Category: Recent Decisions

Emmanuel Lathro V Cllr. Rufus Moore-GEC (05/28/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

28 May, 2025

Emmanuel Lathro V Cllr. Rufus Moore-GEC (05/28/2025)

The Grievance and Ethics Committee (GEC) shall have Jurisdiction and inquire into and consider any complaint made against any practicing lawyer involving his character, integrity, professional standing, or conduct as a member of the Bar. It is in furtherance of this authority that this matter is before this Court for final determination, in that the GEC was called upon to conduct an investigation and submit to the Full Bench its findings and recommendation.

From the records certified before this Court, this matter grows out of a previous complainant filed before the Grievance and Ethics Committee of the Liberian National Bar

SnowHill Community vs. Snow Hill Baptist Church (05/28/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

28 May, 2025

SnowHill Community vs. Snow Hill Baptist Church (05/28/2025)

This appeal emanates from an action of ejectment filed on November 13, 2013, before the Sixth Judicial
Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, by the appellee, Snow Hill Baptist Church, through its Resident Pastor, Rev. Samuel S. Tye. The appellee, plaintiff below, alleged in its complaint that it purchased a parcel of land from Leduonleh Williams of the Township of New Georgia, on July 28,1997, and registered same according to law in Vol. 46 – 98 Pages 137- 140, The appellee attached to the complaint a certified copy of its Warranty deed.
The appellants, Bedel Gaigela, Ben A. Roberts,

RE-ARGUMENT SSF Vs. Quality Group (05/28/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

28 May, 2025

RE-ARGUMENT SSF Vs. Quality Group (05/28/2025)

On July 23, 2024 the Supreme Court en banc heard arguments on an appeal arising from a ruling of the Justice in Chambers, in a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by the appellee, Quality Group Construction Company, which essentially prayed the Chambers Justice to restrain, restrict and prohibit the enforcement of the judgment of the trial court judge for want of subject matter jurisdiction as the appellant had filed an action for damages for breach of contract and debt by attachment and garnishment against the appellee before the Commercial Court after the co-appellant had requested the appellee to

Jeannette K White vs. Church of God in Christ Inc 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

28 May, 2025

Jeannette K White vs. Church of God in Christ Inc

This motion to dismiss currently before us evolved from an initial action of ejectment filed before the Six Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, sitting in its March Term 1988, on February 27,1988, by the movant/appellee Church of God in Christ Inc. against co- respondents/appellants, Jeannette White and heirs and administrators of the estate Kaiser A. A Knowlden.
In its complaint, movant claimed that it owned one lot of land lying and situated in Sinkor Old Road which it purchased from its grantor, Mr. Edwin J. Gabbidon, in the year 1979, and received a warranty deed for same; that

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

2025 Opinins / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

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.
This case is now on

Congress for Democratic Change vs. Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (05/28/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Wolokollie / Recent Decisions

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

Speaker J. Fonati Koffa Bill of Information (04/23/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Yuo / Recent Decisions

23 Apr, 2025

Speaker J. Fonati Koffa Bill of Information (04/23/2025)

The law and politics are intrinsically interconnected, the former, that is the law, being the tool with binding effect and the latter, politics, being the activities associated with the governance of the state that rely on the usage of the law to achieve its objectives. This relationship for the purpose of properly governing the State is clearly articulated under Article 2 of the 1986 Constitution of Liberia, which states, “…the Constitution is the Supreme and fundamental law of Liberia and its provisions shall have binding force and effect on all authorities and persons throughout the Republic”. The Constitution, as the

MADAM PRECIOUS J. EARLY VS. MAGISTRATE MELVIN BAH JIC (02/18/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

18 Feb, 2025

MADAM PRECIOUS J. EARLY VS. MAGISTRATE MELVIN BAH JIC (02/18/2025)

The facts in this case reveal that Precious J. Early filed a complaint before the Office of the Chief Justice, Her Honor Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, in which she alleged that she is the Attorney-In-Fact of one Docoma Collins who is currently residing in the United States of America; that her principal asked her to remove a tenant from her (Docoma) house that she (Precious) is managing, which she did. Thereafter, the complainant said her principal asked her to find a tenant for the said apartment which she did.

After the tenant had occupied the house and paid a rental fee

Mr. Samuel Kogar vs Mrs. Ramatta Yoada Kogar (02/18/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

18 Feb, 2025

Mr. Samuel Kogar vs Mrs. Ramatta Yoada Kogar (02/18/2025)

This is an appeal from the ruling of the then Chambers Justice, Her Honor Madam Justice Yuoh. The records of this case show that appellant/plaintiff, Samuel Kogar filed in the Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, a six count complaint in an action of divorce for incompatibility of temper against his wife, Ramatta Yoada Korgar, appellee/defendant, alleging abandonment, etc. by his wife on January 26, 2018. The appellee/defendant, in response to the complaint, filed an eight count Answer to appellant/plaintiff’s complaint on February 2, 2018, along with a motion for alimony pendente lite, alleging that appellant/plaintiff’s and appellee/defendant are still

Re-argument_ELIZABETH MARSH VS. UNITED MUSLIMS (02/18/2025) 0

2025 Opinins / Justice Clinton Johnson / Recent Decisions

18 Feb, 2025

Re-argument_ELIZABETH MARSH VS. UNITED MUSLIMS (02/18/2025)

December 19, 2024, the Supreme Court delivered an Opinion in a motion to dismiss an appeal, during the October Term of Court A.D 2024, filed by the movant, now respondent in this petition for re-argument, based on Part 1, Rule IX of the Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, which states that “For good cause shown to the Court by petition, a re-argument of a cause may be allowed only once when some palpable substantial mistake is made by inadvertently overlooking some facts, or point of law.” In that case, the Supreme Court delivered the appeal of the Petitioner.

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