The office of a motion to dismiss an appeal is strictly an issue of law, and where the grounds provided for by law are satisfied, the Supreme Court will not enter upon the records and make a determination thereon based on the merits of the case
his motion to dismiss appeal grows out of a petition for summary proceeding filed by movant/appellee herein, Thierno Mountaga Barry, against His Honor Jomah S. Jallah, Stipendiary Magistrate of the Monrovia City Court, the Ministerial Officer in the said court, Larry Gornuyor, co-respondents/appellants and Eric F. Nagbe. the substantive party complainant in the underlying action of summary proceeding to recover possession of real property.
This appeal is before us from the ruling of our distinguished Colleague, Madam Justice Sie- A-Nyene G. Yuoh, then presiding in Chambers during the October, A.D. 2020 Term of this Court in a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the management of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (appellee) against the Intestate Estate of Fatima Massaquoi Fahnbulleh by and thru its administratrix and administrator, Vivian Fahnbulleh Seton and Samuel Seton (appellant).
The present motion to dismiss the appeal growing from an action of ejectment raises one cardinal issue as the basis for said motion, viz., failure by the respondents/appellants to serve and file a notice of completion of the appeal on the movants/appellees or their legal counsel along with the appeal bond.
Mindful of the possibility that errors, and impropriety may seep into the hearing and determination of legal disputes and consequently affect the rights and interests of the parties, the proponents of our legal system have designed that judgments/decisions of inferior judicial tribunals are subject to review before superior forums with the Supreme Court being the final arbiter. Party litigants
This appeal is from the final ruling of the National Labor Court, the latter which confirmed the ruling of the hearing officer of the Ministry of Labor adjudging the
appellant, the Management of Intercon Security Systems liable for unfair labor practices and awarding the appellees, Willie D. Kerkula et al., the amount of US$620,418.02 (Six Hundred Twenty Thousand Four Hundred Eighteen United States Dollars, Two cents) for wrongful dismissal
The Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, IX Part 1 grants unto a party the option of a second opportunity to have their appeal heard via the filing of a petition for re-argument, albeit, said hearing is only as to some palpable substantial mistake which the petitioner believes that the Court inadvertently
This appeal grows out of an action of ejectment filed by Mr. Aboubacar Jalloh, appellee herein, on May 26, 2009 against Papa, Ansu and Ma (to be identified), appellants herein. The complaint substantially alleged that the appellee is the owner of a three bedroom house by virtue of
This appeal grows from the adverse judgment had against the appellant by the trial Judge of the Civil Law Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, out of an action of damages for wrong filed by the appellee, Stoner Liberia Inc. The appellee filed its complaint on
The genesis of this case reveals that while serving as Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission, (LACC) sometime in 2020, Cllr. A. Ndubuisi Nwabudike was nominated by the President of Liberia as Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC).
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