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Amos Klah of the City of Monrovia vs. The Intestate of Tahiru Keingo by and thru is Administratrix Betty Keingo of the City of Monrovia (12/19/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Yuo / Recent Decisions

19 Dec, 2023

Amos Klah of the City of Monrovia vs. The Intestate of Tahiru Keingo by and thru is Administratrix Betty Keingo of the City of Monrovia (12/19/2023)

The Intestate Estate of Tahiru Keingo, the appellee herein, instituted an action of ejectment before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, against Amos Klah, the appellant herein. After pleadings rested, a jury trial was had, following which the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the appellee. Thereafter, the appellant filed a motion for new trial, which was objected to by the appellee, heard by the trial court, and subsequently denied. The trial court entered final ruling in favor of the appellee, which final ruling the appellant noted exceptions and announced an appeal to the Supreme Court, thus culminating into the present appeal.

The certified records show that the genesis of this case dates back to May 27, 2009, when the appellee instituted a five count action of ejectment against the appellant, alleging therein that in 1985, Tahiru Keingo, during his lifetime, acquired one and one-half (1.5) lots of land situated in the Township of Gardnerville from Francis S. Fahnbulleh; that sometime in 1990, due to the civil crisis in Liberia, he, Tahiru Keingo, along with his family, fled to the Republic of Sierra Leone for refuge, but left their elder son, Thomas Keingo in charge of his property as a caretaker; that in 1999, an agent of the appellant,

Mohammed Koroma v. George Henries (08/11/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

11 Aug, 2023

Mohammed Koroma v. George Henries (08/11/2023)

This Court has been called upon by the appellants, Mohammed E. Koroma and his grantor, Daniel K. Tor, to reverse the final ruling of the trial court entered in favor of the appellees, George E. Henries, Beverly Barns and her husband, Roland Barns, James A. A. Pierre, Jr. and J. C. N. Howard, Jr. on April 3, 2019, upon a jury verdict of not liable.

The facts gleaned from the records before this Court reveal that on November 20, 1989, the appellants filed before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, an action of Bill in Equity to Remove Cloud on Title against the appellees. The co-appellant, Mohammed Koromah, contended principally that on August 22, 1981,

MAMBA POINT HOTEL Vs. JANNEH DEE (05/19/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

19 May, 2023

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

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