Monrovia – The Debt Court for Montserrado County has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) following its failure to settle a court judgment totaling US$40,200 in a case brought by the heirs of the late Florence C. Mends Cole. Cllr. Pearl Brown Bull is representing the Mends Cole family.
According to a Writ of Execution issued on March 27, 2025, Bailiff Emmanuel C. Bowen, acting under the authority of the court, has been instructed to seize and expose for sale all assets and interests of the LAA, including those held under the control of Acting Managing Director Gerald Mends Cole and his deputies at the institution’s headquarters in Unification Town, Lower Margibi County.
The court action stems from an Action of Debt filed by Sahru Joine Mends Cole and Think Jenkie Mends Cole, representatives of the intestate estate of the late Florence C. Mends Cole. The plaintiffs sought enforcement of a judgment believed to be related to unpaid debts owed by the LAA.
“If you cannot find the assets of the said Defendant, you are hereby further commanded to seize their properties or arrest their living bodies and fortwith bring them before any judge of competent jurisdiction to be dealt with according to law unless they shall pay the money or show properties to seize and expose for sale…,” the writ stated.
The court document references Liberian law (1LCLR, page 235 – Section 44.39), empowering officers of the court to detain individuals or attach properties to satisfy court judgments.
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