Monthly Archive: February 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

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.

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