2026 SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA DECISION
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Varney Mambu Dennis, the Intestate Estate of David Coleman vs The Intestate Estate of James Morris (05/21/2026)
This petition for re-argument emanates from this Court’s unanimous Opinion affirming the ruling of the trial court in an ejectment action where the trial judge affirmed the jury’s verdict, in which the respondent was ordered placed in possession of its property thereof by this Court, according to the metes and bounds of its deed that was pleaded. In the petition for re-argument, the petitioners are contending that this Court ignored the issue of the trial court’s denial of a motion for investigative survey, for reason that the said motion was untimely filed; that the act of this Court, in ignoring Read more →
National Contracting Company, Ltd (NCC) vs Global Group of Enterprises, Ltd. (05/21/2026)
This case grows out of an appeal announced from a ruling of the trial judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County which held the appellant, the National Contracting Company Ltd (NCC) liable in an action of damages for breach of contract filed by the appellee, the Global Group of Enterprises, Ltd. (Global) on August 31, 2020. The certified records of this case show that the appellee filed an action of damages for breach of contract under a sub-contract agreement along with a motion for preliminary injunction on August 31, 2020, against the appellant, stating that Read more →
The Purported Living Bread Pentecostal Ministry vs Living Bread Pentecostal Church Ministry (05/21/2026)
This appeal emanates from a ruling of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, rendered on May 10, A.D. 2022, in a petition for declaratory judgment filed on February 2, 2022, by the appellee, the Living Bread Pentecostal Church Ministry by & thru its pastor and general overseer, Pastor Timothy Atachie against the appellant, the Purported Living Bread Pentecostal Ministry by & thru Pastor Mango and her brother Mac Noah. The appellee, in its petition, requested the trial court to declare its right to the ownership of its own premises against all claimants including but not limited Read more →
Thomas Hill vs James Logan (05/20/2026)
This case is before us on a motion to dismiss the appeal filed by the movant, Thomas Hill represented by and thru his Attorney-in-Fact, Emmanuel Johnson, against the respondent, James Logan, which motion seeks to have this Court dismiss the appeal announced by the respondent from a judgment entered against him by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, on ground that the respondent failed to complete the appeal process by failing to file a notice of completion of appeal. The records before this Court show that the underlying action arose from an action of ejectment instituted Read more →
J. Alfred Sackie et al., the USTC Workers vs United States Trading Company (05/20/2026)
This Bill of Information emanates from a Judgment of this Court, in an appeal announced by the United States Trading Company (USTC), respondent herein, in an action for wrongful dismissal/redundancy filed by the informants herein, J. Alfred Sackie et al., the USTC redundant workers. This Court, on August 17, 2004 affirmed in part and reversed in part, from the final ruling of the National Labor Court, in which this Court mandated the trial court to resume jurisdiction and give effect to the Mandate of this Court. When the trial court resumed jurisdiction, according to the informants, the trial judge did Read more →
The Intestate Estate of Mayouba Barlo vs Jimmy Jallah and Varney Swaray (05/20/2026)
The Intestate Estate of Mayouba Barlo, the movant, thru his Attorney-In-Fact, Mulbah Barlo, filed before this Court, a motion to dismiss the appeal announced by Jimmy Jallah and Varney Swaray, the respondents, in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court for Margibi County. The movant in this motion to dismiss is seeking the dismissal of the appeal announced by the respondents on July 2, 2025 from the final ruling delivered by the trial judge, Her Honor Golda Bonah Elliott, Assigned Circuit Judge. In the said motion to dismiss, the movant states three contentions as justification for the dismissal of this appeal: the Read more →
Republic of Liberia vs Matu Kumba Montgomery (02/16/2026)
This case is on appeal from the final ruling rendered, by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County. The trial records reveal that on December 27, 2015, Madam Matu Kumba Montgomery, appellee in the instant proceedings, filed a five-count action of summary proceedings to recover possession of real property against the appellant, More Than Me Foundation by and thru its CEO Katie Meyler. In the said complaint, the appellee indicated that she is the legitimate and bonafide owner of the disputed property by virtue of a curator’s deed issued in her favour in October, 2011 by the Monthly Read more →
Kadijatu B. Jalloh vs. Intestate Estates (02/16/2026)
The instant action of ejectment is before us on appeal from a ruling rendered by the assigned trial judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, during its March Term of Court A .D. 2024, where the contesting parties for two (2) distinct parcels of land traced their respective title instruments to separate grantors. The relevant facts as culled from the records show that on June 1, 2023, the Intestate Estate of Thomas Miller, plaintiff in the court below, filed a sixteen-count action of ejectment against Kadijatu B. Jalloh by and thru her attorneys-in-fact Alpha O. Jalloh Read more →
Rocky Marshall and all those under his control vs Madam Eliza Ophelia Hoff (02/13/2026)
This appeal emanates from the final ruling of Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County. The facts as culled from the certified records reveals that on February 3, 2017, Madam Eliza Ophelia Hoff, the appellee, instituted an action of ejectment against Rocky Marshall, the appellant herein, before His Honor Yussif D. Kaba then presiding Judge of the court below, alleging amongst several things that she is the bona fide and legitimate owner of ten (10) acres of land lying and situated in the township of Virginia, Montserrado County; that she acquired said property by inheritance from her grandparents Read more →
Executive Parking Services Incorporated vs His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar (02/13/2026)
This appeal is from the ruling of our esteemed Colleague, Madam Justice Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson, who presided in Chambers during the March Term of Court, A.D. 2025. The Justice in Chambers, upon hearing had on the petition for the issuance of the writ of certiorari, quashed the alternative writ, and denied the issuance of the peremptory writ of certiorari prayed for by the appellant, Executive Parking Services by and thru its CEO, Mr. Joseph Blake. The relevant facts as culled from the records reveal that on January 3, 2025, the appellee, the Intestate Estate of Vamuyan Corneh and Vamuyan Read more →
Supreme Court contempt against Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazehn (Prophet key) (02/12/2026)
On February 2, 2026, Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazen, the contemnor herein made and published a podcast on his social media platform wherein he accused the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of acts of corruption and the Contemnor went further to levy derogative vulgarities and profanities against the Chief Justice and the Judiciary as a whole, and perplexingly against the Chief Justice’s mother. On February 4, 2026, the Honorable Supreme Court invited the contemnor to appear before the full bench on Tuesday February 10, 2026 to show cause why he should not be held in Contempt of Read more →
The Management of Notre Dame Investment, Ltd. vs. The Ministry of Mines & Energy, Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026)
This appeal grows out of a Petition for Judicial Review filed by Notre Dame Investment Liberia Limited, appellant herein, challenging the Ministry of Mines & Energy’s, appellee herein, revocation of three Class B Mining Licenses which it was previously issued by the appellee. After full hearing, the Hearing Officer revoked the licenses. The appellant, being dissatisfied with the ruling of the hearing officer, filed a petition for judicial review before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, upon review, the trial judge affirmed the ruling of the hearing officer. The appellant, again being dissatisfied with this ruling, excepted Read more →
Irwin Coleman, Samuel Dennis, Esther Dennis, Rebecca Dennis, et.al vs. The Intestate Estate of the Late Emmanuel R. Gibson (02/13/2026)
This case presents for our review an appeal taken from the final judgment of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, in an action of ejectment wherein the trial judge, sitting as both judge and jury, entered judgment in favor of the Intestate Estate of Emmanuel R. Gibson by and thru its administrators, J. Robert Gibson and Varney Flomo, Appellee herein against Irwin O. Coleman, Samuel Gibson, Esther Dennis et al., Appellants herein. The appellants contend that the lower court committed several reversible errors, including: failure to properly evaluate the authenticity and legal sufficiency of the appellee’s title Read more →
John Jallah vs. Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026)
During the November Term, A.D. 2010 of the First Judicial Circuit Court for Montserrado County, the Grand Jury sitting therein returned a true bill charging the appellants, John Jallah and others with the commission of the crime of criminal mischief. The indictment emanating therefrom reads as follows: “INDICTMENT The Grand Jurors for Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, upon their oath do hereby find, more probably than not, that the defendant, John Jallah, Moses Fahn and others to be identified, committed the crime of Criminal Mischief, a felony of the third degree, to wit: 1. That sometimes ago, around the second Read more →
Youth for Development & Productivity/ YODAP vs The Government of the Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026)
On February 24, 2016, the Commercial Court dismissed a claim of debt filed by the Youth for Development and Productivity (YODAP), the appellant herein, against the Government of Liberia (GoL). Predicated upon this ruling, the appellant announced and perfected an appeal before this Supreme Court for appellate review. The appellant, YODAP, a non-governmental organization registered and operating under the laws of Liberia, filed this action of debt against the Republic of Liberia, contending that the Republic of China (ROC) and the Republic of Liberia signed a “Bilateral Agreement” on April 22, 2003, wherein the Republic of China pledged developmental assistance Read more →
Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International vs Freddenis K. Nagbe of the United States of America (02/12/2026)
This appeal currently before us evolves from a judgment rendered by our colleague, Her Honor Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson, while presiding as Justice in Chambers during the 2025 March Term of this Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia. The facts as culled from the records, reveals that the appellant, Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International, initially instituted an action of felonious restraint against the appellee, Freddennis K. Nagbe, through his attorney-in-fact, Emmanuel K. Wesseh, on August 21, 2023, before the West Point Magisterial Court. The appellant contended that the appellee had illegally occupied its property which it obtained through squatter’s Read more →
Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara and Hassan Fawaz, a Lebanese National, Lessee of Kaifa Kamara vs Intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas
This appeal is taken from the ruling of a declaratory judgment filed on January 12, 2016, in the Civil Law Court for Montserrado, Republic of Liberia. The Petition for Declaratory Judgment was originally filed against Mr. Kaifa Kamara but during the pendency of the case, he died. As a result, the court, upon request of Mr. Kamara’s counsel, substituted the deceased on June 21, 2016, with Dauson Varney Kamara, A. Vaifee Tulay, Siafa Benjamin and Austin H. Kamara, all of whom subsequently became the administrators of the intestate estate of the deceased. The appellant, the intestate estate of Kaifa Kamara Read more →
Frank Goll vs Rosetta Nagbe Jackollie, Prince N. Saye and Jacquelline A. Saye (02/12/2026)
This appeal emanates from the adjudication of an ‘Action of Ejectment’ filed in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. Judgement having been rendered for the appellees, the appellant excepted and appealed to this Honorable Supreme Court for an appellant review. The facts gathered from the records indicate that the appellees, Rosetta Nagbe Jackollie, Prince N. Saye, and Jacqueline A. Saye, initially filed the ejectment action on March 18, 2022, but withdrew and refiled an amended complaint on April 6, 2022. The appellees assert in their complaint that they are bona fide owners of four lots Read more →
The Management of Access Bank Liberia vs. His Honor, Joseph Kollie (02/12/2026)
Section 14.4 (a) of the Decent work Act (2015) states: (a) An employer may only terminate the employment of an employee for just cause, based on: i) The (in)ability of the employee to perform the work required of them in accordance with the terms of: (1) Their Contract; (2) Any Collective agreement that applies to their work; or (3) This Act and any regulations made under it; or ii) The conduct of the employee: (1) At work; or (2) In circumstances which have a real and substantial connection to the working relationship; or iii) The operational requirements of the undertaking Read more →
Samuel D. Tweah, et al vs. His Honor Roosevelt Willie (02/12/2026)
The original petition for the writ of prohibition into an alleged case of economic sabotage, theft of property, money laundering, criminal facilitation, and criminal conspiracy against Samuel D. Tweah, Former Minister of Finance & Development Planning, Counsellor Nyenati Tuan, Former Acting Minister of Justice, Stanley S. Ford, Former Director of the Financial Intelligence Agency, Moses P. Cooper, Former Comptroller of the Financial Intelligence Agency and Jefferson Karmoh, Former National Security Advisor was heard on November 17, 2025 and decided on December 18, 2025, in which case this Court denied the petitioners’ petition for the writ of prohibition and ordered the Read more →
Liberia Agriculture Corporation (LAC) and Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA) vs. The Liberian Revenue Authority (02/12/2026)
The appellant, Liberian Agricultural Corporation (LAC), is before this Court based upon an appeal from the final ruling of the Tax Court, Montserrado County, in an action of petition for judicial review instituted by the appellee herein, the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) represented by its Commissioner General, Mr. James Dorbor Jallah. The appellant has presented for our review, a twenty-three (23) count bill of exceptions which they allege constitute reversible errors committed by the trial judge. We first examine the trial records to ascertain the facts and circumstances that culminated into the present appeal. The certified records reveal that the Read more →
Liberty Christian Center Overcomers vs Mrs. Nohad Mensah formerly Nohad Milage Hage (02/12/2026)
The instant appeal originates from a final ruling rendered by the trial judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, in an action of ejectment, wherein the jury returned a verdict of liable against the appellants herein, Liberty Christian Center Overcomers and Ms. Bernice Blamah, and in favor of the appellee herein, Mrs. Nohad Mensah formerly Nohad M. Hage, represented by and thru her attorney-in-fact, Mrs. Edith Hage Seigeh. The allegations contained in the complaint basically state that the appellee, Mrs. Nohad Mensah is the owner of two (2) lots of land, lying and situated in the Read more →
The Management of Samaritan’s Purse, International and Sylvester Nyanigbaye, an employee of Samaritan’s Purse, Int’l vs. Captain Joseph D. Moulton (02/12/2026)
This appeal emanates from the final ruling of the Civil Law Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit for Montserrado County, sitting in its March Term, A. D. 2011, presided over by His Honor Peter W. Gbeneweleh, Assigned Circuit Judge. The court, on May 20, 2021, having entertained argument pro et con into the appellee’s action of damages for wrong, filed against the first and second appellants, ruled, holding the defendants/appellants liable to the plaintiff/appellee. The facts culled from the records reveal that on October 16, 2009, the appellee, plaintiff in the court below, Captain Joseph D. Moulton, an Immigration Officer of the Read more →
Workers Union of Mesurado Group of Companies vs. The Management of Mesurado Group of Companies (02/12/2026)
The appellant, (Workers Union of Mesurado Group of Companies) seeks a review by this Court of a decision rendered by the National Labor Court, in which the trial judge ruled denying the petitioner’s petition for judicial review on grounds that the matter was already handled by his predecessor and as such, he could not review same, and that the said petition was only intended to delay and waste the court’s time and proceeded to fine the lawyer who filed the said petition. The appellant excepted to this ruling of the National Labor Court and filed this appeal before this Court. Read more →
Better Way Word of Life Ministries International vs. James B. Matthews (02/12/2026)
This appeal grows out of an action of ejectment involving a parcel of land situated opposite the S.D. Cooper Road Junction, Paynesville City, Montserrado County. The parties are siblings, each asserting ownership of the same property through different chains of title allegedly derived from their late father, Daniel K. Matthews, Sr. The records certified to this Court reveal that on August 15, 2016, that James B. Matthew, appellee herein, instituted an action of ejectment in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, alleging that he and his brother, Daniel K. Matthew, Jr., are the bona fide joint owners Read more →
Activa Insurance International v. Hans Armstrong (02/12/2026)
This bill of information before this Court grows out of a ruling made by the Debt Court for Montserrado County in which it denied a bill of information and motion to vacate payment order filed before it by ACTIVA International Insurance (Informant herein). The informant then excepted and announced an appeal and pursuant to Section 4.2 of the New Judiciary Law, prayed the Debt Court to stay enforcement of its ruling pending appeal on grounds that the violation of due process was raised by ACTIVA Insurance International (Informant herein). The Debt Court granted the said appeal and the bill of Read more →
FRED I. SUMO v. SHEGOU BANGAY & ASSATTA BANGAY (02/12/2026)
This matter emanates from the ruling of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court for Margibi County in an action of ejectment in which the trial jury rendered a liable verdict which was confirmed by the trial court against the appellant on December 29, A.D. 2022, and the appellant noted exception to the said ruling and appealed to this Court en banc. The records certified before this Court show that the appellees, Shekou Bongay and Assatta Bongay, filed an action of ejectment on March 18, 2019, against the appellant, Fred I. Sumo. In the said action of ejectment, the appellees stated that Read more →
Wesley S. Jlue vs Republic of Liberia (02/12/2026)
This case is before the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia on appeal for review of the conviction of the appellant in Criminal Court "C", Montserrado County. On the 9th Day of January, A.D. 2015, the trial court adjudged appellant, Wesley S. Jlue, guilty for the crimes of theft of property and forgery, and sentenced him for an imprisonment term of five (5) years, in addition to restituting Three Hundred Fifty-eight Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-six United States Dollars and Twelve Cents (US$358,366.12) and One Million Nine Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-five Liberian Dollars and Sixty Cents (L$1, 916, 495.60). The Read more →
Aaron S. Kollie et al. v. Republic of Liberia (02/12/2026)
This is an appeal from the final ruling of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Lofa County, wherein the appellants, Aaron S. Kollie and Emmanuel W. Flomo, were adjudged guilty of the crimes of Murder, Criminal Conspiracy, and Felonious Restraint, while co-appellant Lamini Flomo was adjudged guilty of Criminal Conspiracy and Felonious Restraint. The appellants are now before this Court seeking a reversal of the final ruling of the trial court. The certified records reveal that, following an inquest conducted by the County Coroner of Lofa County, which confirmed the death of Madam Moiyongor Keleko and attributed the cause of death to Read more →
