Tagged: ACTION OF DEBT

Stoner Liberia Inc. vs. Ecobank Liberia Limited (08/11/2023) 0

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.

Acquillas Construction Company vs The Government of the Republic of Liberia(08/11/2023)

Acquillas Construction Company vs The Government of the Republic of Liberia(08/11/2023)

This appeal grows out of the ruling of our distinguished colleague, Chief Justice Her Honor Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, then Justice presiding in Chambers of this Court during the October Term, A. D. 2016. Our review of the facts revealed by the records show that our colleague’s ruling captures substantive narrative of the facts and rationale for granting the appellee’s, the Government of Liberia, petition for a writ of certiorari. We quote the said ruling verbatim as follows:

“On June 23, 2015, the Acquillas Construction Company, the respondent herein instituted an action of debt in the Commercial Court, Montserrado County sitting in its June Term A.D. 2015, against the Government of

NAJIB KAMAND VS. DING SHU JUN(04/19/2023) 0

NAJIB KAMAND VS. DING SHU JUN(04/19/2023)

This Court en banc has been called upon to review the decision of our distinguished colleague, Madam Justice Jamesetta Howard-Wolokolie, when she presided in Chambers during the March A.D. 2022 Term of this Court. The records of this case show that on December 17, 2020, Ms. Ding Shu Jun, also referred to as “Nancy Chinese Lady”, the appellee herein, filed an action of debt by attachment in the Debt Court of Montserrado County, against Mr. Najib Kamand (Labanese Businessman), the appellant herein, also of the City of Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia. The appellee alleged that she loaned the appellant the total amount of Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$900,000.00) in two tranches of Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$600,000.00) and Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$300,000.00) respectively, on different dates and times, for the purpose of aiding the appellant in improving his business which, according

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