Category: Justice Wolokollie

Ms. Ding Shu Jun (CKA Nancy Chinese Lady) vs. Najib Kamand (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Ms. Ding Shu Jun (CKA Nancy Chinese Lady) vs. Najib Kamand (12/19/2024)

The records before us reveal that the final judgment in the underlying action of debt by attachment was handed down by the Judge of the Debt Court of Montserrado County, His Honor James E. Jones, on April 30, 2024, in favor of the movant/appellee and the respondent/appellant announced an appeal to this Supreme Court. However, it is shown from the records that the appellant only complied with steps one and two of the appeals process, that is, noting exception and announcing an appeal from the final ruling in open court and thereafter filing an approved bill of exceptions within ten

Becca Mulbah vs. His Honor A. Blamo Dixon, Republic of Liberia et. al(12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Becca Mulbah vs. His Honor A. Blamo Dixon, Republic of Liberia et. al(12/19/2024)

This bill of information is based on an action alleging burglary and theft of property filed before the Brewerville Magisterial Court. The informant, Becca Mulbah, was charged with the alleged commission of the crime of burglary and theft of property by the Brewerville Magisterial Court; that upon being arrested and brought under the jurisdiction of the court, a criminal appearance bond was posted by the 3rd respondent, the Sky International Insurance Company (“Sky Insurance”) to secure the informant’s appearance in court for hearings, and based upon which the informant was released on bail.

The Unconstitutionality of Several Actions taken by Certain Members of the House of Representatives (12/06/2024) 0

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6 Dec, 2024

The Unconstitutionality of Several Actions taken by Certain Members of the House of Representatives (12/06/2024)

Mr. Justice Tubman speaking for the Supreme Court in the case Fazzah v. The
National Economy Committee, 8LLR, 84,85 (1943) opined that every so often:
“…there arises some litigation in the course of judicial proceedings like a mighty
billow raising itself to a magnificent height as out of the sea, arousing public excitement, curiosity, anxiety), and interest. The civilians, as seashore visitors and dwellers, look on, some with fear, others with satisfaction, and yet others with amazement and trembling; out these legal billows seem, as it were, to dash themselves upon the shore as do the ocean billows and recede into

Assembly of God Church, Sinkor v. Intestate Estate of Joseph V. Gaye, Sr. (08/28/2024) 0

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28 Aug, 2024

Assembly of God Church, Sinkor v. Intestate Estate of Joseph V. Gaye, Sr. (08/28/2024)

The Intestate Estate of Joseph V. Gaye, Sr., appellee, plaintiff in the court below, by and through its administrators and administratrix, Stanton V. Gaye, Victoria D. Gaye, George Giaii and Sammie Peter Paul, instituted an action of ejectment against the appellants, the Assembly of God Church, Sinkor Branch, Monrovia, and all occupants of the subject property, before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, on June 24, 2022. The appellee alleged that it owns 7.3 acres of land lying and situated in Oldest Congo Town, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, which it secured from the Republic of Liberia

SSF Entrepreneur Inc. vs. Quality Group Construction(08/27/2024) 0

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27 Aug, 2024

SSF Entrepreneur Inc. vs. Quality Group Construction(08/27/2024)

This appeal has come before us for final determination from a ruling of the Justice in Chambers, in a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by the appellee, Quality Group Construction Company, essentially praying the Chambers Justice to restrain, restrict and prohibit the enforcement of the judgment of the trial court judge for want of subject matter jurisdiction.
Summarizing the facts, the appellee, Quality Group Construction Company, was adjudged liable at the Commercial Court to the co-appellant, S.S.F. Entrepreneur Inc., for an action filed by the co-appellant to recover the amount of Eighty Thousand United States Dollars (USD$80,000.00). Co-appellant

Morley Paul Kamara vs Mohammed Kafel (08/27/2024) 0

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27 Aug, 2024

Morley Paul Kamara vs Mohammed Kafel (08/27/2024)

This appeal emanates from a ruling rendered by His Honor Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr. while he served as the Justice in Chambers.
The facts are that the original owner of the disputed property, the Intestate Estate of Elizabeth Barclay Cooper, entered into a lease agreement with the A. & K. Incorporation for two lot, for a term ending May 21, 2022; that subsequently, A. & K. Corporation assigned its leasehold rights to the appellee, Mohammed K. Kafel. While the assignment was in effect, Mr. John Gbedze bought the two lots of land, subject of the lease, from the intestate

Kenya Airways vs. Counsellor Abraham Wade Simpson (08/27/2024) 0

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27 Aug, 2024

Kenya Airways vs. Counsellor Abraham Wade Simpson (08/27/2024)

The appellee, plaintiff below, Counselor Abraham Wade Simpson, filed a damages lawsuit against Kenya Airways, Ltd., the appellant, and the Classic Travel Connections, as 2nd defendant at the court below. The appellee alleged that after purchasing a United States One Thousand Four Hundred Dollars (US$1,400) ticket from Classic Travel Connections for a round trip from Monrovia to Uganda and back, he faced significant travel inconveniences on his return trip to Liberia. The appellee narrated that he successfully traveled to Uganda on March 19, 2019, however, on his return leg to Monrovia, on April 10, 2019, he encountered problems at the

In Re Petitioner of Attorneys-at-Law for counsellorship (06/14/2024) 0

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14 Jun, 2024

In Re Petitioner of Attorneys-at-Law for counsellorship (06/14/2024)

The New Judiciary Law, Section 17.6, states:

“Any attorney who has been actively engaged in the practice of law for five years may submit a petition to the Supreme Court showing his moral and professional qualifications for membership in the Bar of the Supreme Court and praying admission as a counsellor of that Court. The petition shall be supported by the affidavit of at least two practicing counsellors of the Supreme Court en banc in open court. If the Supreme Court accepts the petition, the Chief Justice shall appoint a committee of at least three counsellors of the Supreme Court

Louise C. Ngangana and Mansfield Wrotto vs. His Honor Judge Scheapolar R. Dunbar, and Evelyn Brown Moulton (06/14/2024) 0

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14 Jun, 2024

Louise C. Ngangana and Mansfield Wrotto vs. His Honor Judge Scheapolar R. Dunbar, and Evelyn Brown Moulton (06/14/2024)

he facts as narrated by the Majority are that the late Joseph Karbar Levee Moulton married the appellee, Evelyn Brown Moulton, on February 25, 1989, in Monrovia Liberia; that on October 4, 2004, the deceased filed an action of divorce against the appellee for incompatibility of temper before the Civil Law Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit for Montserrado County. However, he did not pursue his divorce action and the case remained pending in the Civil Law Court up until his death in 2020. It is alleged that, after filing the divorce action against the appellee in the Civil Law Court, the

Layee Kromah vs. His Honor Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr. (05/23/2024) 0

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23 May, 2024

Layee Kromah vs. His Honor Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr. (05/23/2024)

In the early part of 2021, the Co-respondent, Rev. Zeyou, alleged that he desired to buy a vehicle. In the process of locating one, he saw a Toyota Tacoma on display in a parking lot with the sign “For Sale” at Iron Factory. One Lasso Trawally appeared and introduced himself as the person in charge of the sale/seller. After some meetings and discussions between the two, it was agreed that the respondent would pay Eight Thousand United States Dollars (US$8,000) for the said vehicle. The respondent Zeyou stated that he paid the said amount of Eight Thousand United States Dollars

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