Category: 2024 Opinions

REGINALD HOLDER et. al. vs. Mrs. Sando Pauline G. Holder (12/19/2024) 0

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

Ralph Wilson v. Lucinda Finda (12/19/2024) 0

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

MITCHELL BARCLAY VS. MAGISTRATE HASSAN ZONBO GEC (12/19/2024) 0

MITCHELL BARCLAY VS. MAGISTRATE HASSAN ZONBO GEC (12/19/2024)

The Code of Moral and Professional Ethics for Liberian lawyers (“the Code”) regulates the conduct of lawyers in Liberia with respect to their interactions with the courts, clients, litigants, the public, and as well as to serve as a tool for self-assessment and discipline for lawyers in reinforcing and upholding law practice as an honourable profession.

On October 3, 2022, the complainant, Mr. Mitchell Barclay, filed a complaint with the Office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia against Associate Magistrate Hassan N. Zonbo of the Tubmanburg Magisterial Court, alleging that the Security Director of Mano Palm

MRS. MONICA FREEMAN DEWALT (LACE) VS. MR. JULIUS K. SELE (LACE) (12/19/2024) 0

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

MARTIN MISOSCHEWSK VS. AFRILAND FIRST BANK (12/19/2025) 0

MARTIN MISOSCHEWSK VS. AFRILAND FIRST BANK (12/19/2025)

This case grows out of an appeal taken from the ruling of our esteem colleague, Madam Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie, when she served as Chambers Justice during the October 2023 Term of this Court. The Chambers Justice in her ruling dated February 8, 2024 sustained the alternative writ of certiorari issued and granted the peremptory writ. The appellant, being dissatisfied with the Chambers Justice’s ruling, noted exceptions and announced an appeal to this Court en banc for review and final disposition.

The facts as curled from the certified records of this case revealed that the appellants, Martin Misoschewsk and Mr.

GLOBAL BANK LIBERIA LIMITED v. MADAM BEATRICE N. DENNIS AND NATHANIEL(12/19/2024) 0

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

ELIZABETH MARSH VS. UNITED MUSLIMS (12/19/2024) 0

ELIZABETH MARSH VS. UNITED MUSLIMS (12/19/2024)

Under our jurisprudence, the right to appeal is inviolable. However, it is not absolute. The appellant is under legal obligation to ensure that all mandatory steps for the perfection of its appeal must be fully complied with, in order to give this Court the legal authority to review the records and make final determination in the case.
Article 20(b) of the 1986 Constitution states that “The right of an appeal from a judgment, decree, decision or ruling of any court or administrative board or agency, except the Supreme Court, shall be held inviolable. The Legislature shall prescribe rules and procedures

Ms. Ding Shu Jun (CKA Nancy Chinese Lady) vs. Najib Kamand (12/19/2024) 0

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

ATTORNEY MOHAMMED EL-DEUST FAHNBULLEH ET. AL. VS CLLR. DEMSTER BROWN (12/19/2024) 0

ATTORNEY MOHAMMED EL-DEUST FAHNBULLEH ET. AL. VS CLLR. DEMSTER BROWN (12/19/2024)

This case is an Appeal from the ruling of our distinguished colleague, His Honor Yussif D. Kaba, during the March Term of this Court, when he served as Chambers Justice. In his ruling, denied the petitioners’ petition, ordered quashed the alternative writ and denied the issuance of the peremptory writ prayed for. The petitioners noted exceptions to the ruling and announced appeal to this Court en banc.

The historicity of this case is that, Atty. Mohammed El-Dust Fahnbulleh, Dr./Cllr. Niveda Ricks Onuoha, Atty. Patmilla Doe Paivey & Pindarous Allison, all Commissioners of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INHCR),

Siaka A. Turay v. Ma Konneh Kamara, et, al.(12/19/2024) 0

Siaka A. Turay v. Ma Konneh Kamara, et, al.(12/19/2024)

On July 17, 2024, the movant, Siaka Turay, filed this motion to dismiss the respondents, Ma Konneh Kamara et al., appeal, averring therein that the movant instituted an action of ejectment against the respondents and all occupants under her control on the 27th Day of January 2023 at the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court; movant further averred that after pleadings rested, and considering that the parties derived their titles from the same grantors and that the movant’s title is older than that of the respondents, the movant filed a motion for summary judgment, which was heard and granted by