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Victoria Johnson Maxwell v. Her Honor Golda Bonah-Elliott (12/19/2024) 0

2024 Opinions / Justice Yuo / Recent Decisions

19 Dec, 2024

Victoria Johnson Maxwell v. Her Honor Golda Bonah-Elliott (12/19/2024)

On August 14, 2024, the informant herein, the Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell, represented by its administrators, Charles Johnson, Jr., and Fredrick E. R. Johnson, filed before the Supreme Court of Liberia a (14) count bill of information. The informant alleged inter alia, that although the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, fully executed the Mandate of the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia, growing out of a Judgment Without Opinion entered on April 7, 2015, in the case: “The Intestate Estate of Thomas Wesley Philips v. Mr. Jessie S. Payne, Sr., Attorney-In-Fact for Victoria Johnson Maxwell”, the

William G. J. Juah, Administrator of the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford of the City of Monrovia vs. JOJO/J. W. Lawrence, Attorney-in-Fact for Felix K. Lawrence, of the City of Monrovia 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Yuo / Recent Decisions

19 Dec, 2023

William G. J. Juah, Administrator of the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford of the City of Monrovia vs. JOJO/J. W. Lawrence, Attorney-in-Fact for Felix K. Lawrence, of the City of Monrovia

This appeal emanates from a bill of information filed before the Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County, by Jojo/J.W. Lawrence, the Attorney-In-Fact of Felix K. Lawrence, the appellee herein.
The proceedings leading to the filing of the bill of information by the appellee shows that on January 6, 2017, the appellant herein, William G. J. Juah, obtained Letters of Administration from the Monthly & Probate Court for Montserrado County, to administer the Intestate Estate of his purported mother, Charlotte Crawford.

Subsequently on February 6, 2017, the appellant filed a Petition for Interference with the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford against the appellee alleging inter alia therein, that he is one of two children of the late Charlotte Crawford and is the current administrator of the deceased Charlotte Crawford’s Intestate Estate; that he is the surviving next of kin of the decedent because she had two children out of her body, the appellant and his elder sister,

THE CAMPAIGN TEAM OF MR. JULIUS K. KANOUBAH VS. HIS HONOR JOSEPH N. NAGBE & THE PRESS UNION OF LIBERIA (12/19/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Kaba / Recent Decisions

19 Dec, 2023

THE CAMPAIGN TEAM OF MR. JULIUS K. KANOUBAH VS. HIS HONOR JOSEPH N. NAGBE & THE PRESS UNION OF LIBERIA (12/19/2023)

This Bill of Information finds its genesis in an action of Declaratory Judgment and its accompanying petition for preliminary injunction filed before the trial court by the informant, the Campaign Team of Mr. Julius Kanubah of the Press Union of Liberia 2022 election by and thru Mr. Raymond Zarbay, et al. The gravamen of that declaratory judgment suit is that one of the respondents, the administration of the Press Union of Liberia headed by Atty. Ade Wede Kerkula committed various irregularities leading to the conduct of the Press Union of Liberia 2022 elections in violation of the Press Union of Liberia’s constitution. The informant, therefore, prayed that the trial court declare their rights and enjoin and restrain the respondent’s elections commission from further proceeding with the conduct of the elections until the determination of the action of declaratory judgment

UNITY PARTY V. NEC-Violation of Section 4.1(2) – 3 (2) (10/05/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

5 Oct, 2023

UNITY PARTY V. NEC-Violation of Section 4.1(2) – 3 (2) (10/05/2023)

This Court has been called upon by the Unity Party, Appellants, to determine whether the National Elections Commission, Appellee has violated Chapter 4, entitled “Conduct of Elections”, particularly Section 4.1(2) of the New Elections Law with respect to the number of registered voters in a voting precinct.

Before proceeding into the allegations laid in the Complaint by the complainant, the Court will undertake a brief historical review of section 4.1(2). Pursuant to a mandate that devolved upon it, the Legislature in 1986 enacted the New Elections Law, which provided at Section 4.1(2) that the number of registered voters in any precinct shall not exceed 1000. In 2004, the National Transitional Legislative Assembly amended this section by the Elections Act of 2004, approved December 17, 2004. As amended, the Act provides that:

J.D. Wesley et al vs. His Honor Yamie Gbaisay et al (08/11/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

11 Aug, 2023

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

Mrs. Warti Nancy Robinson-Bility vs. Mr. Sidikie Musa Bility (08/11/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

11 Aug, 2023

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

Paye Flomo, James Flomo and Oliver Flomo vs. His Hon. Roland F. Dahn, and Zawolo Gbonblee and Chester Gbonblee (05/19/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

19 May, 2023

Paye Flomo, James Flomo and Oliver Flomo vs. His Hon. Roland F. Dahn, and Zawolo Gbonblee and Chester Gbonblee (05/19/2023)

The facts gathered from the certified records before this court revealed that an action of Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property was filed by the Intestate Estate of Johnny Gbonblee by and through, its administrators Zarwolo Gbonblee et al., Respondent herein, against Paye Flomo, James Flomo and Oliver Flomo, both of Sokopa, Nimba County, Informants herein, on August 26, 2011, at the 8th Judicial Circuit Court, Nimba County. The record revealed that pleading rested and trial commenced on October 7, 2011. The Respondent paraded three witnesses, who essentially testified to its title deed, supporting documents and possession of the contested property; The Respondent thereafter rested with the production of oral evidence and the instruments testified to were marked by the court, confirmed and admitted into evidence to form an integral part of the case.

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