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MR. BALLAH V. YARBO AGAINST COUNSELLOR SAMUEL PEARSON (GEC Report) (02/17/2025) 0

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17 Feb, 2025

MR. BALLAH V. YARBO AGAINST COUNSELLOR SAMUEL PEARSON (GEC Report) (02/17/2025)

The genesis of this complaint is traced to the demise of Maime Hayford Pearson, the late wife of J. Henric Pearson, a resident of Montserrado County, Liberia. Madam Maime Hayford Pearson died seized of properties, real and personal, including monies she deposited into her accounts maintained at the United Bank of Africa (UBA) and the Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), respectively, during her life time, but leaving no will and last testament. Ballah Yargbo, the complainant, and son of the late Maime Hayford Pearson, not satisfied with the manner in which his late mother’s estate, especially, monies deposited

Ma Bendu Kamara v. Margaret Stubblefield et. al (02/17/2025) 0

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17 Feb, 2025

Ma Bendu Kamara v. Margaret Stubblefield et. al (02/17/2025)

The present appeal emanates from the final ruling of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, in an action of ejectment filed by the present appellees, Ma Bendu Kamara and Children against the present appellants, the Intestate Estate of Margaret B. Stubblefield et. al, in which final ruling, the trial judge presiding by assignment, His Honor Johannes Z. Zlahn (of sainted memory) affirmed the verdict of the jury in favor of the appellees, Ma Bendu Kamara et. al, adjudging the appellants, the Intestate Estate of Margaret B. Stubblefield et al liable in damages for their wrongful withholding of

Yekeh Koluba v. House of Representative (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Yekeh Koluba v. House of Representative (12/19/2024)

On November 8, 2021, the informant herein, Hon. Yekeh Kolubah, filed a five (5) count bill of information before the then Chambers Justice, Mr. Justice Yussif D. Kaba, alleging therein that the respondent, The House of Representatives, by and thru Hon Bhofal Chambers, the erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives of the 54th Legislature, had failed to comply with an agreement that both the informant and the respondent had entered into, pursuant to a petition for the Writ of Prohibition that had been filed by the informant.
The informant alleged that in June, 2021 he filed the aforementioned petition

Victoria Johnson Maxwell v. Her Honor Golda Bonah-Elliott (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Victoria Johnson Maxwell v. Her Honor Golda Bonah-Elliott (12/19/2024)

On August 14, 2024, the informant herein, the Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell, represented by its administrators, Charles Johnson, Jr., and Fredrick E. R. Johnson, filed before the Supreme Court of Liberia a (14) count bill of information. The informant alleged inter alia, that although the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, fully executed the Mandate of the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia, growing out of a Judgment Without Opinion entered on April 7, 2015, in the case: “The Intestate Estate of Thomas Wesley Philips v. Mr. Jessie S. Payne, Sr., Attorney-In-Fact for Victoria Johnson Maxwell”, the

Keturah Tengbeh et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Samuel B. Cole (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Keturah Tengbeh et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Samuel B. Cole (12/19/2024)

On June 28, 2010, the appellee, the Intestate Estate of Samuel B. Cole, Sr., by and thru its administrator Thomas E. Cole filed a six-count action of ejectment before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County during its June Term A.D. 2010 against Madam Keturah Tengbeh et. al, the appellants herein.
The complaint basically alleged that in 1957, the late Samuel B. Cole, Sr. purchased thirty (30) acres of land from Gaimah Bryant and Wilhemina A. Bryant in the settlement of Brewerville around the Lott Carey Mission School, Montserrado County and was issued a deed which he (

Christian Kocik v. The Management of Kanu Equipment (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Christian Kocik v. The Management of Kanu Equipment (12/19/2024)

This case is before us on a motion to dismiss an appeal filed by Christian Knock, the movant herein, against the Management of Kanu Equipment by and thru its Authorized Officer, Wayne Frattarolli, the respondent herein.
On November 22, 2023, following the final ruling of the trial judge in the petition for judicial review, the respondent noted exceptions to this final ruling by the trial judge and announced an appeal to the Full Bench of the Supreme Court.
Subsequently, the respondent filed its approved bill of exceptions on December 19, 2022, and thereafter filed an appeal bond and on February

Almaz Kadiatu Jalloh v. Nelson Oniyama (12/19/2024) 0

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19 Dec, 2024

Almaz Kadiatu Jalloh v. Nelson Oniyama (12/19/2024)

This appeal emanates from the Ruling of our Colleague, Madam Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokolie, when she presided as Justice in Chambers during the March Term of the Supreme Court, 2022, wherein she quashed the alternative writ and denied the peremptory writ of prohibition prayed for by the appellant herein, Almaz Kadiatu Jalloh.
The records show that on February 21, 2019, the appellee herein, Dr. C. Nelson Oniyama, instituted an action of damages for wrong (defamation) before the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, against the appellant and one Courage Boyonnoh Sundberg, co-defendant in the defamation action. The appellee

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

GLORIA MUSU SCOTT ET AL v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA (08/28/2024) 0

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28 Aug, 2024

GLORIA MUSU SCOTT ET AL v. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA (08/28/2024)

The appellants, Gloria Musu Scott et al. were indicted, tried, and subsequently found guilty by a jury, and the verdict therefrom confirmed by the presiding judge of the First Judicial Circuit, Criminal Assizes “A,” for the crimes of murder, criminal conspiracy, and false reports to law enforcement officials.

The certified records show that on the night of February 22, 2023, in the residence of Co-appellant Gloria Musu Scott, it was alleged that Charloe Musu was brutally attacked by an unknown assailant(s) who, with a depraved heart and an extreme indifference to human life, maliciously, viciously, and without the fear of

Intestate Estate of Abraham Jalloh v. CHICO (08/28/2024) 0

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28 Aug, 2024

Intestate Estate of Abraham Jalloh v. CHICO (08/28/2024)

This appeal presents a question of whether the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, has subject matter jurisdiction over an action of wrongful death, where the said death resulted from occupational injury; and, the applicable laws viz.: the “Decent Work Act” vis-a-vis the “Private Wrongs Law”.

The records show that on August 17, 2022, the appellee herein, CHICO Company, filed a petition for the writ of prohibition before Madam Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokolie, the Associate Justice presiding in the Chambers of the Supreme Court for the March Term, A. D. 2022. Following a conference with the parties, the Justice ordered

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