Her Honor Jamesetta H. Wolokollie was born in Maryland County, Liberia, and has three children: one (1) boy and two (2) girls. She obtained a B.A. Degree in English/Sociology, College of Liberal and Fine Arts in 1981 from the University of Liberia. She received a M.A. Degree in English and Teaching & Production of Drama, School of Drama, in 1985 from the Florida State University, U.S.A. and later received an L.L.B. in Law from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia in 1988. She served as instructor within the English Department at the University of Liberia from 1981 – 1994, and as Legal Counsel at the Law Offices of Barnes and Johnson; Maxwell and Maxwell Law Offices; Cooper and Togbah; in-house counsel, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), Monrovia, Liberia from 1988-2005. As Counsellor-at-Law, she served as Assistant Secretary and subsequently as Secretary of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA). She also served as the 1st Vice President of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL). Her service with the Government of Liberia began when she served as Nationwide Consultation for the Governance Reform Commission (GRC), Monrovia, Liberia from 2004-2005; Minister of Youth and Sports, Monrovia, Liberia from April 2005-June 2007. In July 2007, she was nominated by Her Excellency Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia and confirmed by the Liberian Senate to serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Republic of Liberia.
Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokollie has Judicial Oversight:
Maryland County
The 4th Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland County exercises original jurisdiction over all cases as to which no other court has, including jurisdiction in admiralty. The Circuit Court also has jurisdiction to hear appeals from administrative determinations of government agencies and officials in accordance with Read More…
Grand Kru County
Grand Kru County is the home of the 12th Judicial Circuit which sits on criminal, civil and probate matters and is housed in the Judicial Complex in Barclayville City. The 12th Judicial Circuit also oversees the functions of two (2) Revenue, Read More….
River Gee County
River Gee County is the home of the 15th Judicial Circuit which sits on criminal, civil and probate matters and is housed in the Fish Town City Hall, in Fish Town. The 15th Judicial Circuit also oversees the functions of the Revenue Read more…..
OPINIONS BY HER HONOR JUSTICE JAMESETTA H. WOLOKOLLIE
Rocky Marshall and all those under his control vs Madam Eliza Ophelia Hoff (02/13/2026)
This appeal emanates from the final ruling of Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County. The facts as culled from the certified records reveals that on February 3, 2017, Madam Eliza Ophelia Hoff, the appellee, instituted an action of ejectment against Rocky Marshall, the appellant herein, before His Honor Yussif D. Kaba then presiding Judge of the court below, alleging amongst several things that she is the bona fide and legitimate owner of ten (10) acres of land lying and situated in the township of Virginia, Montserrado County; that she acquired said property by inheritance from her grandparents Read more →
Supreme Court contempt against Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazehn (Prophet key) (02/12/2026)
On February 2, 2026, Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazen, the contemnor herein made and published a podcast on his social media platform wherein he accused the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of acts of corruption and the Contemnor went further to levy derogative vulgarities and profanities against the Chief Justice and the Judiciary as a whole, and perplexingly against the Chief Justice’s mother. On February 4, 2026, the Honorable Supreme Court invited the contemnor to appear before the full bench on Tuesday February 10, 2026 to show cause why he should not be held in Contempt of Read more →
Youth for Development & Productivity/ YODAP vs The Government of the Republic of Liberia (02/13/2026)
On February 24, 2016, the Commercial Court dismissed a claim of debt filed by the Youth for Development and Productivity (YODAP), the appellant herein, against the Government of Liberia (GoL). Predicated upon this ruling, the appellant announced and perfected an appeal before this Supreme Court for appellate review. The appellant, YODAP, a non-governmental organization registered and operating under the laws of Liberia, filed this action of debt against the Republic of Liberia, contending that the Republic of China (ROC) and the Republic of Liberia signed a “Bilateral Agreement” on April 22, 2003, wherein the Republic of China pledged developmental assistance Read more →
Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International vs Freddenis K. Nagbe of the United States of America (02/12/2026)
This appeal currently before us evolves from a judgment rendered by our colleague, Her Honor Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson, while presiding as Justice in Chambers during the 2025 March Term of this Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia. The facts as culled from the records, reveals that the appellant, Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International, initially instituted an action of felonious restraint against the appellee, Freddennis K. Nagbe, through his attorney-in-fact, Emmanuel K. Wesseh, on August 21, 2023, before the West Point Magisterial Court. The appellant contended that the appellee had illegally occupied its property which it obtained through squatter’s Read more →
Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara and Hassan Fawaz, a Lebanese National, Lessee of Kaifa Kamara vs Intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas
This appeal is taken from the ruling of a declaratory judgment filed on January 12, 2016, in the Civil Law Court for Montserrado, Republic of Liberia. The Petition for Declaratory Judgment was originally filed against Mr. Kaifa Kamara but during the pendency of the case, he died. As a result, the court, upon request of Mr. Kamara’s counsel, substituted the deceased on June 21, 2016, with Dauson Varney Kamara, A. Vaifee Tulay, Siafa Benjamin and Austin H. Kamara, all of whom subsequently became the administrators of the intestate estate of the deceased. The appellant, the intestate estate of Kaifa Kamara Read more →
Frank Goll vs Rosetta Nagbe Jackollie, Prince N. Saye and Jacquelline A. Saye (02/12/2026)
This appeal emanates from the adjudication of an ‘Action of Ejectment’ filed in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. Judgement having been rendered for the appellees, the appellant excepted and appealed to this Honorable Supreme Court for an appellant review. The facts gathered from the records indicate that the appellees, Rosetta Nagbe Jackollie, Prince N. Saye, and Jacqueline A. Saye, initially filed the ejectment action on March 18, 2022, but withdrew and refiled an amended complaint on April 6, 2022. The appellees assert in their complaint that they are bona fide owners of four lots Read more →
The Management of Access Bank Liberia vs. His Honor, Joseph Kollie (02/12/2026)
Section 14.4 (a) of the Decent work Act (2015) states: (a) An employer may only terminate the employment of an employee for just cause, based on: i) The (in)ability of the employee to perform the work required of them in accordance with the terms of: (1) Their Contract; (2) Any Collective agreement that applies to their work; or (3) This Act and any regulations made under it; or ii) The conduct of the employee: (1) At work; or (2) In circumstances which have a real and substantial connection to the working relationship; or iii) The operational requirements of the undertaking Read more →
Wesley S. Jlue vs Republic of Liberia (02/12/2026)
This case is before the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia on appeal for review of the conviction of the appellant in Criminal Court "C", Montserrado County. On the 9th Day of January, A.D. 2015, the trial court adjudged appellant, Wesley S. Jlue, guilty for the crimes of theft of property and forgery, and sentenced him for an imprisonment term of five (5) years, in addition to restituting Three Hundred Fifty-eight Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-six United States Dollars and Twelve Cents (US$358,366.12) and One Million Nine Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-five Liberian Dollars and Sixty Cents (L$1, 916, 495.60). The Read more →
Sue H. Knowlden of the United States of America vs The heirs of Augustus W. Cooper (12/18/2025)
On March 25, 2011, the appellees who are heirs of Augustus W. Cooper filed an ejectment action in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Montserrado County. The suit was brought through their administrators and administratrixes, Counsellor Eugene A. Cooper, Rev. Dr. Ivy Zoe Cooper, Loraine C. Cooper, Augusta Cooper, and Ethel Cooper, against Tarnue Foster and several other occupants for a one-eighth acre plot of land located on Randall and Carey Streets in Monrovia. In their complaint, the appellees claimed ownership to lot #149, the property subject of this dispute, and alleged that the co-appellants, to include Tarnue Foster and Charif Read more →
Hans Armstrong vs Active International Insurance (12/18/2025)
The undisputed facts preceding this motion to dismiss are that the movant, Hans Armstrong, plaintiff in the court below, through his legal counsel instituted an action of debt by attachment against Western Cluster Mining Company and Citadel Mining Services & Construction Company, 1st and 2nd defendants respectively, in the court below. The defendants subsequently secured an indemnity bond from Activa International Insurance, the respondent herein to lift the attachment filed by movant. The movant, in its action of debt filed before the Debt Court for Montserrado County, alleged that the defendants were indebted to him in the amount of United Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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, Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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: Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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. Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
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 Read more →
Jammel T. Mulbah v Ujay Morris (05/23/2024)
This motion to dismiss the appeal, originates from an action of summary proceeding for possession of real property files before the Bushrod Island Magisterial Court. The movant, Jammel T. Mulbah accused some individuals of illegally possessing and occupying his property and, after persistent calls to them to vacate his property did not yield any results, he sued the defendants at the Bushrod Island Magisterial Court. The magistrate ruled in favor of movant and the defendants excepted to the ruling and announced an appeal; however, they did not perfect their appeal, causing the magistrate to issue a writ of possession to Read more →
Wilson Tarpeh vs. Executive Branch (04/24/2024)
The petitioner, Prof. Wilson K. Tarpeh, in a petition for a writ of prohibition filed before the Justice in Chambers, complains that he was appointed Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by his Excellency George Manneh Weah, then President of the Republic of Liberia, on October 2, 2020; that the Act creating the EPA states that the Executive Director shall serve for a period of seven (7) years and shall be eligible for reappointment; that having been appointed and commissioned by His Excellency, George Manneh Weah, and having taken office and entered upon his duties, his appointment and Read more →
UNITY PARTY AND LIBERIA PEOPLE PARTY VS. THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION-PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (10/06/2023)
The conduct of free, fair and credible elections is the bedrock of all democracy. It is the process by which a nation and a people determine who will and who should govern and direct the course of their lives for a given period of time, especially as provided for by the highest law of their land---the Constitution. Through elections, the people manifest their desire for a civilized and democratic order. These objectives were not lost by the framers of our Constitution, adopted in 1984 and with an effective date of January 6, 1986, when they crafted these words: “All power is inherent in the people. All free governments are instituted by their authority and for their benefit and they have the right to alter and reform the same when their safety and happiness so require. In order to ensure democratic government which responds to the wishes of the governed, the people shall have the right at such period, and in such manner as provided for under this Constitution, to cause their public servants to leave office and to fill vacancies by regular elections and appointments [Emphasis ours]. The Liberian Constitution of 1986 effectuates this vision, a democratic constitutional Read more →
UNITY PARTY V. NEC-Violation of Section 4.1(2) of Elections Law (1)a2 (2) (10/05/2023)
The Court has held that the function of the Judiciary is to interpret the law as it is written. This Court has been called upon by the Unity Party, appellant, to determine whether the National Elections Commission (NEC), appellee has violated Chapter 4, entitled “Conduct of Elections”, particularly Section 4.1(2) with respect to the number of registered voters in a precinct. Section 4.1 (2) of the New Elections Law as amended in 2016 reads: “The number of registered voters in every precinct shall be approximately equal, and unless the Commission in any particular case so determines, the number of registered voters in any precinct shall not exceed three thousand (3000).” The Unity Party complained to the NEC that 93 voting precincts in nine counties constituting Read more →
ODESCO TARPEH VS. ERIC VAYE (09/13/2023)
The facts as culled from the records in this case are that, on August 21, 2023, the appellant Odesco Tarpeh, a registered voter of Electoral District #5, Montserrado County, filed a letter of complaint to the National Elections Commission (NEC) objecting to the eligibility of the Co-appellee Eric Vaye to contest as representative candidate in Electoral District #5, Montserrado County. In the complaint, the appellant alleged that Co-appellee Eric Vaye is ineligible to contest because he was convicted for the commission of a felony and was sentenced to a prison term of five (5) years, and that he had not served the prison sentence levied against him. On August 17, 2023, the Liberia First Movement Party, by and thru its Chairman, Layee Togba, filed a motion to join, praying the NEC to join it as a party in the case because it is qualified and suitable to be an objector to ensure that a convict who has not served his prison term be disallowed from contesting for an elected position in Liberia. Read more →
Eminent Citizens & Residents of Margibi County VS. Hon. Nathaniel F. McGill of Margibi County (08/31/2023)
This is an appeal from a ruling made by the National Elections Commission (NEC) on a motion to dismiss a complaint challenging the eligibility of the appellee, Mr. Nathaniel F. McGill, to contest as a senatorial candidate of Margibi County in the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections. The genesis of this appeal as per the records is that, on July 10, 2023, one Peter F. Mulbah, referring to himself as an eminent citizen of Margibi County, wrote a letter to Madam Davidetta Brown Lassana, Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) objecting to the certification of Mr. Nathaniel F. McGill to contest in Margibi County as a senatorial candidate. He alleged that Mr. McGill lied under oath when he stated that he domiciles in Margibi County, whereas, he lives in the R-2 Community located in Montserrado County. Subsequently, on July 13, 2023, several citizens referring to themselves as Eminent Citizens Read more →
Stoner Liberia Inc. vs. Ecobank Liberia Limited (08/11/2023)
The appellant, Stoner Liberia, Inc. (Stoner), requests this Court to review and reverse the ruling entered by the Justice in Chambers, denying the petition for the writ of prohibition filed by the appellant against the conduct of Judge Eva Mappy Morgan of the Commercial Court of Liberia. We are to determine whether the Justice’s ruling is erroneous and reversible as a matter of law as alleged by the appellant. The undisputed facts as revealed by the records are that on July 3, 2018, the Co-appellee Ecobank Liberia Limited (Ecobank) filed an action of debt by attachment against the appellant Stoner before the Commercial Court of Liberia, alleging that the appellant Stoner is indebted to it in the sum of US$946,787.04 (Nine Hundred Forty-six Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-seven Dollars Four Cents United States Dollars); that this amount derived from a loan facility secured by the appellant and which loan the appellant had failed to liquidate in full and in keeping with the agreement executed between the parties. The Co-appellee Bank prayed the court to adjudge the appellant liable and order it to pay the said amount. Read more →
J.D. Wesley et al vs. His Honor Yamie Gbaisay et al (08/11/2023)
Rule IV, Part 12 of the Revised Rules of the Supreme Court prescribes the office of bill information as follows: “(a). A bill of information will lie to prevent a Judge or any Judicial Officer who attempts to execute the mandate of the Supreme Court in an improper manner from doing so with the Judgment and/or Mandate of the Supreme Court. (b). A Bill of Information will also lie to prevent any one whomsoever from interfering with the Judgment and/or Mandate of the Supreme Court. (c). Any Counsellor who files a Bill of Information before this Court assigning reasons therefor other than the reasons expressly prescribed by these Rules shall be penalized by the imposition of a fine, suspension or disbarment.” The Supreme Court has held in a long chain of Opinions that for a bill of information to be granted, the matter forming the basis of the information must have been pending before the Supreme Court or decided by it; that Read more →
Mr. Foleboi K. Kamara of 941 Yeadon Avenue vs. Alhaji Mohammed Fofana (08/11/2023)
In this appeal, we are asked by the appellant to overturn the ruling of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Montserrado County, made in a declaratory judgment proceedings in which the court ruled that the appellee has a continuous leasehold right to the disputed property by virtue of an amendment made to the original lease agreement entered into between the appellee and the decedent of the appellant’s estate, Alahaji Mohammed Fofana, on July 15, 1998. The essential facts are that the appellee and the decedent of the appellant estate, Alhaji Mohammed Fofana, entered into a lease agreement on June 20, 1997, for a parcel of land containing 1.87 lots, lying and situated in Fish Market, Sinkor, for a period of twenty (20) calendar years. As relevant to this appeal, clauses 2 and 3 of the lease agreement read: Read more →
Mrs. Warti Nancy Robinson-Bility vs. Mr. Sidikie Musa Bility (08/11/2023)
The appellee Sidike Musa Bility and the appellant Warti Nancy Robinson-Bility were husband and wife, who during the pendency of their marital relationship begot two children; namely, Al-Hussein Bility and Sidike Bility, who are minors. On May 5, 2021, the Civil Law Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, based on an Action of Divorce for Incompatibility of Temper filed by the appellee, entered a decree dissolving the marriage between the appellee and the appellant. The instant appeal emanates from the granting of permanent custody of the two minor children begotten out of the marriage to the appellee Sidike Musa Bility. The certified records reveal that while the divorce proceedings between the parties was pending before the Civil Law Court, the appellee filed a motion for temporary custody, praying the court to grant unto him temporary custody of the two minor children pending the final disposition of the divorce proceedings. The appellee contended in his motion that his request for Read more →
Varfin Kenneh v. Jallah Boi et al (08/11/2023)
This case is before us on appeal from a ruling rendered by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, against the appellant Varfin Kenneh. The appellant challenges the lower court’s ruling, averring that the court overlooked material facts in the case, and has petitioned this Court to overturn the ruling and enter the ruling that ought to have been rendered by the court below. The salient facts that are crucial to the determination of this matter are that on March 6, 2019, the appellant Varfin Kenneh, by and through his Attorneys-in-Fact, Foday Kenneh and Mohammed Kenneh, filed an action of ejectment before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado Read more →
SOLOMOM NGLKIA VS. JOSEPH MOMOH (07/05/2023)
This is an appeal from a final ruling rendered in an action of ejectment filed by the appellee James Z. Momoh by and thru his Attorney-in-Fact George Lansana Fallah against the appellants Solomon Ngekia, Hawa Fahnbulleh, Ansumana Sheriff, Beatrice Johnson et al, in Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Montserrado County. The appellee alleged that the appellants are withholding his property and have refused to vacate the said property despite several requests for them to do so. After several interlocutory challenges by the appellants, the Civil Law Court rendered final judgment against the appellants, adjudging them liable in ejectment and ordering that they be ousted and evicted from the subject property. The appellants now ask this Court to reverse the adverse judgment entered by the Civil Law Court against them. The records reveal that the appellee filed the action of ejectment on April 27, 2010, before the Civil Law Court, Montserrado County; that based on the complaint, the court issued out the writ of summons along with the complaint for service on the appellants. The returns of the sheriff indicated that the Co-appellant Ansumana Sheriff received the court’s precepts but refused to sign the copy of the writ of summons, while the rest of the Read more →
Intestate Estate of Shad Kaydea v Varlee Trawally (07/05/2023)
The facts in this case are not in dispute. The appellant (lessor) leased a piece of property known as the OAC compound to the appellee (lessee) on December 24, 2005, for a period of Twenty years (20) years, commencing from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2026, for an annual rent of Three Thousand United States Dollars (US$3,000) payable at the beginning of each year. Clause Ten (10) of the lease agreement between the parties provides that in the event the leased property is assigned or subleased by the appellee to a third party, the appellant would be entitled to Twenty-Five Percent (25%) of the difference in the rent payable to the appellee under the sub-lease agreement and the rent payable by the appellee under the original lease agreement. Clause Six (6) of the lease agreement also provides that if the appellee fails to make rental payment within thirty (30) days of the beginning of a year, such failure shall be considered a material breach of the agreement and the appellant shall have the right to oust and or evict the appellee from the leased property. Read more →
Fahnma Shopping Complex VS J. Fallah Business Center (07/05/2023)
This is an appeal from a final ruling in a declaratory judgment in the court below. When the case was called for hearing, one of counsels who appeared for the appellee, J. Fallah Business Center, made an application on the Court’s record praying for a dismissal of the appeal on ground that the appellant Management of Fahnma Shopping Complex failed to perfect its appeal in keeping with Chapter 51.1 of the Civil Procedure Law, 1LCLR. The appellee’s counsel stated in his application that final judgment in the case was rendered by the Civil Law Court on June 4, 2021, and the appellant excepted thereto and announced an appeal therefrom; that the appellant filed its bill of exceptions on June 15, 2021, a day outside the mandatory ten-day period for the filing of the bill of exceptions; that the notice of completion of appeal was filed on June 17, 2021; that based upon the late filing of the bill of exceptions, the appellee filed a motion to dismiss the appeal in the court below but the trial judge denied the motion, ruling that the appellant had already filed its notice of completion of appeal, thereby divesting the court of jurisdiction to act on the motion. Appellee counsel therefore prayed this Court to dismiss the appellant’s appeal for its failure to file a bill of exceptions within the time required by the appeal statute. Read more →
Intestate Estate of Zoe-Gar v. Intestate Estate of Francis R.T. Gardiner (05/19/2023)
This case presents a legal issue that has been settled by this Court in several Opinions. We are therefore left to wonder why a long standing member of this Honorable Supreme Court Bar would elect to waste the Court’s time by raising the same issue on appeal. This speaks to the fact that despite many pleas from this Court requiring that lawyers acquaint themselves with Opinions of this Court, they have deliberately chosen not to be au courant with the Court’s Opinions, or it is a scheme by lawyers to bring up settled issues before this Court on appeal as a means to deliberately delay and baffle the settlement of proceedings in the court below. The Code of Moral and Professional Ethics of lawyers provides in Rule 31 that a lawyer’s appearance in court should be deemed equivalent to an assertion on his honor that in his opinion his client’s case is one proper for judicial determination. Read more →
MAMBA POINT HOTEL Vs. JANNEH DEE (05/19/2023)
On May 20, 2016, the appellee, Janneh Dee, filed an action of damages for wrong against the Appellant Management of Mamba Point Hotel before the Civil Law Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Montserrado County, substantially alleging that she was injured as the result of the appellant’s negligence. In her complaint, the appellee stated that she was employed by the appellant as a waitress and served the appellant with commitment, sincerity and dedication for several years until she sustained a severe spinal injury at the instance of the appellant. Appellee alleged that on December 4, 2014, while on duty as a waitress serving customers upstairs at the appellant’s business premises in Monrovia, Montserrado County, she felt the urge to use the bathroom and proceeded downstairs to the staff bathroom; that after using the bathroom, she began to make her way back upstairs to her work station, and while on the stairways from the bathroom she slipped on the wet floor tiles, and fell down with her back to the floor; that pursuant to the fall, she began to feel severe pain in her waist and other parts of her body and she Read more →
INTESTATE ESTATE OF EDMUND CISCO V. MOUNT SANAI (05/19/2023)
The facts as the certified records reveal are that the late Edmond D. Cisco purchased a half (1/2) lot of land lying and situated in Larkpazee community, Sinkor, Monrovia from Africanus L.M. Mapleh in 1974. Edmond D. Cisco died intestate and upon his death, one of the six children born out of his body, Joshua Cisco, obtained Letters of Administration from the Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County authorizing him to administer the intestate of his late father. The said letters of administration was issued to Joshua Cisco on September 13, 2017. Based on the authority conferred on him as administrator of the intestate estate of Edmond D. Cisco, Joshua Cisco obtained Court’s Decree of Sale and thereafter conveyed the half (1/2) lot of land acquired by the late Edmond D. Cisco in 1974 to the appellee herein, Mount Sanai Tabernacle. This conveyance was made on August 14, 2018, and an Administrator’s Deed issued as evidence thereof. Read more →
FIRESTONE VS HIS HONOR PHILIP G. WILLIAMS (01/25/2023)
This case is before us on appeal from a ruling made by the Judge of the National Labor Court, H e r H o n o r C o m f o r t S. Natt, confirming the ruling of the Hearing Officer from the Ministry of Labor in favor of the appellees in an unfair labor practice action. Read more →