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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 | |
| Abi Rached v Gemayel et al LRSC 25; 17 LLR 14 (1965) | 1965, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 1965 Opinions, Chambers Justice, civil law, constructive service, equity procedure, Estoppel, Jurisdiction, Lease Cancellation, Montserrado County, Service by Publication, sublease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | 1965-opinions chambers-justice civil-law constructive-service equity-procedure estoppel jurisdiction lease-cancellation montserrado-county service-by-publication sublease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 1965-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Afriland Bank Liberia Limited v The Management of Kailondo, Inc. (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, audit report, Banking Law, Commercial Law, counsel fees, court-appointed referee, Default, demand letter, Due Process, escrow deposit, Foreclosure of Mortgage, interest and penalties, loan restructuring, Montserrado County, mortgage deed, motion to rescind judgment, notice requirement, objection to referee report, overdraft facility, proper accounting, reversal and remand, scope of reference, secured transactions, Supreme Court of Liberia | afriland-bank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-kailondo | 2025-opinions appellate-review audit-report banking-law commercial-law counsel-fees court-appointed-referee default demand-letter due-process escrow-deposit foreclosure-of-mortgage interest-and-penalties loan-restructuring montserrado-county mortgage-deed motion-to-rescind-judgment notice-requirement objection-to-referee-report overdraft-facility proper-accounting reversal-and-remand scope-of-reference secured-transactions supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ammons et al. v. The Intestate Estate of William E. Browne (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Investigative Survey, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, Paynesville, procedural error, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey irregularities, title deed, wrongful withholding | ammons-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-william-e-browne-2025 | 2025-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court due-process ejectment investigative-survey jury-trial land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county paynesville procedural-error property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia survey-irregularities title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| APM Terminals Ltd. v TRH Trading Corporation and Fresh Frozen Food (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinion, apm terminals liberia, Commercial Court, concession agreement, contractual authority, declaratory judgment, freeport of monrovia, fresh frozen food, health and safety standards, Ministry of Commerce, Property Rights, reefer containers, regulatory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, tariff guide, trh trading corporation, unauthorized plugging | apm-terminals-ltd-v-trh-trading-corporation-and-fresh-frozen-food-2025 | 2025-opinion apm-terminals-liberia commercial-court concession-agreement contractual-authority declaratory-judgment freeport-of-monrovia fresh-frozen-food health-and-safety-standards ministry-of-commerce property-rights reefer-containers regulatory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia tariff-guide trh-trading-corporation unauthorized-plugging | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bah v RL LRSC 42; 36 LLR 541 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1989 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, defective indictment, Due Process, grand jury, indictment, Jurisdiction, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, motion in arrest of judgment, nullity of judgment, presentment in open court, Presumption of Innocence, Restitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance between indictment and proof | bah-v-rl-lrsc-42-36-llr-541-1989 | 1989-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule criminal-court-c criminal-law criminal-procedure defective-indictment due-process grand-jury indictment jurisdiction misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county motion-in-arrest-of-judgment nullity-of-judgment presentment-in-open-court presumption-of-innocence restitution supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance-between-indictment-and-proof | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bauchau v USA et al LRSC 7; 40 LLR 58 (2000) | 2000, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, International Law (Case), Property Law | 2000 Opinions, arbitration clause, Article 66, case dismissed without prejudice, constitutional interpretation, diplomatic immunity, Jurisdiction, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montserrado County, original jurisdiction, political question doctrine, sanctity of contract, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court of Liberia, tripartite lease agreement, UNCITRAL, United States Embassy, Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, waiver of immunity | bauchau-v-usa-et-al-lrsc-7-40-llr-58-2000 | 2000-opinions arbitration-clause article-66 case-dismissed-without-prejudice constitutional-interpretation diplomatic-immunity jurisdiction ministry-of-foreign-affairs montserrado-county original-jurisdiction political-question-doctrine sanctity-of-contract sovereign-immunity supreme-court-of-liberia tripartite-lease-agreement uncitral united-states-embassy vienna-convention-on-diplomatic-relations waiver-of-immunity | 2000-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases international-law-case 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 | |
| Bentley International Incorporation v RL LRSC 12 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Contract Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2014 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 10.7, Civil Procedure Law Section 41.7, compliance with mandate, concession agreement, contractual interpretation, declaratory judgment, Default Judgment, Due Process, Equitable Relief, ex parte proceeding, executive approval, Executive Law Section 33.2(a), expiration of concession, exploration license, Force Majeure, Freedom Gold Limited, Government of Liberia, Hummingbird Resources (Liberia) Inc., intervenor, judicial authority to rescind, Jurisdiction, legislative ratification, mandamus, mandate of Supreme Court, mineral development agreement, Mines and Energy, mining concession, Mining Law, ministerial authority, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Lands, Motion for Relief from Judgment, motion to rescind ruling, natural resources law, nunc pro tunc appeal, petition for writ of mandamus, Property Rights, renewal of concession, repossession, separation of powers, Service of Process, Statutory interpretation, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia, term of court, writ of possession | bentley-international-incorporation-v-rl-lrsc-12-2014 | 2014-opinions administrative-law appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-10-7 civil-procedure-law-section-41-7 compliance-with-mandate concession-agreement contractual-interpretation declaratory-judgment default-judgment due-process equitable-relief ex-parte-proceeding executive-approval executive-law-section-33-2a expiration-of-concession exploration-license force-majeure freedom-gold-limited government-of-liberia hummingbird-resources-liberia-inc intervenor judicial-authority-to-rescind jurisdiction legislative-ratification mandamus mandate-of-supreme-court mineral-development-agreement mines-and-energy mining-concession mining-law ministerial-authority ministry-of-finance ministry-of-justice ministry-of-lands motion-for-relief-from-judgment motion-to-rescind-ruling natural-resources-law nunc-pro-tunc-appeal petition-for-writ-of-mandamus property-rights renewal-of-concession repossession separation-of-powers service-of-process statutory-interpretation stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia term-of-court writ-of-possession | 2014-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases concession-law-supreme-court contract-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law 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 | |
| Beyan et al. v King Peter’s Orphanage LRSC 45 (2013) | Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Decisions by Index, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2013 Opinions, agency and fiduciary duty, Appeal, appointment of deputizing counsel, bench trial, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, Default Judgment, Equitable Relief, excusable neglect, immediate rendition of judgment, land sale contract, master–agent relationship, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, Paynesville, preponderance of the evidence, Real Property, receipt as contract, right to appeal, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | beyan-et-al-v-king-peters-orphanage-lrsc-45-2013 | 2013-opinions agency-and-fiduciary-duty appeal appointment-of-deputizing-counsel bench-trial burden-of-proof civil-law civil-procedure-law default-judgment equitable-relief excusable-neglect immediate-rendition-of-judgment land-sale-contract master-agent-relationship modification-of-judgment montserrado-county notice-of-assignment paynesville preponderance-of-the-evidence real-property receipt-as-contract right-to-appeal specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases decisions-by-index evidence-law 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 | |
| Bloyougar et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Kollie (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, adjoining landowners, administrator, Administrator’s Deed, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration agreement, arbitration survey, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, board of arbitration, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Costs Against Appellant, damages claim, deed description, deed plotting, disputed signature, Ejectment, encroachment, enforcement of arbitration award, Estate Administration, eviction, fraud allegation, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, Older Title, Paynesville City, priority of title, property ownership, public land sale deed, Real Property, restitution of possession, Samuel Kanyon Doe Boulevard, Section 64.11(2), service of notice, SKD Boulevard Community, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey notice, thirty-day statutory period, title deed, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 seluminee-bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 | 2024-opinions adjoining-landowners administrator administrators-deed appellate-review arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-survey bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information board-of-arbitration civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-against-appellant damages-claim deed-description deed-plotting disputed-signature ejectment encroachment enforcement-of-arbitration-award estate-administration eviction fraud-allegation intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county notice-of-assignment older-title paynesville-city priority-of-title property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-property restitution-of-possession samuel-kanyon-doe-boulevard section-64-112 service-of-notice skd-boulevard-community supreme-court-of-liberia survey-notice thirty-day-statutory-period title-deed vacating-arbitration-award waiver warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Boiboi v. Guwesa et al. (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, Arbitration Award, Chapter 64 Civil Procedure Law, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, Paynesville, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey irregularities, title deed, vacating an award, wrongful withholding | boiboi-v-guwesa-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review arbitration-award chapter-64-civil-procedure-law civil-law civil-law-court ejectment encroachment investigative-survey land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county paynesville property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia survey-irregularities title-deed vacating-an-award wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-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. 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 | |
| Carmmo et al v. Inestate Estate of Alhaji Turay (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2022 Opinions, abuse of process, administrators, affirmation, Appellate Review, Barnersville, Bill of information, Certiorari, civil law, Civil Law Court, Contempt, contempt of court, court order compliance, disobedience of court order, Due Process, Ejectment, enforcement of mandate, Estate Administration, fair hearing, Friends of Liberia Association v. Thompson, Gardensville, grantee in possession, Injunction, interlocutory judgment review, interlocutory ruling, Intestate Estate, Joinder of Parties, Justice in Chambers, Land Dispute, lis pendens effect, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to join, newly discovered evidence, ouster, pending motions, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, pleadings rested, possession of real property, preliminary injunction, procedural irregularity, property transfer during litigation, Real Property, repossession, responsive pleadings, sale of disputed property, self-help eviction, Sixth Judicial Circuit, stipulation of parties, Substantive Justice, Substitution of Parties, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title in dispute, trial court error, ultra vires ruling, unlawful eviction, voluntary discontinuance, writ confirmed | carmmo-et-al-v-inestate-estate-of-alhaji-turay-2023 | 2022-opinions abuse-of-process administrators affirmation appellate-review barnersville bill-of-information certiorari civil-law civil-law-court contempt contempt-of-court court-order-compliance disobedience-of-court-order due-process ejectment enforcement-of-mandate estate-administration fair-hearing friends-of-liberia-association-v-thompson gardensville grantee-in-possession injunction interlocutory-judgment-review interlocutory-ruling intestate-estate joinder-of-parties justice-in-chambers land-dispute lis-pendens-effect mandate montserrado-county motion-to-join newly-discovered-evidence ouster pending-motions peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari pleadings-rested possession-of-real-property preliminary-injunction procedural-irregularity property-transfer-during-litigation real-property repossession responsive-pleadings sale-of-disputed-property self-help-eviction sixth-judicial-circuit stipulation-of-parties substantive-justice substitution-of-parties summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-in-dispute trial-court-error ultra-vires-ruling unlawful-eviction voluntary-discontinuance writ-confirmed | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cee v RL LRSC 4; 36 LLR 151 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1989 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Grand Bassa County, indictment sufficiency, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, trial court jurisdiction | cee-v-rl-lrsc-4-36-llr-151-1989 | 1989-opinions appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure grand-bassa-county indictment-sufficiency motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-law supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property trial-court-jurisdiction | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Chebli V. Benson et al (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinion, Appellate Review, Breach of Lease, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, Default, Equitable Relief, Evidence, Force Majeure, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Lease Cancellation, Liberia Supreme Court, Real Property, Rental Arrears, Substantive Justice, Waiver, War Period | chebli-v-benson-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinion appellate-review breach-of-lease civil-procedure contract-law contractual-obligations default equitable-relief evidence force-majeure judicial-notice jury-trial lease-cancellation liberia-supreme-court real-property rental-arrears substantive-justice waiver war-period | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Clinton et al v His Honor Joe S. Barkon (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, Amos Clinton v. Judge Joe S. Barkon, appeal statute 10-day limit, Chambers Justice Yussif D. Kaba’s denial of mandamus affirmed, December 19 2023 opinion, effect of stay order on appeal timeline, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, late appeal bond and notice of completion, mandamus cannot compel illegal act, misrepresentation of ruling date by counsel, Motion for Relief from Judgment, petition for writ of mandamus, premature and belated bill of exceptions, Supreme Court of Liberia | clinton-et-al-v-his-honor-joe-s-barkon-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment amos-clinton-v-judge-joe-s-barkon appeal-statute-10-day-limit chambers-justice-yussif-d-kabas-denial-of-mandamus-affirmed december-19-2023-opinion effect-of-stay-order-on-appeal-timeline justice-yamie-q-gbeisay late-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion mandamus-cannot-compel-illegal-act misrepresentation-of-ruling-date-by-counsel motion-for-relief-from-judgment petition-for-writ-of-mandamus premature-and-belated-bill-of-exceptions supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Coleman et al v The Intestate Estate of the Late Emmanuel R. Gibson (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2026 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 withholding | coleman-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-emmanuel-r-gibson-2026 | 2026-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-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) v The Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Archibald F. Bernard, Bill of information, Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), consolidation denied, Danielle P. Tucker Bernard Estate, Ebrima Varney Dempster, frivolous filing sanction, Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard, Janga Kowo, Justice Jamessetta Howard Wolokollie, landlord–tenant relationship, Mandate Enforcement, Nathaniel McGill, privity (lessee–lessor), purchase negotiation, Rental Arrears, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant estoppel, Testate Estate of William Thomas Bernard Sr., writ of possession | congress-for-democratic-change-cdc-v-the-intestate-estate-of-martha-stubblefield-bernard-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment archibald-f-bernard bill-of-information congress-for-democratic-change-cdc consolidation-denied danielle-p-tucker-bernard-estate ebrima-varney-dempster frivolous-filing-sanction intestate-estate-of-martha-stubblefield-bernard janga-kowo justice-jamessetta-howard-wolokollie landlord-tenant-relationship mandate-enforcement nathaniel-mcgill privity-lessee-lessor purchase-negotiation rental-arrears supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-estoppel testate-estate-of-william-thomas-bernard-sr writ-of-possession | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-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 | |
| Cooper v Liberia Land Authority (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appeal Procedure, civil law, concession on record, costs against respondent, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, judgment without opinion, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, public authority litigation, resumption of jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of appeal | cooper-v-liberia-land-authority-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment appeal-procedure civil-law concession-on-record costs-against-respondent ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal judgment-without-opinion land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal public-authority-litigation resumption-of-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-appeal | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cornomia v. The Estate of the Late Henry B. Dunbar (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, administrator cum testamento annexo (CTA), Appellate Review, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, eviction, Evidence, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, public land sale deed, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | cornomia-v-the-estate-of-the-late-henry-b-dunbar-2019 | 2019-opinions administrator-cum-testamento-annexo-cta appellate-review chain-of-title civil-law-court ejectment eviction evidence investigative-survey land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Davis et al v. Nevins et al (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, Adverse Possession, apartment building, Appellate Review, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bassa Community, Capitol Bypass, civil law, Civil Law Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Land Dispute, land law, Montserrado County, public land sale deed, quiet title, Real Property, rental income escrow, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, unlawful eviction, wrongful withholding | davis-et-al-v-nevins-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinions adverse-possession apartment-building appellate-review article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bassa-community capitol-bypass civil-law civil-law-court due-process ejectment land-dispute land-law montserrado-county public-land-sale-deed quiet-title real-property rental-income-escrow sixth-judicial-circuit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed unlawful-eviction wrongful-withholding | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Davis v RL LRSC 27; 40 LLR 659 (2001) | 2001, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2001 Opinions, Appellate Review, bailee liability, banking fraud, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, change of venue, circumstantial evidence, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Assizes, criminal intent, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, deception, Fiduciary Duty, First Judicial Circuit, imprisonment, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, larceny, Montserrado County, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony | davis-v-rl-lrsc-27-40-llr-659-2001 | 2001-opinions appellate-review bailee-liability banking-fraud bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof change-of-venue circumstantial-evidence corroboration-of-evidence criminal-assizes criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure deception fiduciary-duty first-judicial-circuit imprisonment indictment judicial-discretion jury-verdict larceny montserrado-county proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony | 2001-1 banking-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Davis v. Yangbe (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, abatement, action of ejectment, administrator deed, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Due Process, Ejectment, encroachment, intervention, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, mandate, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, motion to strike, pretrial motions, procedural irregularity, public land sale deed, Real Property, Reversal, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | davis-v-yangbe-2025 | 2025-opinions abatement action-of-ejectment administrator-deed appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court due-process ejectment encroachment intervention investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute mandate metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene motion-to-strike pretrial-motions procedural-irregularity public-land-sale-deed real-property reversal summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dean, Jr. v His Honor J. Boima Kontoe et al (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Executive Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2025 Opinions, ancillary proceedings, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, diamond restitution, Due Process, enforcement of mandate, Executive Law, Gbarpolu County, Government of Liberia liability, improper execution of mandate, judicial overreach, Mandate Enforcement, Minerals and Mining Law, mining license, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, non-party to judgment, official capacity actions, public officers immunity, respondeat superior, Restitution, Rule IV Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts | dean-jr-v-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions ancillary-proceedings appeal appellate-jurisdiction article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-law constitutional-law diamond-restitution due-process enforcement-of-mandate executive-law gbarpolu-county government-of-liberia-liability improper-execution-of-mandate judicial-overreach mandate-enforcement minerals-and-mining-law mining-license ministry-of-justice montserrado-county non-party-to-judgment official-capacity-actions public-officers-immunity respondeat-superior restitution rule-iv-revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court sixth-judicial-circuit standing supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court natural-resource-law-case-law 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 et al v The Intestate Estate of James Morris (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Congo Town, Ejectment, Fraudulent Deed, intervention, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Paynesville, property ownership, S.D. Cooper Road, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | dennis-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-james-morris-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court congo-town ejectment fraudulent-deed intervention investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial paynesville property-ownership s-d-cooper-road supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases 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 | |
| Dorbor v Robert (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, appellate jurisdiction, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, costs against respondent, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, general damages, indemnity requirement, insufficient appeal bond, insurance surety, issuance versus filing of notice, judgment amount coverage, Land Dispute, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, property ownership, resumption of jurisdiction, sequencing of appeal steps, Sky Insurance Company, specific damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful withholding | dorbor-v-robert-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-jurisdiction civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-against-respondent dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment general-damages indemnity-requirement insufficient-appeal-bond insurance-surety issuance-versus-filing-of-notice judgment-amount-coverage land-dispute mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal property-ownership resumption-of-jurisdiction sequencing-of-appeal-steps sky-insurance-company specific-damages supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dunbar v Roosevelt et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Law Court, constitutional law, Default Judgment, Due Process, Ejectment, Evidence, Montserrado County, new trial, notice of assignment, procedural fairness, Reversal, right to be heard, Sheriff’s Return, Supreme Court of Liberia | dunbar-v-roosevelt-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-law-court constitutional-law default-judgment due-process ejectment evidence montserrado-county new-trial notice-of-assignment procedural-fairness reversal right-to-be-heard sheriffs-return supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Eco Fuel VS. Srimex Oil & Gas (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, abuse of discretion, appellate procedure, Chambers Justice, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, contractual rights, declaratory judgment, indemnity bond, lease agreement, Monrovia, Montserrado County, petroleum storage facility, preliminary injunction, stay of enforcement, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order, writ of mandamus | eco-fuel-vs-srimex-oil-gas-2019 | 2019-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure chambers-justice civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction contractual-rights declaratory-judgment indemnity-bond lease-agreement monrovia montserrado-county petroleum-storage-facility preliminary-injunction stay-of-enforcement supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order writ-of-mandamus | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ecobank Liberia Limited v The Management of Consolidated Group, Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2020 Opinions, action of debt, alternative writ quashed, Appeal, Banking Law, banking transaction, certiorari (interlocutory review), Chambers Justice ruling reversed, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 5.51 and 6.1, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Consolidated Group, contracts (express or implied), corporate guarantee, costs to abide final determination, Debt Action, Debt Court, Default, Ecobank Liberia Limited, exhaustion of remedies, guaranty, Inc., Joinder of Parties, Jurisdiction, leasehold mortgage, loan facility, mandate to resume jurisdiction, medium term loan, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Necessary Parties, peremptory writ denied, permissive joinder, personal guarantee, petition for writ of certiorari, principal debtor and guarantor, Radacon Liberia Limited, restructuring of loan, set-off, Simeon Freeman, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized debit, writ practice | ecobank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-consolidated-group-inc-2020 ecobank-v-consolidated-group-2020 | 2020-opinions action-of-debt alternative-writ-quashed appeal banking-law banking-transaction certiorari-interlocutory-review chambers-justice-ruling-reversed civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-5-51-and-6-1 commercial-court commercial-law consolidated-group contracts-express-or-implied corporate-guarantee costs-to-abide-final-determination debt-action debt-court default ecobank-liberia-limited exhaustion-of-remedies guaranty inc joinder-of-parties jurisdiction leasehold-mortgage loan-facility mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction medium-term-loan monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure necessary-parties peremptory-writ-denied permissive-joinder personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-certiorari principal-debtor-and-guarantor radacon-liberia-limited restructuring-of-loan set-off simeon-freeman supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-debit writ-practice | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases 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 | |
| Fahnma Shopping Complex v. J. Fallah Business Center (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation with modification, Appellate Review, appellate standard of review, Bill of Exceptions, bill of lading, breach of duty, business interruption, civil law, Civil Law Court, commercial tenancy, contributory conduct, court closure, criminal vs civil action, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, economic loss, emotional distress, Estoppel, evidentiary burden, general damages, insufficiency of evidence, inventory evidence, Judicial Notice, Jury Verdict, landlord-tenant dispute, leakage liability, lease agreement, liability for premises condition, lis pendens, Magisterial Court proceedings, memorandum of understanding, mitigation of damages, mitigation principle, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to Dismiss, National Judicial Conference, Negligence, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Compliance, proof of damages, property damage, settlement agreement, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant responsibility, timeliness of appeal, tolling of time, West Point Magisterial Court | fahnma-shopping-complex-v-j-fallah-business-center-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-with-modification appellate-review appellate-standard-of-review bill-of-exceptions bill-of-lading breach-of-duty business-interruption civil-law civil-law-court commercial-tenancy contributory-conduct court-closure criminal-vs-civil-action damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care economic-loss emotional-distress estoppel evidentiary-burden general-damages insufficiency-of-evidence inventory-evidence judicial-notice jury-verdict landlord-tenant-dispute leakage-liability lease-agreement liability-for-premises-condition lis-pendens magisterial-court-proceedings memorandum-of-understanding mitigation-of-damages mitigation-principle modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss national-judicial-conference negligence preponderance-of-evidence procedural-compliance proof-of-damages property-damage settlement-agreement special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-responsibility timeliness-of-appeal tolling-of-time west-point-magisterial-court | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law maritime-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Feahn v. Her Honor Mardea T. Chenoweth et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Default Judgment, defense of property interest, destruction of property, Due Process, effect of judgment on grantee, Ejectment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Final Judgment, grantor and grantee, judgment by default, jurisdiction of court, Kpia Kpracon Town, lack of service, Margibi County, Marshall City, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, negligence of counsel, notice and service, personal jurisdiction, Property Dispute, Property Rights, Real Property, Reasonable Time, Relief from Judgment, remand, repossession, resistance to motion, Reversal, review of colleague’s ruling, right to be heard, Section 41.7 Civil Procedure Law, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, Void Judgment, writ of possession, writ of summons | feahn-v-her-honor-mardea-t-chenoweth-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment appellate-review attorney-in-fact bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law concurrent-jurisdiction default-judgment defense-of-property-interest destruction-of-property due-process effect-of-judgment-on-grantee ejectment failure-to-perfect-appeal final-judgment grantor-and-grantee judgment-by-default jurisdiction-of-court kpia-kpracon-town lack-of-service margibi-county marshall-city monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment negligence-of-counsel notice-and-service personal-jurisdiction property-dispute property-rights real-property reasonable-time relief-from-judgment remand repossession resistance-to-motion reversal review-of-colleagues-ruling right-to-be-heard section-41-7-civil-procedure-law subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error void-judgment writ-of-possession writ-of-summons | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fofana et al v. Fofana (2023) | 2023, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, adverse possession vs. permissive possession, attempted intervention by Intestate Estate of Wilmot F. Dennis, enforcement of landlord–tenant good faith, estoppel of person entrusted with title, Investigative Survey, jury verdict not against weight of evidence, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Moivamba Fofana v. Alhaji Kalamo Fofana, statute of limitations to recover real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful occupation and withholding of land | fofana-et-al-v-fofana-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment adverse-possession-vs-permissive-possession attempted-intervention-by-intestate-estate-of-wilmot-f-dennis enforcement-of-landlord-tenant-good-faith estoppel-of-person-entrusted-with-title investigative-survey jury-verdict-not-against-weight-of-evidence justice-yussif-d-kaba moivamba-fofana-v-alhaji-kalamo-fofana statute-of-limitations-to-recover-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-occupation-and-withholding-of-land | 2023-1 evidence-law 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 | |
| Gardiner v James (2015) | 2015, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, adjudication map, arbitration, Arbitration Award, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Ejectment, encroachment, executor’s deed, Investigative Survey, Jury Trial, land law, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, Monrovia, overlapping titles, property ownership, public land sale deed, quitclaim deed, Real Property, remand for new trial, Sinkor, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, Tubman Boulevard, wrongful withholding of property | gardiner-v-james-2015 | 2015-opinions adjudication-map arbitration arbitration-award burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law ejectment encroachment executors-deed investigative-survey jury-trial land-law metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy monrovia overlapping-titles property-ownership public-land-sale-deed quitclaim-deed real-property remand-for-new-trial sinkor summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed tubman-boulevard wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2015-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases 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 | |
| Gibson v Williams LRSC 31; 33 LLR 193 (1985) | 1985, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1985 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmative defense, case dismissed without prejudice, Civil Law Court, complaint specificity, Due Process, Ejectment, general denial, judgment reversed, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, notice of claim, pleading requirements, procedural error, property description, public land sale deed, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of possession | gibson-v-williams-lrsc-31-33-llr-193-1985 | 1985-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmative-defense case-dismissed-without-prejudice civil-law-court complaint-specificity due-process ejectment general-denial judgment-reversed jury-verdict land-dispute montserrado-county notice-of-claim pleading-requirements procedural-error property-description public-land-sale-deed supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-possession | 1985-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Goll v Jackollie et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affidavit of attestation, affirmation of lower court, American Life Insurance Company v Sandy, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Barclay v Digen, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide purchaser, boundary dispute, Brewerville, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, correction of deed, damages for wrongful detention, defective deed, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary weight, extinguishment of interest, Fraudulent Deed, general damages, improper party substitution, International Trust Company v Sandy, intervention, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, legal representation, Liberia Land Authority, Liberia Oil Refinery Company v Ibrahim Mahmoud, locus standi, mandate to lower court, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, National Archives records, pleadings, preponderance of evidence, probate court decree, procedural irregularity, proper party, property ownership, real party in interest, Real Property, restitution of possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, St Stephen v Gbezee, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, title verification, transfer of title, trespass, trial procedure, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | goll-v-jackollie-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affidavit-of-attestation affirmation-of-lower-court american-life-insurance-company-v-sandy appellate-review attorney-in-fact barclay-v-digen benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-purchaser boundary-dispute brewerville burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court correction-of-deed damages-for-wrongful-detention defective-deed ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-weight extinguishment-of-interest fraudulent-deed general-damages improper-party-substitution international-trust-company-v-sandy intervention jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict land-dispute legal-representation liberia-land-authority liberia-oil-refinery-company-v-ibrahim-mahmoud locus-standi mandate-to-lower-court misrepresentation montserrado-county motion-to-intervene national-archives-records pleadings preponderance-of-evidence probate-court-decree procedural-irregularity proper-party property-ownership real-party-in-interest real-property restitution-of-possession sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages st-stephen-v-gbezee standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed title-verification transfer-of-title trespass trial-procedure warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Goodridge v. The Testate Estate of Togba LRSC 24 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, abuse of discretion, access to court, administrators cum testamento annexo, answer, Appellate Review, Bare Denial, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, concession by counsel, constitutional property rights, Constructive Notice, Due Process, Ejectment, enlargement of time, Estate Administration, excusable neglect, failure to hear motion, fair hearing, hearing requirement, judgment without opinion, judicial discretion, jurisdictional issues, lack of service, late filing of answer, Liberia civil procedure law., litigation process, mandate, Montserrado County, motion practice, newspaper publication, pleadings, pretrial motions, procedural error, procedural fairness, Property Rights, real property law, remand, restoration of jurisdiction, Reversible Error, right to be heard, service of summons, striking pleadings, summary disposition, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, trial court error | goodridge-v-the-testate-estate-of-togba-lrsc-24-2016 | 2016-opinions abuse-of-discretion access-to-court administrators-cum-testamento-annexo answer appellate-review bare-denial civil-law-court civil-procedure concession-by-counsel constitutional-property-rights constructive-notice due-process ejectment enlargement-of-time estate-administration excusable-neglect failure-to-hear-motion fair-hearing hearing-requirement judgment-without-opinion judicial-discretion jurisdictional-issues lack-of-service late-filing-of-answer liberia-civil-procedure-law litigation-process mandate montserrado-county motion-practice newspaper-publication pleadings pretrial-motions procedural-error procedural-fairness property-rights real-property-law remand restoration-of-jurisdiction reversible-error right-to-be-heard service-of-summons striking-pleadings summary-disposition supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate trial-court-error | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gulley et al. v The intestate Estate of the late Ethel Kaba Gayflorzee LRSC 1 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | Chambers Justice, Ejectment, foreclosure, Intestate Estate, joint tenancy, judicial sale, Liberia Supreme Court, mortgage law, NHSB, Prohibition, Real Property, Service by Publication, Sheriff’s Deed, Survivorship | gulley-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-ethel-kaba-gayflorzee-lrsc-1-2016 | chambers-justice ejectment foreclosure intestate-estate joint-tenancy judicial-sale liberia-supreme-court mortgage-law nhsb prohibition real-property service-by-publication sheriffs-deed survivorship | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gweh et al v Jah (2025) Dissent | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal, appellate procedure, civil law, Civil Law Court, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, lawyer negligence, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, Procedural Default, right to appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, transcription of records | gweh-et-al-v-jah-2025-dissent | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal appellate-procedure civil-law civil-law-court dissenting-opinion ejectment lawyer-negligence montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville procedural-default right-to-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia transcription-of-records | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases dissenting-opinions property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gweh v. Imam Isamail (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Alhaji Swalihio A. Sesay, Bill of information, bogus objection, Certiorari, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, contempt of court, court mandate, D. Morgan Paye, dilatory tactics, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, execution of judgment, Iman Ismail Sesay, Land Dispute, Lawyer Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Mandate Enforcement, Martha G. Gweh, Montserrado County, obstruction of justice, obstruction of mandate, Paynesville, physical obstruction, possession of property, Property Rights, repossession, Rule 1, Rule of Law, sheriffs, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, surveyor Kempson Murray, surveyor Tom Nimely, suspension from practice, unlawful occupancy, writ of possession | gweh-v-imam-isamail-2023 | 2023-opinions alhaji-swalihio-a-sesay bill-of-information bogus-objection certiorari civil-law-court civil-procedure code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics contempt-of-court court-mandate d-morgan-paye dilatory-tactics ejectment enforcement-of-judgment execution-of-judgment iman-ismail-sesay land-dispute lawyer-misconduct legal-ethics mandate-enforcement martha-g-gweh montserrado-county obstruction-of-justice obstruction-of-mandate paynesville physical-obstruction possession-of-property property-rights repossession rule-1 rule-of-law sheriffs sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute surveyor-kempson-murray surveyor-tom-nimely suspension-from-practice unlawful-occupancy writ-of-possession | 2023-1 civil-procedure-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 | |
| Heirs & Estate of J. A. A. Pierre v Commings; LRSC 42 (2005) | 2005, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2005 Opinions, Appeal, Appeal bond, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, Bill of Exceptions, board of arbitrators, Civil Procedure, Clerk’s Certificate, confirmation of award, dismissal of appeal, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Final Judgment, Jurisdiction, Land Dispute, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to vacate award, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Paynesville, Real Property, statutory arbitration, Supreme Court of Liberia | heirs-estate-of-j-a-a-pierre-v-commings-lrsc-42-2005 | 2005-opinions appeal appeal-bond arbitration-agreement arbitration-award bill-of-exceptions board-of-arbitrators civil-procedure clerks-certificate confirmation-of-award dismissal-of-appeal failure-to-perfect-appeal final-judgment jurisdiction land-dispute mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-vacate-award notice-of-completion-of-appeal paynesville real-property statutory-arbitration supreme-court-of-liberia | 2005-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hill v Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, appellate procedure, backdated deed, burden of proof, Chapter 15.20, Chapter 15.21, contradictions in testimony, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, deed probate and registration, double sale of land, failure to appear, felony of the second degree, five-year imprisonment, fraud in land sale, indictment, Johnsonville, Jury Trial, land law, mandate to lower court, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion for new trial, National Registry of Deeds, Nolle Prosequi, Penal Code, Real Property, reasonable doubt, Restitution, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IV Part 6(c), sentencing, severance of defendants, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey and sale | hill-jr-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 johnny-hills-jr-vs-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators-deed appellate-procedure backdated-deed burden-of-proof chapter-15-20 chapter-15-21 contradictions-in-testimony criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law deed-probate-and-registration double-sale-of-land failure-to-appear felony-of-the-second-degree five-year-imprisonment fraud-in-land-sale indictment johnsonville jury-trial land-law mandate-to-lower-court modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-new-trial national-registry-of-deeds nolle-prosequi penal-code real-property reasonable-doubt restitution revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-iv-part-6c sentencing severance-of-defendants supreme-court-of-liberia survey-and-sale | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law 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 | |
| Hne v RL LRSC 37; 33 LLR 235 (1985) | 1985, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1985 Opinions, adverse possession claim, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal trespass, Ejectment, judgment reversed, Land Dispute, misdemeanor, Montserrado County, notice to depart, Real Property, repealed statute, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, wrongful possession | hne-v-rl-lrsc-37-33-llr-235-1985 | 1985-opinions adverse-possession-claim appellate-review criminal-law criminal-trespass ejectment judgment-reversed land-dispute misdemeanor montserrado-county notice-to-depart real-property repealed-statute supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute wrongful-possession | 1985-1 criminal-law-cases 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 | |
| Howard et al v Jalloh (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, Evidence, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | howard-et-al-v-jalloh-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal civil-law-court ejectment encroachment eviction evidence investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Barzoe Tiapon vs. Intestate Estate of Marboe Tarr (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1970s UL map, 1972–1976 survey, 2024 Opinions, aborigine deed, administrators, administratrix, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, arbitration survey, award beyond submission, Bill of information, board of arbitration, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Contempt, correction of arbitration award, costs against appellee, definite award, Ejectment, enforcement of arbitration award, failure to timely challenge, Fendell, imperfect award, Intestate Estate administration, judicial overreach, King Karnley Estate, Land Dispute, land registry records, land survey, mandate, metes and bounds, Mines and Energy, Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Mines and Energy, miscalculation of figures, mistake in description, modification of arbitration award, Montserrado County, motion to modify or correct award, notice of assignment, objection to arbitration report, President Arthur Barclay, President Joseph J. Cheesman, public land sale deed, Real Property, Republic of Liberia grant, Reversal, Section 64.1, Section 64.11, Section 64.12, statutory grounds, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey notice, Time Limitation, title deed, Ultra Vires, University of Liberia Fendell Campus, Waiver, writ of arrest | intestate-estate-of-barzoe-tiapon-vs-intestate-estate-of-marboe-tarr-2024 | 1970s-ul-map 1972-1976-survey 2024-opinions aborigine-deed administrators administratrix arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award arbitration-survey award-beyond-submission bill-of-information board-of-arbitration chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law contempt correction-of-arbitration-award costs-against-appellee definite-award ejectment enforcement-of-arbitration-award failure-to-timely-challenge fendell imperfect-award intestate-estate-administration judicial-overreach king-karnley-estate land-dispute land-registry-records land-survey mandate metes-and-bounds mines-and-energy ministry-of-lands ministry-of-mines-and-energy miscalculation-of-figures mistake-in-description modification-of-arbitration-award montserrado-county motion-to-modify-or-correct-award notice-of-assignment objection-to-arbitration-report president-arthur-barclay president-joseph-j-cheesman public-land-sale-deed real-property republic-of-liberia-grant reversal section-64-1 section-64-11 section-64-12 statutory-grounds superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-notice time-limitation title-deed ultra-vires university-of-liberia-fendell-campus waiver writ-of-arrest | 2024-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-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 Kaifa Kamara et al v Intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abatement of action, action of ejectment, administrators of estate, Appellate Review, bill in equity, bona fide purchaser, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 43, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.3, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.5, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.9, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.21, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.24, Clerk’s Certificate, competing titles, contradiction of testimony, credibility of witnesses, declaratory judgment, defective title, determination of title by jury, Ejectment, Elijah Johnson Estate, Estate Administration, eviction proceedings, evidentiary weight, fiduciary capacity, fraudulent title claim, grantor and grantee, heirs and descendants, historical land claims, improper reliance on prior proceedings, Intestate Estate, Judicial Notice, jurisdictional error, jury trial requirement, Kaifa Kamara Estate, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, lessee rights, mandate to lower court, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, ownership dispute, petition for declaratory judgment, preponderance of evidence, Real Property, Rebecca Thomas Estate, relitigation, remand for new trial, Res Judicata, reversal on appeal, right to jury trial, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statute of Limitations, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court records, tenancy at will, title dispute, validity of deed, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of action | intestate-estate-of-kaifa-kamara-et-al-v-intestate-estate-of-rebecca-thomas-2026 | 2026-opinions abatement-of-action action-of-ejectment administrators-of-estate appellate-review bill-in-equity bona-fide-purchaser burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-43 civil-procedure-law-section-43-1 civil-procedure-law-section-43-3 civil-procedure-law-section-43-5 civil-procedure-law-section-43-9 civil-procedure-law-section-62-1 civil-procedure-law-section-62-21 civil-procedure-law-section-62-24 clerks-certificate competing-titles contradiction-of-testimony credibility-of-witnesses declaratory-judgment defective-title determination-of-title-by-jury ejectment elijah-johnson-estate estate-administration eviction-proceedings evidentiary-weight fiduciary-capacity fraudulent-title-claim grantor-and-grantee heirs-and-descendants historical-land-claims improper-reliance-on-prior-proceedings intestate-estate judicial-notice jurisdictional-error jury-trial-requirement kaifa-kamara-estate land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement lessee-rights mandate-to-lower-court mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county ownership-dispute petition-for-declaratory-judgment preponderance-of-evidence real-property rebecca-thomas-estate relitigation remand-for-new-trial res-judicata reversal-on-appeal right-to-jury-trial sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-limitations summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-records tenancy-at-will title-dispute validity-of-deed voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-action | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law 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 | |
| J. Annan Automobile Export and Effestrasse v. Yourne Trading Company, Inc. et al. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal Dismissal, Article IV(3), Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Commercial Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, Foreclosure Auction, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Monetary Judgment, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to Dismiss | inc-et-al-2025 j-annan-automobile-export-and-effestrasse-v-yourne-trading-company | 2025-opinions appeal-dismissal article-iv3 civil-procedure commercial-code commercial-court enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account foreclosure-auction jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court monetary-judgment mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jallah v RL (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, alleyway dispute, Appellate Review, bench trial, burden of proof, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, demolition of property, indictment, Montserrado County, municipal authority, Paynesville City Corporation, proof beyond reasonable doubt, property destruction, Property Rights, reversal of conviction, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia | jallah-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions alleyway-dispute appellate-review bench-trial burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-mischief demolition-of-property indictment montserrado-county municipal-authority paynesville-city-corporation proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt property-destruction property-rights reversal-of-conviction severance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2026-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jalloh v Intestate Estate of Thomas N. Miller (2026) | 2026, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, admissibility of expert testimony, affirmation of lower court, agency relationship, answer and reply, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 42.1, competing titles, Congo Town, credibility of witnesses, damages, Default Judgment, denial of agency, denial of motion, denial of new trial, discretion of trial court, Ejectment, eviction, evidentiary tools, expert witness, failure to produce deed, Forestry Development Authority v Walters, fraud, Freeman v Webster, general damages, grantor and grantee, harmless error doctrine, illegal entry, imperfect judgment, inconsistent pleadings, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for investigative survey, motion for new trial, pleadings, possession vs title, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Law, proof of title, property ownership, punitive damages, qualification of expert, Real Property, requirement of proof, restitution of possession, Salala Rubber Corporation v Garlawolu, Sixth Judicial Circuit, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, warranty deed, weakness of defendant’s title, wrongful occupation | jalloh-v-intestate-estate-of-thomas-n-miller-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment admissibility-of-expert-testimony affirmation-of-lower-court agency-relationship answer-and-reply appellate-review attorney-in-fact burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-42-1 competing-titles congo-town credibility-of-witnesses damages default-judgment denial-of-agency denial-of-motion denial-of-new-trial discretion-of-trial-court ejectment eviction evidentiary-tools expert-witness failure-to-produce-deed forestry-development-authority-v-walters fraud freeman-v-webster general-damages grantor-and-grantee harmless-error-doctrine illegal-entry imperfect-judgment inconsistent-pleadings investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-investigative-survey motion-for-new-trial pleadings possession-vs-title pratt-v-phillips-summerville preponderance-of-evidence procedural-law proof-of-title property-ownership punitive-damages qualification-of-expert real-property requirement-of-proof restitution-of-possession salala-rubber-corporation-v-garlawolu sixth-judicial-circuit strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed warranty-deed weakness-of-defendants-title wrongful-occupation | 2026-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Johnson v RL LRSC 77; 31 LLR 280 (1983) | 1983, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1983 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, Criminal Law, false pretense, fraud, land sale dispute, Montserrado County, Restitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony, waiver of issues | johnson-v-rl-lrsc-77-31-llr-280-1983 | 1983-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof criminal-law false-pretense fraud land-sale-dispute montserrado-county restitution supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony waiver-of-issues | 1983-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Judicial inquiry Commission (JIC) Report against Judge Kennedy Peabody (2025) | 2025, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest, Disciplinary Action, judicial accountability, Judicial Canons, judicial ethics, Judicial Inquiry Commission, judicial misconduct, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, Paynesville, self-interest, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension | judicial-inquiry-commission-jic-report-against-judge-kennedy-peabody-2025 | 2025-opinions abuse-of-discretion code-of-conduct conflict-of-interest disciplinary-action judicial-accountability judicial-canons judicial-ethics judicial-inquiry-commission judicial-misconduct land-dispute montserrado-county paynesville self-interest supreme-court-of-liberia suspension | 2025-1 constitutional-law-cases ethics property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the Late Dennis LRSC 9 (2016) | Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting for rent, ambiguity in judgment, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Breach of Lease, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.2, commercial lease, computation of lease period, contempt of court, Contract Law, costs against appellee, declaratory judgment, delay in enforcement, disobedience of mandate, dispossession, enforcement of contracts, enforcement of mandate, equitable computation of time, Equitable Relief, estate property management, evidentiary record, exclusive authority of Supreme Court, execution of judgment, extension of lease, finality of Supreme Court judgment, illegal re-entry, interpretation of contracts, interpretation of Supreme Court opinion, investigation by trial court, judicial overreach, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, mandate compliance, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, non-payment of rent, optional lease period, penalty for wrongful possession, petition for declaratory judgment, re-entry and repossession, Real Property, Realty Trust, remand to lower court, renewal clause, rental income sharing, restoration of leasehold rights, sanctions against counsel, Sixth Judicial Circuit, subordinate court jurisdiction, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of lease, trust estate, trustee authority, unlawful collection of rent, usurpation of authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-dennis-lrsc-9-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-for-rent ambiguity-in-judgment appellate-reversal appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information breach-of-lease civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-51-2 commercial-lease computation-of-lease-period contempt-of-court contract-law costs-against-appellee declaratory-judgment delay-in-enforcement disobedience-of-mandate dispossession enforcement-of-contracts enforcement-of-mandate equitable-computation-of-time equitable-relief estate-property-management evidentiary-record exclusive-authority-of-supreme-court execution-of-judgment extension-of-lease finality-of-supreme-court-judgment illegal-re-entry interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-of-supreme-court-opinion investigation-by-trial-court judicial-overreach judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest mandate-compliance monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals non-payment-of-rent optional-lease-period penalty-for-wrongful-possession petition-for-declaratory-judgment re-entry-and-repossession real-property realty-trust remand-to-lower-court renewal-clause rental-income-sharing restoration-of-leasehold-rights sanctions-against-counsel sixth-judicial-circuit subordinate-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-lease trust-estate trustee-authority unlawful-collection-of-rent usurpation-of-authority william-e-dennis-estate | civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the late William E. Dennis, Sr LRSC 13 (2016) (Dissenting Opinion) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, absence of returns, ancillary issues, appellate disagreement, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, calculation of certain period, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, commencement of optional period, commercial lease, compliance with mandate, computation of lease period, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Contract Law, declaratory judgment, disagreement with majority, Dissenting Opinion, distinction between possession and contractual rights, enforcement of mandate, equitable considerations, estate property management, evidentiary insufficiency, execution of judgment, factual uncertainty, Houssenini v Jawhary, interpretation of contracts, interpretation vs enforcement of judgment, Jawhary v Ja’neh, judicial dissent, judicial reasoning, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of lower court, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, Kamara v Kindii, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, legal reasoning critique, loss of jurisdiction upon remand, minority opinion, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, Nyumah v Kontoe, optional lease period, petition for declaratory judgment, precedent analysis, proper remedy, Real Property, Realty Trust, renewal clause, rental income sharing, scope of declaratory judgment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standard of review, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust estate, trustee authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-william-e-dennis-sr-lrsc-13-2016-dissenting-opinion | 2016-opinions absence-of-returns ancillary-issues appellate-disagreement appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information calculation-of-certain-period civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law commencement-of-optional-period commercial-lease compliance-with-mandate computation-of-lease-period concurrent-jurisdiction contract-law declaratory-judgment disagreement-with-majority dissenting-opinion distinction-between-possession-and-contractual-rights enforcement-of-mandate equitable-considerations estate-property-management evidentiary-insufficiency execution-of-judgment factual-uncertainty houssenini-v-jawhary interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-vs-enforcement-of-judgment jawhary-v-janeh judicial-dissent judicial-reasoning judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company kamara-v-kindii landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest legal-reasoning-critique loss-of-jurisdiction-upon-remand minority-opinion monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals nyumah-v-kontoe optional-lease-period petition-for-declaratory-judgment precedent-analysis proper-remedy real-property realty-trust renewal-clause rental-income-sharing scope-of-declaratory-judgment sixth-judicial-circuit standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia trust-estate trustee-authority william-e-dennis-estate | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases dissenting-opinions property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara et al. v. Keita (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, Evidence, foreclosure boundary, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | kamara-et-al-v-keita-2025 | civil-law-court ejectment encroachment eviction evidence foreclosure-boundary investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara v International Bank Liberia Limited (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law, Supreme Court | Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, foreclosure, judicial error, Judicial Review, mandate compliance, mortgage, mortgage law, motion to rescind, procedural fairness, rescission of ruling, Supreme Court of Liberia, term time, unjust enrichment, writ of certiorari | kamara-v-international-bank-liberia-limited-2025 | appellate-review civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure judicial-error judicial-review mandate-compliance mortgage mortgage-law motion-to-rescind procedural-fairness rescission-of-ruling supreme-court-of-liberia term-time unjust-enrichment writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara v Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, abatement ab initio, abuse of trust, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, common law doctrine, Criminal Assizes C, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, death of appellant, deed and map, eviction order, indictment, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, land documents, licensed surveyor, mandate, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, non-transferability of crimes, preliminary investigation, private prosecutor, private prosecutrix, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey fraud, termination of criminal proceedings, Theft of Property, Virginia | arah-kamara-vs-republic-of-liberia-2024 kamara-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions abatement-ab-initio abuse-of-trust appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions common-law-doctrine criminal-assizes-c criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law death-of-appellant deed-and-map eviction-order indictment intestate-estate jury-verdict land-documents licensed-surveyor mandate ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial non-transferability-of-crimes preliminary-investigation private-prosecutor private-prosecutrix restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia survey-fraud termination-of-criminal-proceedings theft-of-property virginia | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Karneh et al v RL LRSC 24; 29 LLR 573 (1982) | 1982, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate procedure, cancellation proceedings, civil law, Conflict of Interest, deed validity, judgment without opinion, Judicial Recusal, Land Dispute, legal representation, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Property Law, Real Property, resumption of jurisdiction, reversal of judgment, status quo ante, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed | karneh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-24-29-llr-573-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-procedure cancellation-proceedings civil-law conflict-of-interest deed-validity judgment-without-opinion judicial-recusal land-dispute legal-representation mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county property-law real-property resumption-of-jurisdiction reversal-of-judgment status-quo-ante supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed | 1982-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kasser et al v Judson (2025) | 2025, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Adverse Possession, burden of proof, Civil Procedure, Ejectment, Evidence Law, fraud, Handwriting Evidence, Jury Verdict, Liberia Supreme Court, Older Title, Property Law, Real Estate, Sale of Land, Sinkor Property Dispute | kasser-et-al-v-judson-2025 | 2025-opinions adverse-possession burden-of-proof civil-procedure ejectment evidence-law fraud handwriting-evidence jury-verdict liberia-supreme-court older-title property-law real-estate sale-of-land sinkor-property-dispute | 2025-1 evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Keita v. Keita LRSC 23 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 13th Judicial Circuit, 2016 Opinions, action for specific performance, adequacy of consideration, admission as evidence, alleged breach, Appellate Review, breach of contract, burden of proof, change of venue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 16.5, Civil Procedure Law Section 9.8(3), clean hands doctrine, clerk’s certificate nullity, collateral for loan, Conflict of Interest, contract interpretation, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, documentary evidence, enforcement of contract, Equitable Relief, equity jurisdiction, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure of proof, fraudulent conveyance, illiteracy and consent, intent of parties, Intestate Estate, judicial ethics, Judicial Recusal, Lakpazee, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, Letters of Administration, mandate to lower court, Margibi County, memorandum of understanding, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage transaction, multiple trials, non-interference clause, parol evidence rule, pleadings in special proceedings, preponderance of evidence, promissory note, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, rental income, reply not required, Restitution, reversal on appeal, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Specific Performance, Substitution of Parties, Supreme Court of Liberia, testimonial evidence, title to land, transfer of title, trial procedure, Undue Influence, unjust enrichment, validity of deed, waiver of objection, warranty deed | keita-v-keita-lrsc-23-2016 | 13th-judicial-circuit 2016-opinions action-for-specific-performance adequacy-of-consideration admission-as-evidence alleged-breach appellate-review breach-of-contract burden-of-proof change-of-venue civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-16-5 civil-procedure-law-section-9-83 clean-hands-doctrine clerks-certificate-nullity collateral-for-loan conflict-of-interest contract-interpretation contract-law contractual-obligations documentary-evidence enforcement-of-contract equitable-relief equity-jurisdiction estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-of-proof fraudulent-conveyance illiteracy-and-consent intent-of-parties intestate-estate judicial-ethics judicial-recusal lakpazee landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest letters-of-administration mandate-to-lower-court margibi-county memorandum-of-understanding misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-transaction multiple-trials non-interference-clause parol-evidence-rule pleadings-in-special-proceedings preponderance-of-evidence promissory-note quiet-enjoyment real-property rental-income reply-not-required restitution reversal-on-appeal sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit specific-performance substitution-of-parties supreme-court-of-liberia testimonial-evidence title-to-land transfer-of-title trial-procedure undue-influence unjust-enrichment validity-of-deed waiver-of-objection warranty-deed | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kennedy et al v Carlton Petroleum Inc. [1997] LRSC 4_ 38 LLR 360 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1997 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, approval of appeal bond, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, costs taxed against appellants, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to file resistance, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Jurisdiction, mandatory statutory requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, neglect of counsel, Nonappearance of Counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, service of notice of completion, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Sixty-Day Rule, Supreme Court of Liberia | kennedy-et-al-v-carlton-petroleum-inc-1997-lrsc-4_-38-llr-360-1997-22-july-1997 | 1997-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure approval-of-appeal-bond civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-taxed-against-appellants dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-file-resistance failure-to-perfect-appeal jurisdiction mandatory-statutory-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal neglect-of-counsel nonappearance-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal service-of-notice-of-completion sixth-judicial-circuit sixty-day-rule supreme-court-of-liberia | 1997-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kissa v Stublefield et al LRSC 5; 1 LLR 342 (1899) | 1899, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Property Law | absence of contemptuous intent, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, assent of court officer, attorney conduct, Civil Procedure, contempt of court, costs of suit, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, equity jurisdiction, execution, improper joinder of contempt and main action, independent contempt proceeding, Injunction, interference with property in custodia legis, ministerial officer, Montserrado County, property under levy, reversal of contempt finding, right to due process in contempt proceedings, sheriff duties, writ of execution, writ of injunction | kissa-v-stublefield-et-al-lrsc-5-1-llr-342-1899 | absence-of-contemptuous-intent abuse-of-discretion appellate-review assent-of-court-officer attorney-conduct civil-procedure contempt-of-court costs-of-suit court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas equity-jurisdiction execution improper-joinder-of-contempt-and-main-action independent-contempt-proceeding injunction interference-with-property-in-custodia-legis ministerial-officer montserrado-county property-under-levy reversal-of-contempt-finding right-to-due-process-in-contempt-proceedings sheriff-duties writ-of-execution writ-of-injunction | 1899-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Klah vs. Keingo (2023) | 2023, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Amos Klah v. The Intestate Estate of Tahiru Keingo, Boakai Rogers, bona fide purchaser, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law §64.5(f), Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary weight, Francis S. Fahnbulleh, fraudulent conveyance, illegal occupation, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to survey report, preponderance of evidence, proof of ownership, property ownership, public land sale deed, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | klah-vs-keingo-2023 | 2023-opinions amos-klah-v-the-intestate-estate-of-tahiru-keingo boakai-rogers bona-fide-purchaser chain-of-title civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-%c2%a764-5f ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-weight francis-s-fahnbulleh fraudulent-conveyance illegal-occupation investigative-survey jury-verdict justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh land-dispute metes-and-bounds ministry-of-mines-and-energy montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-survey-report preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-ownership property-ownership public-land-sale-deed superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 evidence-law property-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 | |
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of lower court, Andrews v Cornomia, Appellate Review, authenticity of title, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide ownership, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, common grantor doctrine, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, credibility of witnesses, damages, Ejectment, emotional distress, eviction, evidentiary conflict, Fraudulent Deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, intervention of evidence, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership claim, joint tenancy, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, mandate to lower court, marital property dispute, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville, pleadings, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital property, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, probate of deed, property ownership, Real Property, recording defects, restitution of possession, separate property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, trial procedure, validity of deed, wrongful withholding | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-lower-court andrews-v-cornomia appellate-review authenticity-of-title benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-ownership burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court common-grantor-doctrine conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon credibility-of-witnesses damages ejectment emotional-distress eviction evidentiary-conflict fraudulent-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town intervention-of-evidence investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership-claim joint-tenancy jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo mandate-to-lower-court marital-property-dispute misrepresentation montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville pleadings pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-property preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds probate-of-deed property-ownership real-property recording-defects restitution-of-possession separate-property sixth-judicial-circuit st-stephen-v-gbedzee supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed trial-procedure validity-of-deed wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Andrews v Cornomia, appellate deference to jury findings, Appellate Review, Attorney-in-fact representation, authenticity of deed, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law §26.4, common grantor, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages for wrongful withholding, discontinuance of action, Ejectment, emotional distress claim, evidentiary insufficiency, fee simple ownership, fraud in deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, inconsistencies in testimony, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership, joint tenancy, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, Marital Property, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville City, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital acquisition, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, property ownership, recording of deed, refiled complaint, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, tenancy by entirety implications, title deed, validity of title, weakness of defendant’s title, weight of evidence | kollie-v-momo-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-of-judgment andrews-v-cornomia appellate-deference-to-jury-findings appellate-review attorney-in-fact-representation authenticity-of-deed benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law-%c2%a726-4 common-grantor conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrongful-withholding discontinuance-of-action ejectment emotional-distress-claim evidentiary-insufficiency fee-simple-ownership fraud-in-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town inconsistencies-in-testimony investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership joint-tenancy jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo marital-property metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville-city pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-acquisition preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds property-ownership recording-of-deed refiled-complaint st-stephen-v-gbedzee strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence tenancy-by-entirety-implications title-deed validity-of-title weakness-of-defendants-title weight-of-evidence | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kolubah et al v The Intestate Estate of the late Saye Sippi (2026) | 2026, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, administrators, admission by failure to rebut, affirmance of judgment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages, dismissal for pendency, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary insufficiency, Fraudulent Deed, fraudulent transaction, general damages, identity of parties, Intestate Estate, invalid deed, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, lis pendens, mandate, modification of damages, Montserrado County, new trial, Possession, preponderance of evidence, Probate Law, proof of damages, property ownership, property rights protection, punitive damages, Real Property, rebuttal evidence, remand, role of jury, special damages, sublease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, uncontroverted evidence, unlawful occupation, warranty deed, willful and wanton conduct, wrongful detention of property, wrongful withholding | kolubah-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-saye-sippi-2026 | 2026-opinions administrators-deed administrators admission-by-failure-to-rebut affirmance-of-judgment appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages dismissal-for-pendency ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-insufficiency fraudulent-deed fraudulent-transaction general-damages identity-of-parties intestate-estate invalid-deed judicial-discretion jury-verdict land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest lis-pendens mandate modification-of-damages montserrado-county new-trial possession preponderance-of-evidence probate-law proof-of-damages property-ownership property-rights-protection punitive-damages real-property rebuttal-evidence remand role-of-jury special-damages sublease supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute uncontroverted-evidence unlawful-occupation warranty-deed willful-and-wanton-conduct wrongful-detention-of-property wrongful-withholding | 2026-1 contract-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Konneh v The Intestate of Morris Massaquoi (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | attorney’s fees, breach of contract, Civil Law Court, Jury Verdict, lease, Real Property, special damages, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful withholding | konneh-v-the-intestate-of-morris-massaquoi-2025 | attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-law-court jury-verdict lease real-property special-damages statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Koroma v. Henries (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal, bill in equity to remove cloud on title, Bill of information, Bushrod Island, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, cloud on title, Consolidation, equity proceeding, Escrow Account, Evidence, Investigative Survey, jury trial error, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to survey, plain error, property ownership, remand for new trial, rental income, resurvey, sequestration, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, survey team, title deed, Writ of Prohibition | koroma-v-henries-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal bill-in-equity-to-remove-cloud-on-title bill-of-information bushrod-island civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law cloud-on-title consolidation equity-proceeding escrow-account evidence investigative-survey jury-trial-error land-dispute montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-survey plain-error property-ownership remand-for-new-trial rental-income resurvey sequestration supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report survey-team title-deed writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 civil-procedure-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 | |
| Liberia Material Ltd v His Honor Gbeneweleh et al. LRSC 12 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, attachment of documents, breach of contract, cancellation of lease, civil law, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, costs adjudged, Due Process, harmless error, judicial discretion, Judicial Notice, land lease, law issues versus facts, lease agreement, mandate, Monrovia, motion practice, Motion to Dismiss, notice of withdrawal, payment of costs, pleadings, province of the jury, reply pleadings, resumption of jurisdiction, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, technicalities, trial by jury, voluntary discontinuance | liberia-material-ltd-v-his-honor-gbeneweleh-et-al-lrsc-12-2015 | 2015-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-procedure appellate-review attachment-of-documents breach-of-contract cancellation-of-lease civil-law civil-procedure contract-law costs-adjudged due-process harmless-error judicial-discretion judicial-notice land-lease law-issues-versus-facts lease-agreement mandate monrovia motion-practice motion-to-dismiss notice-of-withdrawal payment-of-costs pleadings province-of-the-jury reply-pleadings resumption-of-jurisdiction substantive-justice supreme-court-of-liberia technicalities trial-by-jury voluntary-discontinuance | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) v Associated Development Company (ADC) LRSC 1 (2012) | 2012, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2012 Opinions, action of debt, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, agency law, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Associated Development Company (ADC), best evidence rule, Buchanan Port, burden of proof, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), civil law, commercial transactions, Debt Court of Montserrado County, documentary evidence, enforcement of judgment pending appeal, INA Decree No. 12, Jurisdiction, Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC), offset and set-off, reimbursement of expenses, renovation contract, statute of frauds, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, telegraphic transfer, warehouse lease | lac-v-adc-lrsc-1-2012 liberian-agricultural-company-lac-v-associated-development-company-adc-lrsc-1-2012 | 2012-opinions action-of-debt admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment agency-law appeal-bond appellate-review associated-development-company-adc best-evidence-rule buchanan-port burden-of-proof catholic-relief-services-crs civil-law commercial-transactions debt-court-of-montserrado-county documentary-evidence enforcement-of-judgment-pending-appeal ina-decree-no-12 jurisdiction liberian-agricultural-company-lac offset-and-set-off reimbursement-of-expenses renovation-contract statute-of-frauds subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia telegraphic-transfer warehouse-lease | 2012-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law 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 | |
| Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International v Nagbe (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of process, Appeal, Appellate Review, Article 20 Constitution, attorney-in-fact, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, constitutional law, constructive service, Default Judgment, defective service, deprivation of property, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, eviction, fair hearing, intestate estate property, Jurisdiction, jurisdiction over the person, Justice in Chambers, lack of jurisdiction, Land Dispute, leasehold interest, mailing requirement, mandate, Montserrado County, notice and opportunity to be heard, possession rights, procedural irregularity, Prohibition, property ownership, property rights protection, publication requirements, Real Property, recovery of possession, remand, Service by Publication, Service of Process, squatters’ rights, statutory compliance, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful eviction, Void Judgment, West Point Township, Writ of Prohibition | life-saving-center-of-jesus-christ-international-v-nagbe-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-process appeal appellate-review article-20-constitution attorney-in-fact civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims constitutional-law constructive-service default-judgment defective-service deprivation-of-property due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment eviction fair-hearing intestate-estate-property jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-the-person justice-in-chambers lack-of-jurisdiction land-dispute leasehold-interest mailing-requirement mandate montserrado-county notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard possession-rights procedural-irregularity prohibition property-ownership property-rights-protection publication-requirements real-property recovery-of-possession remand service-by-publication service-of-process squatters-rights statutory-compliance summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-eviction void-judgment west-point-township writ-of-prohibition | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lone v RL LRSC 31; 27 LLR 148 (1978) | 1978, Anti-Corruption, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 1978 Opinions, accounting for funds, Appellate Review, audit irregularities, audit report, bailment, Bopolu Chiefdom, Bopolu District, change of venue, clan funds, community development funds, conversion, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, documentary evidence, Due Process, embezzlement, evidentiary review, Fiduciary Duty, Grand Cape Mount County, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, local government, logging concession payments, misappropriation of funds, notice of accusation, Paramount Chief, proof beyond reasonable doubt, public funds, public officer, public project expenditures, receipt as evidence, Restitution, reversal of conviction, school construction, severance, signature by another at request, signature by mark, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribal funds, tribal treasury, unauthorized restitution, valid signature, variance, wrongful conviction | lone-v-rl-lrsc-31-27-llr-148-1978 | 1978-opinions accounting-for-funds appellate-review audit-irregularities audit-report bailment bopolu-chiefdom bopolu-district change-of-venue clan-funds community-development-funds conversion criminal-law criminal-procedure documentary-evidence due-process embezzlement evidentiary-review fiduciary-duty grand-cape-mount-county indictment insufficiency-of-evidence local-government logging-concession-payments misappropriation-of-funds notice-of-accusation paramount-chief proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt public-funds public-officer public-project-expenditures receipt-as-evidence restitution reversal-of-conviction school-construction severance signature-by-another-at-request signature-by-mark sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia tribal-funds tribal-treasury unauthorized-restitution valid-signature variance wrongful-conviction | 1978-1 anti-corruption concession-law-supreme-court constitutional-law-cases customary-law evidence-law natural-resource-law-case-law 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 | |
| Mamawa & Sons Inc. v. The United Bank of Africa (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, call-log evidence, Civil Law Court, Damages for Wrong, defamation, Ejectment, general damages, HFC Bank Ghana, indictment, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, National Housing Authority, newspaper publication, non-liable verdict, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, United Bank for Africa (UBA) | mamawa-sons-inc-v-the-united-bank-of-africa-2019 | 2019-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof call-log-evidence civil-law-court damages-for-wrong defamation ejectment general-damages hfc-bank-ghana indictment jury-tampering jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial national-housing-authority newspaper-publication non-liable-verdict special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia united-bank-for-africa-uba | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Manhattan Trading Corp. V. World Bank LRSC 26 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | Appeal bond, appeal bond requirement (CPL 51.8), declaratory judgment, exception to surety (CPL 63.5), FDA v. FDA Workers Union, indemnification, insurance company surety (ICA), Intercon Security Systems v. Philips, jurisdiction divestiture (trial court), Justice Wolokollie, Kerpai v. Kpene, lease dispute, Liberia civil procedure, Manhattan Trading Corporation v. World Bank, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, procedural waiver, regulatory certification of surety, sufficiency of surety, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thompson v. George, unpaid rent, waiver and laches | manhattan-trading-corp-v-world-bank-lrsc-26-2016 | appeal-bond appeal-bond-requirement-cpl-51-8 declaratory-judgment exception-to-surety-cpl-63-5 fda-v-fda-workers-union indemnification insurance-company-surety-ica intercon-security-systems-v-philips jurisdiction-divestiture-trial-court justice-wolokollie kerpai-v-kpene lease-dispute liberia-civil-procedure manhattan-trading-corporation-v-world-bank motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc procedural-waiver regulatory-certification-of-surety sufficiency-of-surety summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia thompson-v-george unpaid-rent waiver-and-laches | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Marsh v The United Muslims in Fiamah Lelhi (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, damages award, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to transcribe records, financial capacity of surety, insufficiency of appeal bond, invalid appeal bond, justification of sureties, loss of trial court jurisdiction, mandatory steps of appeal, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, transmission of records, writ of possession, wrongful withholding of property | elizabeth-marsh-vs-the-united-muslims-in-fiamah-lelhi-2024 marsh-v-the-united-muslims-in-fiamah-lelhi-2024 | abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure damages-award due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-transcribe-records financial-capacity-of-surety insufficiency-of-appeal-bond invalid-appeal-bond justification-of-sureties loss-of-trial-court-jurisdiction mandatory-steps-of-appeal motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal transmission-of-records writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2024-1 civil-procedure-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 | |
| Minerals and Mining Law of 2000 | 2000, Arbitration Laws, Corporate Law, Environmental Laws, Land Laws, Natural Resources Law, Property Law | 2000 Acts, Administrative Law, arbitration, Central Bank of Liberia, child labor prohibition, Commercial Law, compensation for landowners, concession law, Corporate Law, corporate social responsibility, dispute resolution, economic law, economic sovereignty, environmental commission, environmental impact assessment, environmental law, environmental management program, environmental protection, equitable resource distribution, Executive Law, exploration license, Extractive Industry Governance, fiscal law, fiscal provisions, Force Majeure, geothermal energy law, gold and diamond trade regulation, Good Governance Law, government equity participation, human rights law, ICC, ICSID, industrial law, industrial mining, investment law, Labor Law, land law, Liberia Code of Laws Revised Title 23, Liberian employment rights, mineral development agreement, mineral development fund, mineral law, mineral policy, Mineral Rights, mineral royalties, Mining Law, mining license, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, National Investment Commission, national investment law, natural resource law, occupational safety, Property Law, public infrastructure, public law, quarry license, radioactive minerals regulation, Republic of Liberia, resource governance, royalties, Rule of Law, small-scale mining, surface rentals, sustainable development, tax law, technology transfer, trade in precious minerals, training of Liberians, trans-border mining agreements, transparency and accountability, underground resources, water law | minerals-and-mining-law-of-2000 | 2000-acts administrative-law arbitration central-bank-of-liberia child-labor-prohibition commercial-law compensation-for-landowners concession-law corporate-law corporate-social-responsibility dispute-resolution economic-law economic-sovereignty environmental-commission environmental-impact-assessment environmental-law environmental-management-program environmental-protection equitable-resource-distribution executive-law exploration-license extractive-industry-governance fiscal-law fiscal-provisions force-majeure geothermal-energy-law gold-and-diamond-trade-regulation good-governance-law government-equity-participation human-rights-law icc icsid industrial-law industrial-mining investment-law labor-law land-law liberia-code-of-laws-revised-title-23 liberian-employment-rights mineral-development-agreement mineral-development-fund mineral-law mineral-policy mineral-rights mineral-royalties mining-law mining-license ministry-of-finance ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy ministry-of-planning-and-economic-affairs national-investment-commission national-investment-law natural-resource-law occupational-safety property-law public-infrastructure public-law quarry-license radioactive-minerals-regulation republic-of-liberia resource-governance royalties rule-of-law small-scale-mining surface-rentals sustainable-development tax-law technology-transfer trade-in-precious-minerals training-of-liberians trans-border-mining-agreements transparency-and-accountability underground-resources water-law | 2000 arbitration-laws corporate-law environmental-laws land-laws natural-resources-law property-law-cases legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts 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 | |
| Morgan v Barclay et al. LRSC 22; 42 LLR 259 (2004) | 2004, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2004 Opinions, Civil Law Court, conveyance, Ejectment, executor’s duty, Jury Verdict, leasehold, legal capacity to sue, mixed issues of law and fact, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, Probate Court, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, unjust enrichment, void transaction | morgan-v-barclay-et-al-lrsc-22-42-llr-259-2004 | 2004-opinions civil-law-court conveyance ejectment executors-duty jury-verdict leasehold legal-capacity-to-sue mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence probate-court standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate unjust-enrichment void-transaction | 2004-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law 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 | |
| Morris v Mulbah (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Appeal, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Final Judgment, Jurisdiction, motion to intervene, professional ethics, Real Property, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia | morris-v-mulbah-2025 | appeal civil-law-court civil-procedure final-judgment jurisdiction motion-to-intervene professional-ethics real-property summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-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 | |
| Njoh V. Intestate Estate of C. Harry Gbesi (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, Appeal, Chain of Title, Charlesville land dispute, Civil Law Court, defaced deed, defective title, Ejectment, evidentiary burden, general and special damages, insufficiency of evidence, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Margibi County, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, preponderance of evidence, proof of ownership, Real Property, reversal of jury verdict, ruling reversed, Supreme Court of Liberia, technical survey, title deed, wrongful withholding | njoh-v-intestate-estate-of-c-harry-gbesi-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-deed appeal chain-of-title charlesville-land-dispute civil-law-court defaced-deed defective-title ejectment evidentiary-burden general-and-special-damages insufficiency-of-evidence justice-yamie-q-gbeisay margibi-county metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-ownership real-property reversal-of-jury-verdict ruling-reversed supreme-court-of-liberia technical-survey title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Nyei et al v. The Intestate Estate of Varfee Siryon, Sr. et al (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2024, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, arbitral finality, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, board of arbitration, Bushrod Island, civil law, confirmation of arbitral award, Ejectment, estoppel by acquiescence, eviction, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, Logan Town, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion to vacate award, objection to arbitration report, ouster, possession of real property, senior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title deed | faud-nyei-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-varfee-siryon nyei-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-varfee-siryon | 2024 action-of-ejectment appellate-review arbitral-finality arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award board-of-arbitration bushrod-island civil-law confirmation-of-arbitral-award ejectment estoppel-by-acquiescence eviction land-dispute liberia-land-authority logan-town metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-award objection-to-arbitration-report ouster possession-of-real-property senior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-deed | 2024-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Peace Clinic v Cooper (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, admission against interest, admissions, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Caldwell–Louisiana Highway, Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Ejectment, eviction, intervention, Investigative Survey, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Real Property, Rev. Code 1.11.3, Rev. Code 1.62.1, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to real property, trial of facts, Waiver, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | peace-clinic-v-cooper-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal admission-against-interest admissions appeal-bond appellate-review bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information caldwell-louisiana-highway capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law ejectment eviction intervention investigative-survey jury-trial land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate montserrado-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal real-property rev-code-1-11-3 rev-code-1-62-1 sixth-judicial-circuit standing summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-real-property trial-of-facts waiver writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-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 | |
| Prince D. Jegbadai et al. v The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Foreclosure of Mortgage, Letters of Administration, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Probate Law, Procedural Law, Reasonable Time, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia | prince-d-jegbadai-et-al-vs-the-liberian-bank-for-development-investment-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure-of-mortgage letters-of-administration motion-for-relief-from-judgment probate-law procedural-law reasonable-time standing supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Richard-Townsend v. Estate of Momo Mbolon (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, absence of surveyor signature, action of ejectment, affirmation, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, arbitration board, arbitration instructions, arbitration report, board of arbitration procedure, burden of proof, Caldwell, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 64, competing title claims, confirmation of arbitration award, corruption allegation, damages, Ejectment, encroachment, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary rules, exclusion of unpleaded evidence, failure to plead documents, failure to timely object, finality of arbitration, fraud allegation, general damages, Investigative Survey, judicial deference to arbitration findings, King Governor Farms, Land Dispute, litigation strategy, majority decision rule, mandate, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, misconduct of arbitrators, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, notice and participation, objection to arbitration award, objection to award, pleadings requirement, Procedural Compliance, proof of fraud, property law doctrine, property ownership, public land sale deed, punitive damages, Real Property, recovery on strength of own title, resistance to objection, Section 64.11 Civil Procedure Law, self-serving evidence, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, statutory grounds to vacate award, strength of title rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, survey notice, surveyor evidence, Tay v. Teh doctrine, technical representative, title deed, trial court ruling, Upper Caldwell, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | richard-townsend-v-estate-of-momo-mbolon-2023 | 2023-opinions absence-of-surveyor-signature action-of-ejectment affirmation appellate-review arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award arbitration-board arbitration-instructions arbitration-report board-of-arbitration-procedure burden-of-proof caldwell civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-64 competing-title-claims confirmation-of-arbitration-award corruption-allegation damages ejectment encroachment enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-rules exclusion-of-unpleaded-evidence failure-to-plead-documents failure-to-timely-object finality-of-arbitration fraud-allegation general-damages investigative-survey judicial-deference-to-arbitration-findings king-governor-farms land-dispute litigation-strategy majority-decision-rule mandate metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy misconduct-of-arbitrators misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county notice-and-participation objection-to-arbitration-award objection-to-award pleadings-requirement procedural-compliance proof-of-fraud property-law-doctrine property-ownership public-land-sale-deed punitive-damages real-property recovery-on-strength-of-own-title resistance-to-objection section-64-11-civil-procedure-law self-serving-evidence sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages statutory-grounds-to-vacate-award strength-of-title-rule supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute survey-notice surveyor-evidence tay-v-teh-doctrine technical-representative title-deed trial-court-ruling upper-caldwell vacating-arbitration-award waiver warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2023-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Chakpadeh LRSC 105; 35 LLR 715 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Property Law | 1988 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Law, employee theft, grand larceny, indictment requirements, judgment of acquittal, motion for acquittal, Nimba County, Presumption of Innocence, prima facie evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, value of stolen property | rl-v-chakpadeh-lrsc-105-35-llr-715-1988 | 1988-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-law employee-theft grand-larceny indictment-requirements judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal nimba-county presumption-of-innocence prima-facie-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia value-of-stolen-property | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Sone et al LRSC 43; 35 LLR 126 (1988) | 1988, Customary Law, Property Law | 1988 Opinions, aborigine grant deed, cancellation of deed, civil law, deed cancellation, fraud, Fraudulent Deed, land law, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, pleading admissions, Property Dispute, public land, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, Vai Town, waiver of exceptions | rl-v-sone-et-al-lrsc-43-35-llr-126-1988 | 1988-opinions aborigine-grant-deed cancellation-of-deed civil-law deed-cancellation fraud fraudulent-deed land-law misrepresentation montserrado-county pleading-admissions property-dispute public-land supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute vai-town waiver-of-exceptions | 1988-1 customary-law property-law-cases 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 | |
| RL v Wright et al LRSC 36; 38 LLR 100 (1995) | 1995, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1995 Opinions, Appeal Procedure, Assistant County Attorney, authority to prosecute, Bill of information, Chambers Justice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dismissal of indictment, extension of judicial term, information proceedings, judicial restraint, jurisdiction of trial court, letter patent, Ministry of Justice, Motion to Dismiss, private prosecutor, Professional Responsibility, prosecution of crimes, Prosecutorial Discretion, separation of powers, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of prosecution, Theft of Property, writ of certiorari | rl-v-wright-et-al-lrsc-36-38-llr-100-1995 | 1995-opinions appeal-procedure assistant-county-attorney authority-to-prosecute bill-of-information chambers-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure dismissal-of-indictment extension-of-judicial-term information-proceedings judicial-restraint jurisdiction-of-trial-court letter-patent ministry-of-justice motion-to-dismiss private-prosecutor professional-responsibility prosecution-of-crimes prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-prosecution theft-of-property writ-of-certiorari | 1995-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ross vs. Burnette (2020) | 2020, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law, Tax Law | 2020 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 51.8 and 63.2.1, costs taxed, damages, defective appeal bond, dismissibility of appeal, Ejectment, Evidence, insurance company as surety, jurisdiction of trial court, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Revenue Authority, mandate, Mentor Initiative v. Fardoun, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, perfection of appeal, property ownership, Reeves v. Quiah Brothers, resumption of jurisdiction, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, Surety Qualification, tax clearance requirement | ross-vs-burnette-2020 | 2020-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-51-8-and-63-2-1 costs-taxed damages defective-appeal-bond dismissibility-of-appeal ejectment evidence insurance-company-as-surety jurisdiction-of-trial-court jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-revenue-authority mandate mentor-initiative-v-fardoun montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville perfection-of-appeal property-ownership reeves-v-quiah-brothers resumption-of-jurisdiction sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia surety-qualification tax-clearance-requirement | 2020-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases tax-law supreme-court | |
| Samukai et al v. RL (2021) | 2021, Anti-Corruption, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, National Security Law, Property Law | 2021 Opinions, act of state doctrine, affirmation with modification, AFL pension fund, Appeal, Appellate Review, Armed Forces of Liberia, Article 20(a), constitutional law, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Due Process, economic sabotage, Fiduciary Duty, First Judicial Circuit Criminal Assizes “C”, indictment, misuse of public money, money laundering, Montserrado County, National Defense Act of 2008, Property Rights, public finance management, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspended sentence, Theft of Property | samukai-et-al-v-rl-2021 | 2021-opinions act-of-state-doctrine affirmation-with-modification afl-pension-fund appeal appellate-review armed-forces-of-liberia article-20a constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-law due-process economic-sabotage fiduciary-duty first-judicial-circuit-criminal-assizes-c indictment misuse-of-public-money money-laundering montserrado-county national-defense-act-of-2008 property-rights public-finance-management restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia suspended-sentence theft-of-property | 2021-1 anti-corruption constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases national-security-law 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 | |
| Scanship (Lib) Inc. v Flomo LRSC 21; 41 LLR 181 (2002) | 2002, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Property Law | Appeal, bailor-bailee relationship, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Debt Court, declaratory judgment, employer-employee relationship, jurisdictional error, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, redundancy, Reversal, Statute of Limitations, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | scanship-lib-inc-v-flomo-lrsc-21-41-llr-181-2002 | appeal bailor-bailee-relationship civil-law-court civil-procedure debt-court declaratory-judgment employer-employee-relationship jurisdictional-error montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss redundancy reversal statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | 2002-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Selah et al v RL LRSC 30; 37 LLR 587 (1994) | 1994, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1994 Opinions, Appellate Review, armed robbery, criminal intent, Criminal Law, elements of robbery, evidentiary insufficiency, intent to steal, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, robbery, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | selah-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-30-37-llr-587-1994 | 1994-opinions appellate-review armed-robbery criminal-intent criminal-law elements-of-robbery evidentiary-insufficiency intent-to-steal jury-verdict montserrado-county robbery supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 1994-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sheriff v Parwon et al. LRSC 25 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, completion of appeal, counsel’s duty, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, enlargement of time, excusable neglect, Force Majeure, ineffective service, Jurisdiction, Land Dispute, late filing, leasehold interest, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Housing Authority, non-lawyer filing, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Property Law, Rev. Code 1:1.7.2, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, statutory time limits, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, vis major | sheriff-v-parwon-et-al-lrsc-25-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-procedure-law completion-of-appeal counsels-duty ejectment enforcement-of-judgment enlargement-of-time excusable-neglect force-majeure ineffective-service jurisdiction land-dispute late-filing leasehold-interest mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-housing-authority non-lawyer-filing notice-of-completion-of-appeal property-law rev-code-11-7-2 sixth-judicial-circuit-court statutory-time-limits summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed vis-major | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Simpson v A.I.D. Enterprise et al LRSC 38 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, civil law, Ejectment, evidentiary error, general damages, intervention, Joinder of Parties, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease agreement, Montserrado County, non-party pleading, Procedural Law, reversal of judgment, right to possession, service of summons, statute of frauds, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | simpson-v-a-i-d-enterprise-et-al-lrsc-38-2015 | 2025-opinions appeal civil-law ejectment evidentiary-error general-damages intervention joinder-of-parties jury-verdict land-dispute lease-agreement montserrado-county non-party-pleading procedural-law reversal-of-judgment right-to-possession service-of-summons statute-of-frauds supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sirleaf v Sheriff LRSC 70; 30 LLR 378 (1982) | 1982, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1982 Opinions, affidavit of sureties, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, bond sufficiency, civil law, Ejectment, liens and encumbrances, Lofa County, mandatory statutory requirements, metes and bounds, Motion to dismiss appeal, property description, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety bond | sirleaf-v-sheriff-lrsc-70-30-llr-378-1982 | 1982-opinions affidavit-of-sureties appeal-bond appellate-procedure bond-sufficiency civil-law ejectment liens-and-encumbrances lofa-county mandatory-statutory-requirements metes-and-bounds motion-to-dismiss-appeal property-description supreme-court-of-liberia surety-bond | 1982-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Smallwood v Korla LRSC 35; 22 LLR 54 (1973) | 1973, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate procedure, apportionment of land, apportionment principle, burden on trial court, civil law, Civil Law Court, clean hands doctrine, co-ownership, confession and avoidance, conveyance by co-owner, costs to abide final determination, de novo trial, deed cancellation, delay and laches, ejectment proceedings, equity, failure to determine issues of law, failure to rule on legal issues, fraud, fraud allegations, improper pleading, issues of fact, issues of law, joinder of issues, joint ownership rights, Land Dispute, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, pleading practice, pleadings, procedural error, Property Law, Real Property, remand, reply to answer, resumption of jurisdiction, Reversible Error, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularity, trial procedure, undue advantage, unpartitioned property, validity of deed | smallwood-v-korla-lrsc-35-22-llr-54-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-procedure apportionment-of-land apportionment-principle burden-on-trial-court civil-law civil-law-court clean-hands-doctrine co-ownership confession-and-avoidance conveyance-by-co-owner costs-to-abide-final-determination de-novo-trial deed-cancellation delay-and-laches ejectment-proceedings equity failure-to-determine-issues-of-law failure-to-rule-on-legal-issues fraud fraud-allegations improper-pleading issues-of-fact issues-of-law joinder-of-issues joint-ownership-rights land-dispute mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss pleading-practice pleadings procedural-error property-law real-property remand reply-to-answer resumption-of-jurisdiction reversible-error sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularity trial-procedure undue-advantage unpartitioned-property validity-of-deed | 1973-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Snow Hill Community Play Ground v. Snow Hill Baptist Church (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, arbitration, board of arbitrators, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 64, declaratory and possessory rights, Due Process, Ejectment, fraud investigation, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, non-discovery, objection to arbitration award, Real Property, Snow Hill Baptist Church, Snow Hill Community Playground, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, title deed | snow-hill-community-play-ground-v-snow-hill-baptist-church-2025 | 2025-opinions arbitration board-of-arbitrators civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-64 declaratory-and-possessory-rights due-process ejectment fraud-investigation land-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county non-discovery objection-to-arbitration-award real-property snow-hill-baptist-church snow-hill-community-playground supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute title-deed | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-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 | |
| Swen v RL et al LRSC 14; 40 LLR 138 (2000) | 2000, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2000 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, bank fraud, banking offenses, confession evidence, constitutional rights of accused, Criminal Law, imprisonment, Montserrado County, Restitution, sentencing discretion, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, voluntary confession | swen-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-14-40-llr-138-2000 | 2000-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review bank-fraud banking-offenses confession-evidence constitutional-rights-of-accused criminal-law imprisonment montserrado-county restitution sentencing-discretion supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property voluntary-confession | 2000-1 banking-law constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. The Intestate Estate of Joseph V. Gaye, Sr. (2023) | 2023, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of discretion in refusing survey, action of ejectment, case remanded for investigative survey within 2 months, competing chains of title, damages to depend on survey outcome, encroachment determination, jury verdict of liability and US$750, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Knuckles / SDA / DSTV chain, metes and bounds vs. ground location, need for investigative survey in ejectment, Oldest Congo Town land dispute, public land sale deed 1962 (Tubman), Supreme Court of Liberia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Intestate Estate of Joseph V. Gaye Sr., tracing title to Republic of Liberia | sr-2023 the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-v-the-intestate-estate-of-joseph-v-gaye | 2023-opinions abuse-of-discretion-in-refusing-survey action-of-ejectment case-remanded-for-investigative-survey-within-2-months competing-chains-of-title damages-to-depend-on-survey-outcome encroachment-determination jury-verdict-of-liability-and-us750 justice-yussif-d-kaba knuckles-sda-dstv-chain metes-and-bounds-vs-ground-location need-for-investigative-survey-in-ejectment oldest-congo-town-land-dispute public-land-sale-deed-1962-tubman supreme-court-of-liberia the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-v-intestate-estate-of-joseph-v-gaye-sr tracing-title-to-republic-of-liberia | 2023-1 property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Citizens of Du Wollee Township v The Citizens of Worteh Clan (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Customary Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, aborigines deed, civil law, clan land, customary land rights, declaratory judgment, Evidence, Golden Veroleum, Hinterland Regulations, Kpanyan Statutory District, Land Dispute, legislative acts, Matro/Nemo Chiefdom, metes and bounds, oil palm concession, property ownership, Real Property, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, township incorporation | the-citizens-of-du-wollee-township-v-the-citizens-of-worteh-clan-2025 | 2025-opinions aborigines-deed civil-law clan-land customary-land-rights declaratory-judgment evidence golden-veroleum hinterland-regulations kpanyan-statutory-district land-dispute legislative-acts matro-nemo-chiefdom metes-and-bounds oil-palm-concession property-ownership real-property sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed township-incorporation | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases customary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The First United Methodist Church v Hage (2025) | 2025, Contract Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2025 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 withholding | the-first-united-methodist-church-v-hage-2025 | 2025-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-withholding | 2025-1 contract-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Government of Liberia v Sluward et al (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2024 Supreme Court Decision, 53.34-carat diamond, Administrative Law, Administrative Reversal, Appeal Affirmed, Article 22(a) Constitution of Liberia, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Civil Law Court Montserrado, Class C Mining License, constitutional law, Diamond Dispute, Due Process, Extractive Industry Governance, Gbarma Statutory District, Gbarpolu County, Government of Liberia, In Pari Delicto, Judicial Review, Liberia Case Law, License Renewal, Mineral Rights, Minerals and Mining Law 2000, Mining Law, Mining License Renewal Dispute, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Natural Resources, Nunc Pro Tunc, Ownership of Minerals, Property Rights, Section 9.14, Section 9.3, Section 9.9, Smith Town, State Ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires | the-government-of-liberia-v-sluward-et-al-2025 | 2024-supreme-court-decision 53-34-carat-diamond administrative-law administrative-reversal appeal-affirmed article-22a-constitution-of-liberia chief-justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh civil-law-court-montserrado class-c-mining-license constitutional-law diamond-dispute due-process extractive-industry-governance gbarma-statutory-district gbarpolu-county government-of-liberia in-pari-delicto judicial-review liberia-case-law license-renewal mineral-rights minerals-and-mining-law-2000 mining-law mining-license-renewal-dispute ministry-of-mines-and-energy natural-resources nunc-pro-tunc ownership-of-minerals property-rights section-9-14 section-9-3 section-9-9 smith-town state-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires | 2025-1 administrative-law constitutional-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law property-law-cases 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 Benjamin Franklin v. CICO (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appellate Review, assent, Bong County, Chain of Title, CICO Company, civil law, credibility of evidence, damages, duty of lawyers to object to hearsay testimonies, Ejectment, estoppel by laches, estoppel for failure to object, Garyea Clan, Gbatala, hearsay, intervention, issues of fact, judgment as a matter of law, jury to determine fraud, Jury Trial, land boundary, lease agreement, mandate, metes and bounds, motion for judgment during trial, motion to intervene, objection, Possession, Property Law, public land sale deed, Real Property, remand for new trial, resurvey, Reversal, rock quarrying, Suakoko District, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey, title dispute, trespass, tribal certificate, Waiver, wrongful withholding | the-intestate-estate-of-benjamin-franklin-v-cico-2024 | 2024-opinions appellate-review assent bong-county chain-of-title cico-company civil-law credibility-of-evidence damages duty-of-lawyers-to-object-to-hearsay-testimonies ejectment estoppel-by-laches estoppel-for-failure-to-object garyea-clan gbatala hearsay intervention issues-of-fact judgment-as-a-matter-of-law jury-to-determine-fraud jury-trial land-boundary lease-agreement mandate metes-and-bounds motion-for-judgment-during-trial motion-to-intervene objection possession property-law public-land-sale-deed real-property remand-for-new-trial resurvey reversal rock-quarrying suakoko-district superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey title-dispute trespass tribal-certificate waiver wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases customary-law evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Daniel W. Urey v. His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2025) Bill of Information | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, demarcative survey, Ejectment, Evidence, improper execution of mandate, Investigative Survey, judicial discretion, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, Mandate Enforcement, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, property ownership, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-daniel-w-urey-v-his-honor-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court demarcative-survey ejectment evidence improper-execution-of-mandate investigative-survey judicial-discretion land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-enforcement metes-and-bounds montserrado-county property-ownership supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey v The Intestate Estate of Karboyah (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, boundary dispute, Careysburg District, Chain of Title, competing deeds, deed closure error, deed plotting, demarcation survey, Due Process, Ejectment, evidentiary value of survey report, excess land claim, imputed findings, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, judicial interpretation of evidence, Land Dispute, legal capacity to sue, Letters of Administration, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest deed doctrine, Possession, purpose of investigative survey, re-demarcation, re-survey order, Republic of Liberia grant, title deed, trial court discretion, variance in bearings and distances | the-intestate-estate-of-daniel-webster-urey-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-karboyah-2024 | appellate-review bill-of-exceptions boundary-dispute careysburg-district chain-of-title competing-deeds deed-closure-error deed-plotting demarcation-survey due-process ejectment evidentiary-value-of-survey-report excess-land-claim imputed-findings intestate-estate investigative-survey judicial-interpretation-of-evidence land-dispute legal-capacity-to-sue letters-of-administration metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-deed-doctrine possession purpose-of-investigative-survey re-demarcation re-survey-order republic-of-liberia-grant title-deed trial-court-discretion variance-in-bearings-and-distances | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases 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 John N. Lewis v Kumba Bendu and Sons (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024, action of debt, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, commercial tenancy, competing judgments, Debt Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, interlocutory ruling, Judicial Review, lease agreement, Montserrado County, party of interest, petition for certiorari, prejudicial error, property ownership dispute, Rental Arrears, standing and capacity, sub-lease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to real property, writ of certiorari | the-intestate-estate-of-john-n-lewis-vs-kumba-bendu-and-sons-2024 | 2024 action-of-debt appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-tenancy competing-judgments debt-court due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account interlocutory-ruling judicial-review lease-agreement montserrado-county party-of-interest petition-for-certiorari prejudicial-error property-ownership-dispute rental-arrears standing-and-capacity sub-lease supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-real-property writ-of-certiorari | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John W. Gbedze Vs Mr. Aboubakar Diallo (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, declaratory judgment, due diligence, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of termination, Procedural Default, Statutory interpretation, sub-lease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, transcription of records | the-intestate-estate-of-john-w-gbedze-vs-mr-aboubakar-diallo-2024 | 2024-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure civil-law-court civil-procedure-law declaratory-judgment due-diligence montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-termination procedural-default statutory-interpretation sub-lease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy transcription-of-records | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Margaret Stubblefield v. Ma Bendu Kamara and Children (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, burden of proof, Civil Procedure, Ejectment, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Jamaica Road, Jury Verdict, land title, Montserrado County, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey objection timeline, wrongful withholding | the-intestate-estate-of-margaret-stubblefield-v-ma-bendu-kamara-and-children-2025 | 2025-opinions burden-of-proof civil-procedure ejectment intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey jamaica-road jury-verdict land-title montserrado-county supreme-court-of-liberia survey-objection-timeline wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of the late Edmond Z. Dixon v Mezbau, Inc. et al. LRSC 18 (2016) | 2016, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, civil law, Civil Procedure, debt, Debt Court, Due Process, Evidence, garnishment, Intestate Estate, judgment enforcement, lease agreement, Mamba Point, Mezbau Inc., Montserrado County, pretrial conference, Rental Arrears, Sethi Brothers Inc., sublease, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-edmond-z-dixon-v-mezbau-inc-et-al-lrsc-18-2016 | 2016-opinions civil-law civil-procedure debt debt-court due-process evidence garnishment intestate-estate judgment-enforcement lease-agreement mamba-point mezbau-inc montserrado-county pretrial-conference rental-arrears sethi-brothers-inc sublease supreme-court-of-liberia | 2016-1 contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of the late John P. Harmon v Saydee (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, Evidence, Grand Gedeh County, interlocutory appeal, interlocutory ruling, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, motion for new trial, property ownership, Real Property, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-john-p-harmon-v-saydee-2025 the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-john-p-harmon-v-goldy-william-saydee-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review civil-law civil-law-court ejectment encroachment evidence grand-gedeh-county interlocutory-appeal interlocutory-ruling jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds motion-for-new-trial property-ownership real-property supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-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 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 | |
| The J. E. Acquah English Arabic School VS. His Honor S. Geevon Smith et. al. (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, Chambers Justice, Estoppel, eviction, landlord-tenant, Magisterial Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, New Kru Town, possession of real property, privy, Res Judicata, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | the-j-e-acquah-english-arabic-school-vs-his-honor-s-geevon-smith-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions appellate-review bushrod-island chambers-justice estoppel eviction landlord-tenant magisterial-court monrovia montserrado-county new-kru-town possession-of-real-property privy res-judicata sixth-judicial-circuit summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Thomas v RL LRSC 110; 35 LLR 759 (1988) | 1988, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1988 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, Bong County, Confession, Criminal Law, defective complaint, Due Process, Magisterial Court, reasonable doubt, Restitution, rice coupons, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | thomas-v-rl-lrsc-110-35-llr-759-1988 | 1988-opinions accomplice-testimony bong-county confession criminal-law defective-complaint due-process magisterial-court reasonable-doubt restitution rice-coupons subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 1988-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Toe et al. v Free (2022) | Agency Law, Property Law | affirmation of circuit court ruling, agency law, Appellate Review, authority to sell real property, caretaker authority, civil law, Civil Law Court, constructive title, Costs, Ejectment, landlord and tenant, metes and bounds, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, notice to vacate, possessory rights, power of attorney, receipts as evidence, reversal of magistrate ruling, sale of real property, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, title dispute, writing requirement, wrongful withholding | toe-et-al-v-free-2022 | affirmation-of-circuit-court-ruling agency-law appellate-review authority-to-sell-real-property caretaker-authority civil-law civil-law-court constructive-title costs ejectment landlord-and-tenant metes-and-bounds monrovia-city-court montserrado-county notice-to-vacate possessory-rights power-of-attorney receipts-as-evidence reversal-of-magistrate-ruling sale-of-real-property summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed title-dispute writing-requirement wrongful-withholding | agency-law 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 | |
| Tucker v. Sumo (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, Evidence, foreclosure boundary, Grand Bassa County, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, property ownership, Real Property, restitution of possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, wrongful withholding | tucker-v-sumo-2019 | 2019-opinions civil-law-court ejectment encroachment eviction evidence foreclosure-boundary grand-bassa-county investigative-survey jury-verdict land-dispute metes-and-bounds property-ownership real-property restitution-of-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tunkara v His Honor J. Boima Kontoe (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, arrest and detention, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:51.4, Class C Mining License, completion of appeal, contempt proceedings, Diamond Dealers Association, Diamond Dispute, Due Process, enforcement of mandate, export voucher, Gbarpolu County, improper execution of mandate, Kimberley Process certification, market value of property, Mining Law, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, notice and service of process, Restitution, Rule IV Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, submission to jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary appearance, Waiver | tunkara-v-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-jurisdiction arrest-and-detention bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law-rev-code-151-4 class-c-mining-license completion-of-appeal contempt-proceedings diamond-dealers-association diamond-dispute due-process enforcement-of-mandate export-voucher gbarpolu-county improper-execution-of-mandate kimberley-process-certification market-value-of-property mining-law ministry-of-mines-and-energy montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss notice-and-service-of-process restitution rule-iv-revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court submission-to-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-appearance waiver | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Universal Printing Press, v. Blue Cross Insurance Company LRSC 43 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, admission of documents, annexation of exhibits, Appeal, Appellate Review, authentication of documents, award of damages, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, cancellation of insurance policy, challenges for cause, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 22, Contract Law, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary rules, flood damage, general damages, indemnity, insurance law, insurance policy interpretation, judicial discretion, Judiciary Law Section 18.2, juror qualification, jury selection, jury service within preceding year, Jury Verdict, mandate, mitigation of damages, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, notice of cancellation, notice principle, peremptory challenges, pleading requirements, pollution of jury, preponderance of evidence, property damage, reversal of judgment, Reversible Error, special damages, specificity requirement, Supreme Court of Liberia, voir dire, waiver of challenge, weight of evidence | universal-printing-press v-blue-cross-insurance-company-lrsc-43-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion admission-of-documents annexation-of-exhibits appeal appellate-review authentication-of-documents award-of-damages bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cancellation-of-insurance-policy challenges-for-cause civil-law civil-procedure-law-chapter-22 contract-law enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-rules flood-damage general-damages indemnity insurance-law insurance-policy-interpretation judicial-discretion judiciary-law-section-18-2 juror-qualification jury-selection jury-service-within-preceding-year jury-verdict mandate mitigation-of-damages montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial notice-of-cancellation notice-principle peremptory-challenges pleading-requirements pollution-of-jury preponderance-of-evidence property-damage reversal-of-judgment reversible-error special-damages specificity-requirement supreme-court-of-liberia voir-dire waiver-of-challenge weight-of-evidence | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Vargas v Eid LRSC 25; 40 LLR 624 (2001) | 2001, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2001 Opinions, breach of contract, cancellation of sublease, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Default Judgment, harmless error, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, Monrovia, Montserrado County, procedural defect, Real Property, Receivership, rent arrears, service of pleadings, statutory deadline, sublease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubman Boulevard | vargas-v-eid-lrsc-25-40-llr-624-2001 | 2001-opinions breach-of-contract cancellation-of-sublease civil-law-court civil-procedure default-judgment harmless-error jurisdiction jury-trial monrovia montserrado-county procedural-defect real-property receivership rent-arrears service-of-pleadings statutory-deadline sublease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia tubman-boulevard | 2001-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Venn v Johnson et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law, Property law (case law) | action of ejectment, Appeal, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Default Judgment, Duazon, Due Process, Liberia Case Law 2025, Margibi County, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Personal Service, Prohibition, Real Property, Service by Publication, Service of Process, Sheriff’s Return, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Void Judgment | venn-v-johnson-et-al-2025 | action-of-ejectment appeal civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction default-judgment duazon due-process liberia-case-law-2025 margibi-county montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment personal-service prohibition real-property service-by-publication service-of-process sheriffs-return supreme-court-of-liberia thirteenth-judicial-circuit-court void-judgment | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases property-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| Wales et al. v. Intestate Estate of Arthur and Reuben Hart (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law, Property law (case law) | 2025 Opinions, arbitration, Civil Procedure, CPL §41.7, Due Process, Ejectment, Investigative Survey, Johnsonville Land Dispute, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Privity, Property Law, Relief from Judgment | wales-et-al-v-intestate-estate-of-arthur-and-reuben-hart-2025 | 2025-opinions arbitration civil-procedure cpl-%c2%a741-7 due-process ejectment investigative-survey johnsonville-land-dispute jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court privity property-law relief-from-judgment | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases property-law-case-law 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 | |
| White & White v. Moore 1 LLR 21; LRSC 2 (1863) | 1863, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1863 Opinions, Appellate Review, confirmation of judgment, costs awarded, deed validity, early Liberian jurisprudence., judicial sale, lawful conveyance, Montserrado County, Possession, sheriff’s sale, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to property, validity of proceedings | white-white-v-moore-1-llr-21-lrsc-2-1863 | 1863-opinions appellate-review confirmation-of-judgment costs-awarded deed-validity early-liberian-jurisprudence judicial-sale lawful-conveyance montserrado-county possession sheriffs-sale supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-property validity-of-proceedings | 1863-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wiah v RL LRSC 7; 38 LLR 385 (1997) | 1997, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1997 Opinions, Acquittal, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, charge to the jury, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, Criminal Procedure, damage to property, discharge, evidentiary insufficiency, exception to jury charge, First Judicial Circuit, indictment, judicial discretion, jury instructions, malicious mischief, material variance, Montserrado County, pleading requirements, proof as laid, reasonable doubt, request to charge, specificity in exceptions, Supreme Court of Liberia, tangible property, trial error, variance, waiver of issues | wiah-v-rl-lrsc-7-38-llr-385-1997 | 1997-opinions acquittal appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof charge-to-the-jury criminal-assizes criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-procedure damage-to-property discharge evidentiary-insufficiency exception-to-jury-charge first-judicial-circuit indictment judicial-discretion jury-instructions malicious-mischief material-variance montserrado-county pleading-requirements proof-as-laid reasonable-doubt request-to-charge specificity-in-exceptions supreme-court-of-liberia tangible-property trial-error variance waiver-of-issues | 1997-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Williams v Abraham LRSC 10; 20 LLR 220 (1971) | 1971, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 1971 opinions, Appellate Review, attachment of real property, civil law, Debt Court, Jurisdiction, legislative limits, Maryland County, monetary threshold, motion to vacate, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | williams-v-abraham-lrsc-10-20-llr-220-1971 | 1971-opinions appellate-review attachment-of-real-property civil-law debt-court jurisdiction legislative-limits maryland-county monetary-threshold motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | 1971-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Willie et al v. Fahnbulleh et al. (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, 72nd Community Paynesville, Appeal, board of arbitration, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 64 (Arbitration), Ejectment, Fallah Willie v. Yussif B. Fahnbulleh, grounds to vacate arbitration award, implied arbitration agreement, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority / former Lands Mines & Energy, majority arbitrators’ report, mix-shape garage encroachment, motion for arbitration, notice of survey, objection to arbitration report, ruling confirmed and affirmed, Somalia Drive frontage, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey and metes-and-bounds, waiver and laches | willie-et-al-v-fahnbulleh-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions 72nd-community-paynesville appeal board-of-arbitration civil-procedure-law-chapter-64-arbitration ejectment fallah-willie-v-yussif-b-fahnbulleh grounds-to-vacate-arbitration-award implied-arbitration-agreement justice-yamie-q-gbeisay land-dispute liberia-land-authority-former-lands-mines-energy majority-arbitrators-report mix-shape-garage-encroachment motion-for-arbitration notice-of-survey objection-to-arbitration-report ruling-confirmed-and-affirmed somalia-drive-frontage supreme-court-of-liberia survey-and-metes-and-bounds waiver-and-laches | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wolo v Wolo LRSC 10; 8 LLR 36 (1942) | 1942, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Property Law | 1944 Opinions, cancellation of deeds, civil law, consideration, equity, fraud, interspousal conveyance, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Property Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, unity of person, Void ab initio | wolo-v-wolo-lrsc-10-8-llr-36-1942 | 1944-opinions cancellation-of-deeds civil-law consideration equity fraud interspousal-conveyance marital-property montserrado-county property-law supreme-court-of-liberia unity-of-person void-ab-initio | 1942-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wolo v Wolo LRSC 31; 8 LLR 453 (1944) | 1944, Family Law, Property Law | 1944 Opinions, cancellation of deeds, civil law, consideration, equity, fraud, interspousal conveyance, Marital Property, Montserrado County, Property Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, unity of person, Void ab initio | wolo-v-wolo-lrsc-31-8-llr-453-1944 | 1944-opinions cancellation-of-deeds civil-law consideration equity fraud interspousal-conveyance marital-property montserrado-county property-law supreme-court-of-liberia unity-of-person void-ab-initio | 1944-1 family-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wotorson v RL LRSC 48; 30 LLR 179 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1982 Opinions, accountant, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, audit evidence, burden of proof, burglary allegation, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, Criminal Law, cross-examination, discharge without day, evidentiary insufficiency, hearsay evidence, inadmissible hearsay, insufficiency of evidence, Liberia Produce Marketing Corporation, Lofa County, LPMC, motion for new trial, police investigation, reversal of conviction, Reversible Error, scope of cross-examination, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, unreliable testimony, Voinjama, witness credibility | wotorson-v-rl-lrsc-48-30-llr-179-1982 | 1982-opinions accountant admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review audit-evidence burden-of-proof burglary-allegation circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession criminal-law cross-examination discharge-without-day evidentiary-insufficiency hearsay-evidence inadmissible-hearsay insufficiency-of-evidence liberia-produce-marketing-corporation lofa-county lpmc motion-for-new-trial police-investigation reversal-of-conviction reversible-error scope-of-cross-examination sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property unreliable-testimony voinjama witness-credibility | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yancy v RL LRSC 44; 19 LLR 63 (1968) | 1968, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1968 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmance, alibi defense, Appellate Review, automobile theft, bill of particulars, burden of proof, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, documentary evidence, Evidence, First Judicial Circuit, grand larceny, impeachment of witness, indictment, John Morris, Jury Verdict, Kakata, larceny, Montserrado County, Moses Yancy, motion for new trial, motion to quash, Nimba County, notice of documents, Opel car theft, Paynesville, reasonable doubt, res gestae, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia | yancy-v-rl-lrsc-44-19-llr-63-1968 | 1968-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmance alibi-defense appellate-review automobile-theft bill-of-particulars burden-of-proof corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination documentary-evidence evidence first-judicial-circuit grand-larceny impeachment-of-witness indictment john-morris jury-verdict kakata larceny montserrado-county moses-yancy motion-for-new-trial motion-to-quash nimba-county notice-of-documents opel-car-theft paynesville reasonable-doubt res-gestae sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1968-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yangah v Melton LRSC 25; 12 LLR 128 (1954) | 1954, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1954 Opinions, Civil Procedure, dismissal, Ejectment, fifteen-day rule, Jurisdiction, lack of jurisdiction, Modderman v. Roberts (precedent), Montserrado County, Service of Process, summons, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness | yangah-v-melton-lrsc-25-12-llr-128-1954 | 1954-opinions civil-procedure dismissal ejectment fifteen-day-rule jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction modderman-v-roberts-precedent montserrado-county service-of-process summons supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness | 1954-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yanques et al v RL (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, destruction of property, evidentiary review, indictment, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, Paynesville, property damage, Restitution, sentencing modification, Supreme Court of Liberia | yanques-et-al-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions appellate-review criminal-law criminal-mischief destruction-of-property evidentiary-review indictment jury-verdict land-dispute montserrado-county paynesville property-damage restitution sentencing-modification supreme-court-of-liberia | 2026-1 criminal-law-cases 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 |