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Bangalee Fofana vs The Intestate Estate of Mary Wrawreh (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

Bangalee Fofana vs The Intestate Estate of Mary Wrawreh (08/27/2026)

The appeal emanates from a final judgment rendered by His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar, Assigned Circuit Judge, presiding over the Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, during its March Term, A. D. 2025.

The facts of the case, as gleaned from the certified records show that the Intestate Estate of Mary K. Wrawreh by and thru its Administratrix and Administrator, Evelyn W. Dixon and Marcus Duncan, appellee herein, filed an action of ejectment on February 16, 2006, against Bangalee Fofana, appellant herein.

In its complaint, the estate averred that in 1982, the late Mary Wrawreh, acquired a parcel of land

Yousef J. Kais vs Her Honor Comfort S. Natt (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

Yousef J. Kais vs Her Honor Comfort S. Natt (08/27/2026)

This case before us on appeal is from a January 13, 2016 ruling of the National Labor Court, presided over by Her Honor Comfort S. Natt, wherein she reversed and set aside the Hearing Officer’s ruling in an action of wrongful dismissal against Lonestar Cell/MTN, co-appellee, where the Hearing Officer awarded the appellant, Yousef J. Kais, reinstatement or payment in the sum of United States Eighty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents (US$ 88,999.50).

The facts culled from the certified records before this Court reveal that the appellant was employed by the co-appellee Lonestar in July 2001, as

The Testate Estate of Charles Henry Nathaniel Wordsworth vs IB Bank (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

The Testate Estate of Charles Henry Nathaniel Wordsworth vs IB Bank (08/27/2026)

This Court is called upon to review the ruling of the Commercial Court of Liberia which denied the appellant’s motion to intervene in a petition for Foreclosure of Mortgage filed by 1st appellee, International Bank (Liberia Limited) against 2nd appellee, Mrs. Edith Bawn.
The certified records before this Court reveal that 1st appellee, the International Bank (Liberia Limited), filed a petition for foreclosure of a mortgaged property, contending therein that the 2nd appellee, Mrs. Edith Bawn, on March 31, 2017, entered into a loan agreement with the 1st appellee, International Bank (Liberia Limited) for a loan in the amount of

Miatta Sonni-Jarry vs SIB Bank Liberia Limited (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

Miatta Sonni-Jarry vs SIB Bank Liberia Limited (08/27/2026)

This appeal currently before us evolves from the final ruling of the National Labor Court granting a petition for judicial review in favor of the appellee, SIB Bank Liberia Limited, resulting from a default judgment entered by the Hearing Officer of the Ministry of Labor against the appellee SIB bank from a complaint of wrongful dismissal and unfair labor practice filed by the appellant, Miatta Sonii Jarry.

In her complaint to the Ministry of Labor on January 21, 2025, the appellant, Miatta Sonni-Jarry, substantially alleged that she was employed by the appellee bank in May 2017, and served in various

The Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford vs Sally Kamara and Abdulai Bailor (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

The Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford vs Sally Kamara and Abdulai Bailor (08/27/2026)

This appeal emanates from the ruling of the trial court granting an appeal in favor of the appellees and reversing the ruling of the Magisterial Court in holding appellees liable to appellant and indicating in said ruling that appellant is at liberty to file a cancellation proceeding before the Civil Law Court.
The records before this Court reveal that this case has its origin from the Monrovia City Magisterial Court wherein the appellant, William Juah, the administrator of the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford, filed an action of Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property against Sally Kamara and

A. Mohammed Fofana and Mateneh Fofana vs Intestate Estate of Moses Wright (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

A. Mohammed Fofana and Mateneh Fofana vs Intestate Estate of Moses Wright (08/27/2026)

This appeal grows out of an action for the Cancellation of a title deed instituted by the appellee, the Intestate Estate of Moses Wright, by and thru its administrator, George Wright, against Mohammed Fofana and Mateneh Fofana, appellants, in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County.

The records reveal that the appellee intestate estate is laying claim to ownership of a parcel of land situated in the Police Academy Community, Paynesville, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. The late Moses Wright is said to have acquired the subject property during his lifetime by a transfer deed executed in

The Intestate Estate of Aaron Brown vs Mr. Praise Glory Lawal (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

The Intestate Estate of Aaron Brown vs Mr. Praise Glory Lawal (08/27/2026)

The appeal before this Supreme Court en banc grows out of the April 7, 2017 ruling of the Six Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, which denied the appellant’s petition for cancellation of lease agreement filed on September 16, 2016. From this final ruling of the trial court, the appellant noted exception and appealed to this Court en banc.
The records before us show that the appellants, Rose Gbeu Brown Bickel and Velma Brown- Ross are grandchildren of the late Aaron Brown, who was the original owner of the property subject of the lease agreement; that the late

Eva Williams, Vivian Williams, Abel, Dugborma, William Gloria Brown, Lawrence, Arthur Sherman, Elizabeth and Junior Williams vs The Intestate Estate of Malvina McGill (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

Eva Williams, Vivian Williams, Abel, Dugborma, William Gloria Brown, Lawrence, Arthur Sherman, Elizabeth and Junior Williams vs The Intestate Estate of Malvina McGill (08/27/2026)

This appeal arises from the final judgment of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court “B,” Montserrado County, rendered on the 27th day of May, A.D. 2022, by His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar, Assigned Circuit Judge. In that judgment, the trial court adjudged the appellants liable in an action of ejectment and ordered them ousted and evicted from 0.37 acres of land situated and lying in Saye Town, Monrovia, Montserrado County, the subject of this proceeding.
On July 28, 2017, the appellee, the intestate estate of Malvina McGill, acting by and through its duly appointed administrators, Charles Russell, Counsellor Sarah

Janet B. Moore, Attorney-In-Fact for Joshua Bestman Justina Bestman, Abraham Kiandole and Foday Dugba vs Peter K, Sinneh and Mrs. Helena K. Sinneh (08/27/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

27 Aug, 2026

Janet B. Moore, Attorney-In-Fact for Joshua Bestman Justina Bestman, Abraham Kiandole and Foday Dugba vs Peter K, Sinneh and Mrs. Helena K. Sinneh (08/27/2026)

This appeal is grown out of an ejectment action from the Civil Law Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit for Montserrado County, in which a unanimous liable verdict was brought against the appellants, out of which verdict, the appellants noted exceptions and filed a motion for new trial. The motion was subsequently resisted, heard and denied and the trial court made a final determination, from which an appeal was announced to this Court en banc.
The records certified before this Court, show that the appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Sinneh and Helena K. Sinneh, acquired four (4) lots of land in

Veritas Shipmanagement Ltd and Dimitrous Koukas vs Arista Maritime Ltd (05/21/2026) 0

2026 Opinions / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

21 May, 2026

Veritas Shipmanagement Ltd and Dimitrous Koukas vs Arista Maritime Ltd (05/21/2026)

This appeal is before the full bench of the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia from the ruling entered on August 26, 2025, by the Chambers Justice, Her Honor Ceaineh D. Clinton-Johnson, granting the appellees, Arista Maritime Ltd. petition for a writ of certiorari. Her ruling reversed the trial judge’s denial of the appellees’ motion for enlargement of time in the Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, Liberia.
The facts show that on January 17, 2023, the appellants, Veritas Shipmanagement Ltd. and Dimitrious Koukas, filed a petition for declaratory judgment before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County against the

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