Category: 2025 Opinins

Benetta Pearson-Cooper et al v Milton D Taylor (02/17/2025) 0

Benetta Pearson-Cooper et al v Milton D Taylor (02/17/2025)

When this case was called for a hearing, the counsel representing the plaintiffs-in-error, Benetta Pearson-Cooper et al., was absent. Upon Inquiry, the Clerk of the Court informed the Court that Counsellor Laveli Supuwood verbally informed the Clerk that he had a stomach complain and would return for the hearing after attending to his stomach issue. The Court invoked Rule IV Part 6 of the Revised Rule of the Supreme Court, which states in part that “…If, when the case is again called for hearing, the party or counsel again fails to appear or file a brief, the Court shall proceed

Atty. Lamii Kpargoi v. His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar (02/17/2025) 0

Atty. Lamii Kpargoi v. His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar (02/17/2025)

The facts as culled from the records reveal that Attorney Lamii Kpargoi, appellant herein, filed a petition for legitimization of Tenneh F. Kpargoi, a minor who he claims to be his child in the monthly and probate court for Montserrado County, seeking to legitimize the child as his for all legal and beneficial intents and purposes. The child’s mother, Miss Beatrice Kemokai, appellee herein, filed an objection to the said petition for legitimization by and thru her attorneys-in-fact, Yatta Walker, Emmanuel Hoff and Runetta P. Scott because she is out of the bailiwick of Liberia.

The appellant in his petition