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SnowHill Community vs. Snow Hill Baptist Church (05/28/2025) 0

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28 May, 2025

SnowHill Community vs. Snow Hill Baptist Church (05/28/2025)

This appeal emanates from an action of ejectment filed on November 13, 2013, before the Sixth Judicial
Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, by the appellee, Snow Hill Baptist Church, through its Resident Pastor, Rev. Samuel S. Tye. The appellee, plaintiff below, alleged in its complaint that it purchased a parcel of land from Leduonleh Williams of the Township of New Georgia, on July 28,1997, and registered same according to law in Vol. 46 – 98 Pages 137- 140, The appellee attached to the complaint a certified copy of its Warranty deed.
The appellants, Bedel Gaigela, Ben A. Roberts,

RE-ARGUMENT SSF Vs. Quality Group (05/28/2025) 0

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28 May, 2025

RE-ARGUMENT SSF Vs. Quality Group (05/28/2025)

On July 23, 2024 the Supreme Court en banc heard arguments on an appeal arising from a ruling of the Justice in Chambers, in a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by the appellee, Quality Group Construction Company, which essentially prayed the Chambers Justice to restrain, restrict and prohibit the enforcement of the judgment of the trial court judge for want of subject matter jurisdiction as the appellant had filed an action for damages for breach of contract and debt by attachment and garnishment against the appellee before the Commercial Court after the co-appellant had requested the appellee to

Jeannette K White vs. Church of God in Christ Inc 0

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28 May, 2025

Jeannette K White vs. Church of God in Christ Inc

This motion to dismiss currently before us evolved from an initial action of ejectment filed before the Six Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, sitting in its March Term 1988, on February 27,1988, by the movant/appellee Church of God in Christ Inc. against co- respondents/appellants, Jeannette White and heirs and administrators of the estate Kaiser A. A Knowlden.
In its complaint, movant claimed that it owned one lot of land lying and situated in Sinkor Old Road which it purchased from its grantor, Mr. Edwin J. Gabbidon, in the year 1979, and received a warranty deed for same; that

Francis Saah Fayiah et. al. vs. Republic of Liberia (05/28/2025) 0

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28 May, 2025

Francis Saah Fayiah et. al. vs. Republic of Liberia (05/28/2025)

The grand jury for Montserrado County, sitting during the August Term of Court, A.D. 2023, returned a true bill against the appellants finding them more probable than not guilty of the crimes of theft of property and criminal conspiracy; thus, necessitating the trial of the appellants. The indictment alleges that the appellants, in a joint criminal enterprise, designed a criminal scheme to divert to their personal use and benefit money received from the sale of goods left in the charge of the appellants after selling to the private prosecutor’s customers in Kakata, Gbarnga and Ganta.
This case is now on

Congress for Democratic Change vs. Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (05/28/2025) 0

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28 May, 2025

Congress for Democratic Change vs. Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (05/28/2025)

The 1st respondent, Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard, represented by its administrator, Ebrima Varney Dempster, had previously filed an action of ejectment against the 2nd respondent, the testate estate of William Thomas Bernard, Sr., and the informant, the Congress of Democratic Change (CDC). The informant and 2nd respondent in this bill of information appealed from the ruling of the lower court adjudging them liable to the 1st respondent. On appeal the Supreme Court on September 22, 2016, confirmed the lower court’s ruling, and ordered the informant and 2nd respondent ousted, ejected and evicted from the disputed property and the

Abdullai Sheriff & David Onanah v. Republic of Liberia(02/17/2025) 0

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17 Feb, 2025

Abdullai Sheriff & David Onanah v. Republic of Liberia(02/17/2025)

This present appeal emanates from a guilty verdict brought against the appellants, Abdullah Sheriff and David Onanah, defendants in the 11th Judicial Circuit, Tubmanburg, Bomi County, growing out of an indictment drawn by the grand jury of said county which accused the appellants of committing the crimes of gang rape, involuntary sodomy, sexual assault and criminal conspiracy. The indictment sets out the following:

REGINALD HOLDER et. al. vs. Mrs. Sando Pauline G. Holder (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

REGINALD HOLDER et. al. vs. Mrs. Sando Pauline G. Holder (12/19/2024)

The records in this case reveal that the movants/appellees, Reginald M. Holder, Sr., Richard F. Holder, Lagnfelt Holder and James Charles, were respondents in a petition for revocation of extended letters of administration and a petition for proper accounting filed in the Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County by the respondents/appellants/petitioner, Mrs. Sando Pauline G. Holder and Anna Holder of the USA.

On April 22, 2024, the Judge presiding over the case by assignment, His Honor U-Jay W. H. S. Bright, handed down a final ruling, adjudging the respondents, movants now before us, not liable and ordering that the

Ralph Wilson v. Lucinda Finda (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Ralph Wilson v. Lucinda Finda (12/19/2024)

This appeal emanates from a ruling on a motion to dismiss filed by the appellant on August 5, 2015, against a petition for revocation of letters of administration filed by the appellee, Lucinda Finda Blasser, to declare void ad initio letters of administration issued to the appellant, Ralph Wilson, on October 18, 2013.
Having spent time going through the painstaking task of reviewing the disorganized records of the file forwarded to this Court from the Probate Court of Montserrado County, we see from the records that Lucinda Finda Blasser and Cleopatra Tannous, daughter and sister of the deceased Mary Wilson

MRS. MONICA FREEMAN DEWALT (LACE) VS. MR. JULIUS K. SELE (LACE) (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

MRS. MONICA FREEMAN DEWALT (LACE) VS. MR. JULIUS K. SELE (LACE) (12/19/2024)

This appeal originates from a Chambers Justice’s ruling denying a petition for the writ of prohibition filed by the appellant, Monica Freeman Dewalt, as petitioner. In her petition before the Chambers Justice, the appellant alleged that the co-appellee Mr. Julius K. Sele, Executive Director of the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (“LACE”), acted without legal authority when he terminated her services at LACE where she served as the Finance Director.

The certified records reveal that the appellant was employed by LACE on September 4, 2018, for a period of one year which was subsequently extended on July 4, 2019 for

GLOBAL BANK LIBERIA LIMITED v. MADAM BEATRICE N. DENNIS AND NATHANIEL(12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

GLOBAL BANK LIBERIA LIMITED v. MADAM BEATRICE N. DENNIS AND NATHANIEL(12/19/2024)

The records from the case file reveal that the appellee Beatrice N. Dennis filed a letter of complaint to the Ministry of Labor, stating, inter alia, that she has been in the employ of the appellant, Global Bank Liberia, Ltd. from December 1, 2004, to May 28, 2013, constituting eight years and five months of continuous service; that during this period she held several positions to include, Chief of Personnel, Head of Human Resources and Administration, Head of Corporate Resources, and Acting Managing Director/CEO. The appellee further stated that having reached age 64, she wrote to the Board of Directors

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