Category: Justice Wolokollie

Cllr. Kuku Y. Dorbor vs Roberto S. Robert (12/18/2026) 0

Cllr. Kuku Y. Dorbor vs Roberto S. Robert (12/18/2026)

This motion to dismiss an appeal currently before the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia emanates from an ejectment action filed by Counsellor Kuku Y. Dorbor, movant/appellee, in the Civil Law Court for Montserrado County against several defendants. The trial court having ruled in favor of the movant/appellee on May 7, 2025, one of the defendants, respondent Roberto S. Robert, excepted to the court’s final ruling and announced an appeal to the Supreme Court. Roberto S. Robert filed his bill of exceptions and perfected his appeal as required by the appeal statute.
The movant/appellee contends that the respondent, Roberto S. Robert’s

Afriland Bank Liberia Limited vs. The Management of Kailondo (12/18/2025) 0

Afriland Bank Liberia Limited vs. The Management of Kailondo (12/18/2025)

This appeal grows out of a petition for foreclosure of a mortgage deed filed by Afriland First Bank Liberia Limited, the appellant, in the Commercial Court of Liberia, on December 17, 2020, against the Management of Kailondo, Inc. and George B. Kailondo, 1st and1st appellees respectively. The trial court ruled against the appellant bank and awarded the appellees Two Hundred Ninety-nine Thousand One Hundred United States Dollars (US$299,100.00) and Thirty-three Million Three Hundred Forty-six Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Liberian Dollars (L$33,346,830.00) based on the report made by the committee set up for proper accounting. The appellant, Afriland First Bank Liberia

Cllr. Saye Gbalazeh vs Activa International Liberia (12/18/2025) 0

Cllr. Saye Gbalazeh vs Activa International Liberia (12/18/2025)

This motion to dismiss derives from an appeal taken from the final ruling of the National Labor Court of Montserrado County. The court found Activa International Insurance Company (Liberia) Limited, respondent/appellant, liable for ‘Unfair Labor Practices’ against its former CEO, Saye Gbalazeh, movant/appellee.
Movant filed a motion to dismiss the pending appeal before this Court on the grounds that the appellant’s appeal bond is defective and contravenes Section 63.2 of the Civil Procedure Law. Movant particularly contends that: 1) the property that seeks to secure the bond has five titleholders, but only one of the said holders signed the affidavit

The Intestate Estate of the Martha Stubblefield Bernard vs. Intestate Estate of the Danielette P. Tucker Bernard (08/15/2025) 0

The Intestate Estate of the Martha Stubblefield Bernard vs. Intestate Estate of the Danielette P. Tucker Bernard (08/15/2025)

The appellee, the Intestate Estate of Danielette P. Tucker Bernard, by and thru its administratrix, Danielle Thelma T. Bernard, on January 15, 2019, filed an action of ejectment before the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Montserrado County against the Testate Estate of William Thomas Bernard, thru its executrix as 1st defendant, and the Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard, represented by its administrator, Ebrima Varney Dempster, as 2nd defendant. The appellee alleged that the co-appellant Martha Stubblefield Bernard and William Thomas Bernard’s estates were in possession of the appellee’s 12.92 acres of land situated in Congo Town, Tubman Boulevard, and portion

The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment vs. BMC Workers of Bong Mining Company (08/14/2025) 0

The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment vs. BMC Workers of Bong Mining Company (08/14/2025)

This appeal derives from an action of damages for wrong filed in 2004, by the appellees, workers of the Bong Mining Company (“BMC”), against the appellant, the Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (“LBDI”) before the Six Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, presided over by His Honor Yussif D. Kaba, then Resident Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.

The facts are that the Liberian Civil War led to the involuntary closure of the Bong Mining Company (BMC); that the Company in consultation with the Government of Liberia and appellees through its authorized officers decided to deposit United

Mr. Mohammed Dunzo v. Marima Fofana Beyla (08/14/2025) 0

Mr. Mohammed Dunzo v. Marima Fofana Beyla (08/14/2025)

The facts that preceded the filing of this motion to dismiss the appeal are undisputed. On March 17, 2016, the movant, Mr. Mohammed Dunzo, instituted an action of ejectment against the respondent, Madam Marima Fofana Beyla, before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County. After pleading rested and an investigative survey conducted, the trial jury heard and weighed the evidence and returned a verdict of liable against the respondent, and said verdict was confirmed by the trial judge after a hearing and denial of a motion for a new trial. The trial court subsequently entered a final ruling

Mamade M. Kamara vs. Mr. Batune Keita (08/14/2025) 0

Mamade M. Kamara vs. Mr. Batune Keita (08/14/2025)

This review emanates from an ejectment action filed by Batune Keita, the appellee, plaintiff below, represented by his son and attorney-in-fact, Mr. Mohammed Tanji Keita, against Co-appellant Mamadee M. Kamara, and all others under his authority.

The appellee alleged in his complaint that in 1989, his father, Mr. Batune Keita, acquired one-acre of land along the Monrovia-Kakata Highway from Charles S. B. Watkins which was registered and probated according to law; that the subject land is an adjoining property with that of the co-appellant Mamade M. Kamara; however, co-appellant Kamara has encroached and erected structures on the appellee’s portion of

International Bank Liberia vs. Mr. Massaquoi M. Kamara (08/14/2025) 0

International Bank Liberia vs. Mr. Massaquoi M. Kamara (08/14/2025)

This appeal calls for a review of a Chambers ruling of our colleague, now of sainted memory, Mr. Justice Joseph N. Nagbe, in which he granted the writ of certiorari prayed for by the appellee, the International Bank (Liberia) Limited (IBB), rescinding the erroneous ruling of Judge Peter W. Gbenewelleh in a petition for foreclosure of mortgage filed by the appellee.

The writ of certiorari centered around an uncontested error said to have been committed by His Honor, Judge Peter W. Gbenewelleh in a ruling made during the December 2015 Term of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado

Esther K. Venn vs. Marie Johnson and Thomas Yaya Nimley (08/14/2025) 0

Esther K. Venn vs. Marie Johnson and Thomas Yaya Nimley (08/14/2025)

Our review of the records of this case reveals that the appellant, Madam Esther K. Venn, plaintiff in the court below, filed a complaint against the appellees, Marie Johnson, Thomas Yaya Nimely and James Gibson, defendants below, alleging that she, appellant, is the owner of ten (10) acres of land lying in the Township of Duazon which she acquired in 1994; that upon visiting the subject property in 2010, she discovered that the appellees, Marie Johnson and Thomas Yaya Nimley, had constructed on portion of the land without her consent, while co-appellee James Gibson was constructing a structure thereon; that

Management of ArcelorMittal Liberia Limited vs. Aman S. Dokie (05/29/2025) 0

Management of ArcelorMittal Liberia Limited vs. Aman S. Dokie (05/29/2025)

The appellee, Aman S. Dokie, complained the appellant, ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) to the Labor Commissioner in Sanniquellie, Nimba County, alleging unfair labor practice. He stated that he was employed by the appellant, AML, on August 26, 2014, as light duty driver, a Grade 4 position, and was assigned at the Mines Department with a monthly salary payment of United States Three Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars Fifty Cents (US$376.50); that the head of the Estate Department of AML, Maria da Silva, had him transferred on October 2014 from the Mines Department to the Canteen under the Estate Department in the capacity as