Tagged: Writ of Prohibition

Hon. Atty. Garrison Doldeh Yealue, Jr., Hon. Andrew Peters, Edwina Crump Zackpah, and Hon. Reginald Kpan Nagbe, vs.  The Executive Branch of Government of the Republic of Liberia (04/24/2024) 0

Hon. Atty. Garrison Doldeh Yealue, Jr., Hon. Andrew Peters, Edwina Crump Zackpah, and Hon. Reginald Kpan Nagbe, vs. The Executive Branch of Government of the Republic of Liberia (04/24/2024)

On February 22, 26, and 27, 2024, respectively, petitioners Atty./Hon. Garrison Doldeh Yealue Jr. of the Governance Commission, Hon. Andrew Peters of the National Identification Registry, Hon. Edwina Crump Zackpah et. al of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority and Hon. Reginald Nagbe, of the Liberia National Lottery Authority, filed separate petitions praying for the writ of prohibition to be issued against the Executive Branch of Government, the respondent herein.

We note that although the Executive Branch of Government is the principal respondent, however, in the case of the petition filed by Edwina Crump Zackpah, et. al of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, they named

Joseph Yuones and WACCO vs. His Honor James E. Jones, Judge Debt and Houssini (02/07/2024) 0

Joseph Yuones and WACCO vs. His Honor James E. Jones, Judge Debt and Houssini (02/07/2024)

This Court has been called upon to review and reverse the ruling of former Associate Justice, Philip A.Z. Banks III, then presiding in Chambers in an action of debt by attachment filed by Mohammed Housseini against WACCO by and thru its President Joseph H. Yuones and Joseph H. Younes and all authorized officers of the said corporation. The action was filed on July 13, 2015 before the Debt Court of Montserrado County. The Sheriff’s returns of July 28, 2015, on the writ of summons says that Joseph A. Yuones was not seen to be served and that the sheriff was told that he had travelled out of the country. The same returns was made August 11, 2015 to the effect that Mr. Joseph H. Younes was not seen to be served because he had travelled out of the country. The plaintiff made an application for resummons on July 30, 2015 and on July 31, 2015, the returns of the resummons also show that Mr. Joseph H. Yuones was not seen to be served.

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.

The Dennis Family, Morris Family, et al VS Othello Parker 0

The Dennis Family, Morris Family, et al VS Othello Parker

When this case was called for hearing, Counsellor Thompson N. Jargba of the Law Offices of Jargba & Jargba, Inc. appeared for the appellants. Counsellor Mamee S.W. Gongbah of the Liberty Law Firm appeared for the appellees.

Having carefully examined the facts contained in the records, listened to the arguments on both sides, and considered the evidence and the laws relevant

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