supreme-court
Gage v Gage et al LRSC 11; 6 LLR 246 (1938), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , gage-v-gage-et-al-lrsc-11-6-llr-246-19381938-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-estates1938-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court
His Honor Holder et al. v Sirleaf Hage et al. LRSC 23 (2014), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , his-honor-holder-et-al-v-sirleaf-hage-et-al-lrsc-23-20142014-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-prohibition2014-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey v Intestate Estate of Karboyan (2024), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , intestate-estate-of-daniel-webster-urey-vs-intestate-estate-of-karboyan-20242024-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-distances2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
Jallah v Jallah et al. LRSC 49 (2015), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jallah-v-jallah-et-al-lrsc-49-20152015-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-court2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court
Jartu v Konneh LRSC 6; 10 LLR 318 (1950), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jartu-v-konneh-lrsc-6-10-llr-318-19501950-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-dower1950-1 civil-procedure-law-cases customary-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court
Martin, Sr. v Wiles, Jr. (2024), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jr-2024 lysander-g-martin martin-sr-v-wilesadministration-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-prohibition2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases family-law-case-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
Richardson v Gabbidon LRSC 44; 15 LLR 434 (1963), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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-estates1963-1 inheritance-law-cases probate-law supreme-court
Subah Belleh v Oniyama LRSC 4 (2015), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , subah-belleh-v-oniyama-lrsc-4-20152015-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-laches2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
Subah Belleh v Oniyama LRSC 5 (2015) (Dissent), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , subah-belleh-v-oniyama-lrsc-5-20152015-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-property2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases dissenting-opinions inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
Sumo v Bongay et al (2026), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , sumo-v-bongay-et-al-20262026-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-withholding2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases ethics evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
The First United Methodist Church v Hage (2025), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , the-first-united-methodist-church-v-hage-20252025-opinions appeal appellate-review authentication-of-document bill-in-equity board-resolution burden-of-proof cancellation-of-instrument cancellation-of-lease-agreement church-property circumstantial-evidence contradictions-and-inconsistencies corporate-authority costs credibility-of-witnesses due-process ejectment equitable-relief equity forgery fraud fraud-not-presumed fraudulent-procurement grand-bassa-county kakata landlord-and-tenant leasehold-interest mandate margibi-county monrovia montserrado-county notarization notice-to-vacate possessory-rights preponderance-of-evidence probate-and-registration ratification rental-arrears reversal-of-trial-court second-judicial-circuit-court signature-fee summary-ejectment supreme-court-of-liberia undue-influence unlawful-withholding2025-1 contract-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
The Intestate Estate of AB Mars v. Freeman et al (2023), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , the-intestate-estate-of-ab-mars-v-freeman-et-al-20232023-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-company2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
The Testate Estate of the Estate of the Late William Thomas Bernard v The Intestate Estate of the late Martha Stubblefield Bernard (2016), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , the-testate-estate-of-the-estate-of-the-late-william-thomas-bernard-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-martha-stubblefield-bernard-20162016-opinions administration-of-estates administrator-de-bonis-non admissibility-of-evidence appellate-procedure appellate-review appraisement-of-estate beneficiaries burden-of-proof cdc certiorari civil-law congress-for-democratic-change damages decedents-estates-law devise devisees documentary-evidence dower-admeasurement dower-rights ejectment ejectment-action election-against-will estate-administration estate-closure estate-litigation estoppel eviction evidentiary-burden executor-and-executrix fee-simple-title fraud-allegations fraudulent-conveyance-allegations illegal-occupancy inheritance-law intestate-estate intestate-succession inventory-of-estate joint-tenancy judicial-mandate judicial-review laches landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement lease-proceeds legal-standing legal-title legatees letters-of-administration letters-testamentary liberian-property-law matrimonial-home monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county ownership-dispute possessory-rights probate-appeal probate-court probate-jurisdiction probate-law probate-proceedings proof-of-fraud property-damages property-ownership purchase-of-matrimonial-home real-property reeves-v-johnson res-judicata restitution stronger-title-doctrine succession-law supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia surviving-spouse-election surviving-spouse-rights testamentary-disposition testate-estate testate-succession title-dispute unjust-enrichment unlawful-detention waiver widows-election writ-of-possession wrongful-possession wrongful-withholding2016-1 family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court
Wesley et al vs. His Honor Yamie Gbeisay et al (2023), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wesley-et-al-vs-his-honor-yamie-gbeisay-et-al-20232023-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-gbeisay2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court