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Francis Saah Fayiah et. al. vs. Republic of Liberia (05/28/2025) 0

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28 May, 2025

Francis Saah Fayiah et. al. vs. Republic of Liberia (05/28/2025)

The grand jury for Montserrado County, sitting during the August Term of Court, A.D. 2023, returned a true bill against the appellants finding them more probable than not guilty of the crimes of theft of property and criminal conspiracy; thus, necessitating the trial of the appellants. The indictment alleges that the appellants, in a joint criminal enterprise, designed a criminal scheme to divert to their personal use and benefit money received from the sale of goods left in the charge of the appellants after selling to the private prosecutor’s customers in Kakata, Gbarnga and Ganta.
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Congress for Democratic Change vs. Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (05/28/2025) 0

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28 May, 2025

Congress for Democratic Change vs. Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (05/28/2025)

The 1st respondent, Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard, represented by its administrator, Ebrima Varney Dempster, had previously filed an action of ejectment against the 2nd respondent, the testate estate of William Thomas Bernard, Sr., and the informant, the Congress of Democratic Change (CDC). The informant and 2nd respondent in this bill of information appealed from the ruling of the lower court adjudging them liable to the 1st respondent. On appeal the Supreme Court on September 22, 2016, confirmed the lower court’s ruling, and ordered the informant and 2nd respondent ousted, ejected and evicted from the disputed property and the

Abdullai Sheriff & David Onanah v. Republic of Liberia(02/17/2025) 0

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17 Feb, 2025

Abdullai Sheriff & David Onanah v. Republic of Liberia(02/17/2025)

This present appeal emanates from a guilty verdict brought against the appellants, Abdullah Sheriff and David Onanah, defendants in the 11th Judicial Circuit, Tubmanburg, Bomi County, growing out of an indictment drawn by the grand jury of said county which accused the appellants of committing the crimes of gang rape, involuntary sodomy, sexual assault and criminal conspiracy. The indictment sets out the following:

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

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19 Dec, 2024

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

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19 Dec, 2024

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

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

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19 Dec, 2024

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

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

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19 Dec, 2024

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

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

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19 Dec, 2024

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

Becca Mulbah vs. His Honor A. Blamo Dixon, Republic of Liberia et. al(12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Becca Mulbah vs. His Honor A. Blamo Dixon, Republic of Liberia et. al(12/19/2024)

This bill of information is based on an action alleging burglary and theft of property filed before the Brewerville Magisterial Court. The informant, Becca Mulbah, was charged with the alleged commission of the crime of burglary and theft of property by the Brewerville Magisterial Court; that upon being arrested and brought under the jurisdiction of the court, a criminal appearance bond was posted by the 3rd respondent, the Sky International Insurance Company (“Sky Insurance”) to secure the informant’s appearance in court for hearings, and based upon which the informant was released on bail.

The Unconstitutionality of Several Actions taken by Certain Members of the House of Representatives (12/06/2024) 0

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6 Dec, 2024

The Unconstitutionality of Several Actions taken by Certain Members of the House of Representatives (12/06/2024)

Mr. Justice Tubman speaking for the Supreme Court in the case Fazzah v. The
National Economy Committee, 8LLR, 84,85 (1943) opined that every so often:
“…there arises some litigation in the course of judicial proceedings like a mighty
billow raising itself to a magnificent height as out of the sea, arousing public excitement, curiosity, anxiety), and interest. The civilians, as seashore visitors and dwellers, look on, some with fear, others with satisfaction, and yet others with amazement and trembling; out these legal billows seem, as it were, to dash themselves upon the shore as do the ocean billows and recede into

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