Author: Flomo Wolobah

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STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE JUDICIARY FROM THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA SITTING IN ITS MARCH TERM. A. D. 2024

Today, the Supreme Court of Liberia expresses its disappointment and disapproval of the treatment meted out to the Judiciary Branch of Government by the other two Branches of Government; namely, the Executive and Legislative Branches in regards to the budget appropriation to this Branch.

It can be recalled that upon the passage of the 2024 fiscal budget, in which the Liberian Judiciary was appropriated an amount of US$17 million and a one-off contingency amount of US$3million, which total amount constitutes a meager

NOBLE OIL vs. ZAFEER PETROLEUM (06/14/2024) 0

NOBLE OIL vs. ZAFEER PETROLEUM (06/14/2024)

Our esteemed colleague, Justice Wolokolie, presiding in Chambers during the March Term of Court, A.D. 2022 delivered a ruling denying a petition for a writ of prohibition out of which this appeal grows. The appellant has asked us, the Court en banc, to review and reverse the said ruling as it fails to conform to our laws in this jurisdiction

Levee Moulton v. Judge Dunbar (06/14/2024) 0

Levee Moulton v. Judge Dunbar (06/14/2024)

The appellants, Frederica Free-Moulton, presumptive widow, and Michael D. Moulton, son of the late Joseph Karbar Levee Moulton, through their Attorneys-in-Fact, Louise C. Ngangana and Mansfield Wrotto, filed a petition for letters of administration to administer the Intestate Estate of Joseph Karbar Levee Moulton, who died on October 15, 2020, in the United States of America. On March 30, 2021, the Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County heard the petition and issued letters of administration

JESSE HARRIS AND MELVIN HARRIS ET AL. vs. MARY TURNING (06/14/2024) 0

JESSE HARRIS AND MELVIN HARRIS ET AL. vs. MARY TURNING (06/14/2024)

This case is before us on appeal from a ruling rendered by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, against the appellants Jessie Harris and Melvin Harris et al. The appellants have challenged the lower court’s ruling, averring that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the weight of the evidence adduced at trial and that the judge erred in his instructions to the jury. The appellants have now petitioned this Court to reverse the said ruling and enter the ruling that ought to have been rendered by the court below

SUSAN F. COOPER & HENRY ERIC COOPER vs. MONIQUE C. COOPER (05/23/2024) 0

SUSAN F. COOPER & HENRY ERIC COOPER vs. MONIQUE C. COOPER (05/23/2024)

The present motion to dismiss appeal emanates from a final ruling rendered on May 16, 2023, by Judge Necular Y. Edwards of the Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County, wherein he declared the Intestate Estate of Henry Ford Cooper closed and the properties apportioned among the beneficiaries.

The movant herein, Cllr. John Wleh Togba, the Attorney-in-Fact for Susan F. Cooper and Henry Eric Cooper, Co-Administrators Cum Testamento Annexo of the Intestate Estate of Henry Ford Cooper, alleged that the respondent herein, Monique C. Cooper, also one of the Co-Administrators Cum Testamento Annexo of the Intestate Estate of Henry Ford

Praise O. Tony Lawal vs. Intestate Estate of James A. Gittens (05/23/2024) 0

Praise O. Tony Lawal vs. Intestate Estate of James A. Gittens (05/23/2024)

This motion to dismiss is before this Court from a ruling made by the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Montserrado County on August 17, 2022, in a Bill in Equity for the cancellation of land deed proceedings case in which the trial judge ruled against the Intestate Estate of James A. Gittens, respondents herein.

The facts as alleged by the movant are that the Intestate Estate of James A. Gittens, represented by its Administrators and Administratrix A. Lorenzo Gittens, Jr., and A. Rudolph Gittens filed a petition for a Bill in Equity for the cancellation of land deed against one Praise

MONCO Lib. Ltd. vs. GLOBAL BANK Lib. Ltd. (05/23/2024) 0

MONCO Lib. Ltd. vs. GLOBAL BANK Lib. Ltd. (05/23/2024)

This motion to dismiss grows out of a final ruling rendered by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County on September 1, 2023, in which the respondent/appellant was adjudged liable to the movant in the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$2,500,000.00) in an action of damages suit filed by the movant against the respondent.

The movant/appellee herein request this Court to dismiss the appeal on grounds that the respondent/appellant appeal bond is inconsistent with statute as it is insufficient to indemnify the movant/appellee thereby rendering this appeal dismissible as a matter of law

Lucia Derrick & James K. Wolovah vs. Global Pharm Medical Center (05/23/2024) 0

Lucia Derrick & James K. Wolovah vs. Global Pharm Medical Center (05/23/2024)

In this motion to dismiss, Miss Lucia Derrick and James K. Wolovah, movants herein have prayed this Court to dismiss the respondent’s appeal on grounds that the said appeal violates the appeal statute. We take recourse to the records to make a just determination based on the facts and circumstances herein.

The movants in their motion alleged that they were plaintiffs in a medical malpractice action before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County and that the said court rendered final judgment in their favor on September 19, 2023, and the said judgment was

Hon. Atty. Garrison Doldeh Yealue, Jr., Hon. Andrew Peters, Edwina Crump Zackpah, and Hon. Reginald Kpan Nagbe, vs.  The Executive Branch of Government of the Republic of Liberia (04/24/2024) 0

Hon. Atty. Garrison Doldeh Yealue, Jr., Hon. Andrew Peters, Edwina Crump Zackpah, and Hon. Reginald Kpan Nagbe, vs. The Executive Branch of Government of the Republic of Liberia (04/24/2024)

On February 22, 26, and 27, 2024, respectively, petitioners Atty./Hon. Garrison Doldeh Yealue Jr. of the Governance Commission, Hon. Andrew Peters of the National Identification Registry, Hon. Edwina Crump Zackpah et. al of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority and Hon. Reginald Nagbe, of the Liberia National Lottery Authority, filed separate petitions praying for the writ of prohibition to be issued against the Executive Branch of Government, the respondent herein.

We note that although the Executive Branch of Government is the principal respondent, however, in the case of the petition filed by Edwina Crump Zackpah, et. al of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, they named