Category: Recent Decisions

LACC REVISED (01/26/2023) 0

LACC REVISED (01/26/2023)

The genesis of this case is traced to the date of August 21, 2008, when the Legislature, pursuant to its authority enumerated in Articles 34(l) and 89 of the Constitution (1986), passed into law, “An Act to Establish the Liberian Anti- Corruption Commission. The purpose of this Act in a nutshell, was to create the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) with the power to investigate corruption and prosecute same in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice. According to Section 6.1 of this law, the LACC was to be composed

FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL V. INTESTATE ESTATE JAMES B. MARSHALL (01/25/2023) 0

FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL V. INTESTATE ESTATE JAMES B. MARSHALL (01/25/2023)

On September 24, 2011, the Intestate Estate of James B. Marshall, appellee herein, instituted an action of ejectment against the Faith Mission International Church, appellant herein, for a piece of land lying and situated in Gardnersville, Montserrado County. The appellee alleged in its complaint that it initially filed an action of summary proceeding to recover possession of real property

MUTUAL BENEFIT V. BEA MOUNTAIN (01/25/2023) 0

MUTUAL BENEFIT V. BEA MOUNTAIN (01/25/2023)

This appeal comes before the full bench of the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia from the ruling of the Chambers Justice, our esteemed colleague, Madam Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, had on July 27, 2022, when she ruled and denied a petition for a writ of prohibition filed on June

MAJOR DIXON, SALVATION ARMY vs. CATHERINE JOHNSON WHISNANT (12/15/2022) 0

MAJOR DIXON, SALVATION ARMY vs. CATHERINE JOHNSON WHISNANT (12/15/2022)

When this case was called for hearing on November 17, 2021, the Court observed from the certified records that the counsel representing the Salvation Army Church, the present appellant, had filed a written excuse with the Clerk of Court requesting postponement of the case for an unspecified period of time due to his absence out of the bailiwick of the Country pursuing certain medical treatment.

KWAPLAH INTERNATIONAL (LIBERIA), INC., vs THE MANGT OF ECOBANK (LIBERIA) LIMITED (12/15/2022) 0

KWAPLAH INTERNATIONAL (LIBERIA), INC., vs THE MANGT OF ECOBANK (LIBERIA) LIMITED (12/15/2022)

On June 19, 2009, the appellant, Kwaplah International (Liberia), filed an action of damages in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, against Mr. Abenego Dahn, the 1st defendant, the Management of Ecobank Liberia Limited, the appellee herein and 2nd defendant in the trial court, and the Central Bank of Liberia, the 3’d defendant